Cape Verde vs Seychelles: Fish discards

Cape Verde

8,118

in 2018

Seychelles

8,028

in 2018

Cape Verde rank

69th

Seychelles rank

70th

Fish discards over time

Cape Verde
Seychelles

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 8,118 against 8,028 in Seychelles, a difference of 89.98.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 69th and Seychelles ranks 70th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Cape Verde
Fish discards in Seychelles
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.