Bulgaria vs Qatar: Fish discards

Bulgaria

664.3

in 2018

Qatar

738.41

in 2018

Bulgaria rank

111th

Qatar rank

109th

Fish discards over time

Bulgaria
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 738.41 against 664.3 in Bulgaria, a difference of 74.11.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

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

Bulgaria ranks 111th and Qatar ranks 109th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Bulgaria
Fish discards in Qatar
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.