Guinea vs Mauritania: Fish discards

Guinea

85,618

in 2018

Mauritania

79,288

in 2018

Guinea rank

17th

Mauritania rank

19th

Fish discards over time

Guinea
Mauritania

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 85,618 against 79,288 in Mauritania, a difference of 6,330.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 17th and Mauritania ranks 19th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Guinea
Fish discards in Mauritania
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.