Benin vs Mayotte: Fish discards

Benin

21.13

in 2018

Mayotte

17.88

in 2018

Benin rank

136th

Mayotte rank

139th

Fish discards over time

Benin
Mayotte

How they compare

Benin currently reports 21.13 against 17.88 in Mayotte, a difference of 3.24.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Mayotte's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 136th and Mayotte ranks 139th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Benin
Fish discards in Mayotte
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.