India vs Spain: Fish discards

India

193,273

in 2018

Spain

174,809

in 2018

India rank

11th

Spain rank

12th

Fish discards over time

India
Spain

How they compare

India currently reports 193,273 against 174,809 in Spain, a difference of 18,464.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.

India ranks 11th and Spain ranks 12th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in India
Fish discards in Spain
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.