Belize vs Ireland: Fish discards

Belize

26,410

in 2018

Ireland

25,844

in 2018

Belize rank

39th

Ireland rank

41st

Fish discards over time

Belize
Ireland

How they compare

Belize currently reports 26,410 against 25,844 in Ireland, a difference of 566.2.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ireland ahead.

Belize ranks 39th and Ireland ranks 41st of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Belize
Fish discards in Ireland
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.