French Polynesia vs Lithuania: Fish discards

French Polynesia

3,384

in 2018

Lithuania

2,891

in 2018

French Polynesia rank

90th

Lithuania rank

91st

Fish discards over time

French Polynesia
Lithuania

How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 3,384 against 2,891 in Lithuania, a difference of 493.14.

That makes French Polynesia's figure about 1.2 times Lithuania's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Lithuania ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 90th and Lithuania ranks 91st of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in French Polynesia
Fish discards in Lithuania
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.