Cape Verde vs Chile: Fish discards

Cape Verde

8,118

in 2018

Chile

7,705

in 2018

Cape Verde rank

69th

Chile rank

71st

Fish discards over time

Cape Verde
Chile

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 8,118 against 7,705 in Chile, a difference of 412.77.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chile ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 69th and Chile ranks 71st of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Cape Verde
Fish discards in Chile
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.