Kenya vs Qatar: Fish discards

Kenya

663.31

in 2018

Qatar

738.41

in 2018

Kenya rank

112th

Qatar rank

109th

Fish discards over time

Kenya
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 738.41 against 663.31 in Kenya, a difference of 75.11.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Qatar ahead.

Kenya ranks 112th and Qatar ranks 109th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Kenya
Fish discards in Qatar
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.