Indonesia vs Peru: Fish discards

Indonesia

296,902

in 2018

Peru

326,784

in 2018

Indonesia rank

9th

Peru rank

7th

Fish discards over time

Indonesia
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 326,784 against 296,902 in Indonesia, a difference of 29,882.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Indonesia's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Indonesia ahead.

Indonesia ranks 9th and Peru ranks 7th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Indonesia
Fish discards in Peru
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.