Egypt vs Namibia: Fish discards

Egypt

24,067

in 2018

Namibia

21,602

in 2018

Egypt rank

44th

Namibia rank

47th

Fish discards over time

Egypt
Namibia

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 24,067 against 21,602 in Namibia, a difference of 2,465.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 44th and Namibia ranks 47th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Egypt
Fish discards in Namibia
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.