Cuba vs Equatorial Guinea: Fish discards

Cuba
12.95
in 2018
Equatorial Guinea
9.25
in 2018
Cuba rank
142nd
Equatorial Guinea rank
145th

Fish discards over time

  • Cuba
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Cuba currently reports 12.95 against 9.25 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 3.71.

That makes Cuba's figure about 1.4 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 142nd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 145th 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.