Which has higher fish discards, China or United States?

United States, at 674,076 against 609,409 in China as of 2018.

What is the difference in fish discards between China and United States?

64,667, with United States ahead.

69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.

Our World in Data, published as Fish discards. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

China

609,409

in 2018

United States

674,076

in 2018

China rank

3rd

United States rank

2nd

United States currently reports 674,076 against 609,409 in China, a difference of 64,667.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.

China ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 161 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Decade	China	United States	Difference	Ahead
1950s	8,099	959,818	951,718	United States
1960s	13,963	854,360	840,396	United States
1970s	41,107	850,208	809,101	United States
1980s	87,030	1.03 million	941,867	United States
1990s	170,162	1.14 million	965,610	United States
2000s	221,703	880,460	658,757	United States
2010s	508,899	745,484	236,585	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher fish discards, China or United States?: United States, at 674,076 against 609,409 in China as of 2018.
What is the difference in fish discards between China and United States?: 64,667, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and United States?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do China and United States rank globally for fish discards?: China ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 161 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Fish discards. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.