Canada vs Netherlands: Fish discards

Canada

67,972

in 2018

Netherlands

71,944

in 2018

Canada rank

23rd

Netherlands rank

22nd

Fish discards over time

Canada
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 71,944 against 67,972 in Canada, a difference of 3,971.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 23rd and Netherlands ranks 22nd of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Canada
Fish discards in Netherlands
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.