Congo vs Malta: Fish discards

Congo

601.99

in 2018

Malta

642.37

in 2018

Congo rank

116th

Malta rank

113th

Fish discards over time

Congo
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 642.37 against 601.99 in Congo, a difference of 40.38.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

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

Congo ranks 116th and Malta ranks 113th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Congo
Fish discards in Malta
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.