Which has higher fish discards, Japan or United States?

United States, at 674,076 against 414,441 in Japan as of 2018.

What is the difference in fish discards between Japan and United States?

259,635, with United States ahead.

69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.

Our World in Data, published as Fish discards. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan

414,441

in 2018

United States

674,076

in 2018

Japan rank

5th

United States rank

2nd

United States currently reports 674,076 against 414,441 in Japan, a difference of 259,635.

That makes United States's figure about 1.6 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.

Japan ranks 5th and United States ranks 2nd of 161 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and United States in 5.

Decade	Japan	United States	Difference	Ahead
1950s	595,222	959,818	364,595	United States
1960s	734,791	854,360	119,569	United States
1970s	986,471	850,208	136,263	Japan
1980s	1.18 million	1.03 million	146,444	Japan
1990s	974,713	1.14 million	161,059	United States
2000s	624,684	880,460	255,776	United States
2010s	487,780	745,484	257,704	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher fish discards, Japan or United States?: United States, at 674,076 against 414,441 in Japan as of 2018.
What is the difference in fish discards between Japan and United States?: 259,635, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Japan and United States rank globally for fish discards?: Japan ranks 5th and United States ranks 2nd of 161 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Fish discards. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.