Argentina vs Canada: Fish discards

Argentina

77,582

in 2018

Canada

67,972

in 2018

Argentina rank

20th

Canada rank

23rd

Fish discards over time

Argentina
Canada

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 77,582 against 67,972 in Canada, a difference of 9,609.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.

Argentina ranks 20th and Canada ranks 23rd of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Argentina
Fish discards in Canada
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.