Fiji vs Uruguay: Fish discards

Fiji

5,034

in 2018

Uruguay

5,064

in 2018

Fiji rank

83rd

Uruguay rank

82nd

Fish discards over time

Fiji
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 5,064 against 5,034 in Fiji, a difference of 30.44.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Uruguay ahead.

Fiji ranks 83rd and Uruguay ranks 82nd of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Fiji
Fish discards in Uruguay
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.