Mexico vs Peru: Fish discards

Mexico

406,756

in 2018

Peru

326,784

in 2018

Mexico rank

6th

Peru rank

7th

Fish discards over time

Mexico
Peru

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 406,756 against 326,784 in Peru, a difference of 79,972.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 6th and Peru ranks 7th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Mexico
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.