Morocco vs Taiwan: Fish discards

Morocco

161,670

in 2018

Taiwan

93,770

in 2018

Morocco rank

13th

Taiwan rank

16th

Fish discards over time

Morocco
Taiwan

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 161,670 against 93,770 in Taiwan, a difference of 67,900.

That makes Morocco's figure about 1.7 times Taiwan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 13th and Taiwan ranks 16th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Morocco
Fish discards in Taiwan
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.