France vs Morocco: Fish discards

France

96,060

in 2018

Morocco

161,670

in 2018

France rank

15th

Morocco rank

13th

Fish discards over time

France
Morocco

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 161,670 against 96,060 in France, a difference of 65,610.

That makes Morocco's figure about 1.7 times France's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was France ahead.

France ranks 15th and Morocco ranks 13th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in France
Fish discards in Morocco
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.