Which has higher fish discards, Japan or Vietnam?

Vietnam, at 585,344 against 414,441 in Japan as of 2018.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Vietnam?

32 years are reported by both, from 1987 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

Vietnam

585,344

in 2018

Japan rank

5th

Vietnam rank

4th

Vietnam currently reports 585,344 against 414,441 in Japan, a difference of 170,903.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 5th and Vietnam ranks 4th of 161 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Vietnam in 1.

Decade	Japan	Vietnam	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.15 million	16,212	1.14 million	Japan
1990s	974,713	117,776	856,937	Japan
2000s	624,684	340,216	284,468	Japan
2010s	487,780	535,794	48,014	Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher fish discards, Japan or Vietnam?: Vietnam, at 585,344 against 414,441 in Japan as of 2018.
What is the difference in fish discards between Japan and Vietnam?: 170,903, with Vietnam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Vietnam?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2018.
How do Japan and Vietnam rank globally for fish discards?: Japan ranks 5th and Vietnam ranks 4th 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.