Angola vs Comoros: Fish discards

Angola

48,865

in 2018

Comoros

38,566

in 2018

Angola rank

27th

Comoros rank

29th

Fish discards over time

Angola
Comoros

How they compare

Angola currently reports 48,865 against 38,566 in Comoros, a difference of 10,299.

That makes Angola's figure about 1.3 times Comoros's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 27th and Comoros ranks 29th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Angola
Fish discards in Comoros
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Fish discards
Source: Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 161 places, 9,371 data points, 1950–2018
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Discards are animals thrown back (alive or dead) into the sea after being caught during fishing activities. This represents bycatch (fish caught unintentionally) that is not brought ashore for use.