Barbados vs Eritrea: Fish discards

Barbados

97.24

in 2018

Eritrea

92.26

in 1980

Barbados rank

131st

Eritrea rank

132nd

Fish discards over time

Barbados
Eritrea

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 97.24 against 92.26 in Eritrea, a difference of 4.98.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.

Across all 8 years both countries report, Eritrea has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 131st and Eritrea ranks 132nd of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Barbados
Fish discards in Eritrea
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.