Qatar vs Samoa: Fish discards

Qatar

738.41

in 2018

Samoa

809.81

in 2018

Qatar rank

109th

Samoa rank

107th

Fish discards over time

Qatar
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 809.81 against 738.41 in Qatar, a difference of 71.4.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Qatar ahead.

Qatar ranks 109th and Samoa ranks 107th of 161 countries.

Individual pages

Fish discards in Qatar
Fish discards in Samoa
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.