Benin vs Reunion: Fish discards

Benin

21.13

in 2018

Reunion

28.81

in 2018

Benin rank

136th

Reunion rank

135th

Fish discards over time

Benin
Reunion

How they compare

Reunion currently reports 28.81 against 21.13 in Benin, a difference of 7.68.

That makes Reunion's figure about 1.4 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 136th and Reunion ranks 135th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Benin
Fish discards in Reunion
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.