Brazil vs Peru: Fish discards

Brazil

298,333

in 2018

Peru

326,784

in 2018

Brazil rank

8th

Peru rank

7th

Fish discards over time

Brazil
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 326,784 against 298,333 in Brazil, a difference of 28,451.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 8th and Peru ranks 7th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Brazil
Fish discards in Peru
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.