Oman vs Vanuatu: Fish discards

Oman

5,941

in 2018

Vanuatu

6,317

in 2018

Oman rank

79th

Vanuatu rank

78th

Fish discards over time

Oman
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 6,317 against 5,941 in Oman, a difference of 375.67.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Oman's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Oman ahead.

Oman ranks 79th and Vanuatu ranks 78th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Oman
Fish discards in Vanuatu
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.