Kenya vs Malta: Fish discards

Kenya

663.31

in 2018

Malta

642.37

in 2018

Kenya rank

112th

Malta rank

113th

Fish discards over time

Kenya
Malta

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 663.31 against 642.37 in Malta, a difference of 20.93.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malta ahead.

Kenya ranks 112th and Malta ranks 113th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Kenya
Fish discards in Malta
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.