Congo vs Sierra Leone: Fish discards

Congo
601.99
in 2018
Sierra Leone
495.59
in 2018
Congo rank
116th
Sierra Leone rank
118th

Fish discards over time

  • Congo
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 601.99 against 495.59 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 106.4.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 116th and Sierra Leone ranks 118th of 161 countries.

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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

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.