Chile vs Latvia: Fish discards

Chile

7,705

in 2018

Latvia

7,569

in 2018

Chile rank

71st

Latvia rank

72nd

Fish discards over time

Chile
Latvia

How they compare

Chile currently reports 7,705 against 7,569 in Latvia, a difference of 136.04.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 71st and Latvia ranks 72nd of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Chile
Fish discards in Latvia
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.