Australia vs Germany: Fish discards

Australia

21,571

in 2018

Germany

22,291

in 2018

Australia rank

48th

Germany rank

46th

Fish discards over time

Australia
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 22,291 against 21,571 in Australia, a difference of 719.6.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Germany ahead.

Australia ranks 48th and Germany ranks 46th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Australia
Fish discards in Germany
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.