Belize vs Poland: Fish discards

Belize

26,410

in 2018

Poland

26,333

in 2018

Belize rank

39th

Poland rank

40th

Fish discards over time

Belize
Poland

How they compare

Belize currently reports 26,410 against 26,333 in Poland, a difference of 77.3.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Poland ahead.

Belize ranks 39th and Poland ranks 40th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Belize
Fish discards in Poland
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.