Belize vs Iceland: Fish discards

Belize

26,410

in 2018

Iceland

28,914

in 2018

Belize rank

39th

Iceland rank

37th

Fish discards over time

Belize
Iceland

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 28,914 against 26,410 in Belize, a difference of 2,504.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Belize's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Iceland ahead.

Belize ranks 39th and Iceland ranks 37th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Belize
Fish discards in Iceland
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.