Georgia vs Namibia: Fish discards

Georgia

21,511

in 2018

Namibia

21,602

in 2018

Georgia rank

49th

Namibia rank

47th

Fish discards over time

Georgia
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 21,602 against 21,511 in Georgia, a difference of 90.9.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Georgia ahead.

Georgia ranks 49th and Namibia ranks 47th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Georgia
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.