Belize vs Greenland: Fish discards

Belize

26,410

in 2018

Greenland

27,320

in 2018

Belize rank

39th

Greenland rank

38th

Fish discards over time

Belize
Greenland

How they compare

Greenland currently reports 27,320 against 26,410 in Belize, a difference of 910.1.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Greenland ahead.

Belize ranks 39th and Greenland ranks 38th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Belize
Fish discards in Greenland
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.