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Sierra Leone
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English,
Mende, Temne, or Arabic
total population: 29.6%
male: 39.8%
female: 20.5% (2000 est.)

Singapore
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.5%
male: 96.6%
female: 88.6% (2002)

Slovakia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2001 est.)

Slovenia
definition: NA
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6%

Solomon Islands
definition: NA
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Somalia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 37.8%
male: 49.7%
female: 25.8% (2001 est.)

South Africa
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 87%
female: 85.7% (2003 est.)

Spain
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.7%
female: 97.2% (2003 est.)

Sri Lanka
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.3%
male: 94.8%
female: 90% (2003 est.)

Sudan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.)

Suriname
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88%
male: 92.3%
female: 84.1% (2000 est.)

Svalbard
NA

Swaziland
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.6%
male: 82.6%
female: 80.8% (2003 est.)

Sweden
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Switzerland
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Syria
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.9%
male: 89.7%
female: 64% (2003 est.)

Taiwan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.1%
male: NA%
female: NA% (2003)

Tajikistan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.1% (2003 est.)

Tanzania
definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili
(Swahili), English, or Arabic
total population: 78.2%
male: 85.9%
female: 70.7% (2003 est.)

Thailand
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 94.9%
female: 90.5% (2002)

Togo
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 60.9%
male: 75.4%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.)

Tokelau
NA

Tonga
definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English
total population: 98.9%
male: 98.8%
female: 99% (1999 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98% (2003 est.)

Tunisia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.3%
male: 83.4%
female: 65.3% (2004 est.)

Turkey
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 94.3%
female: 78.7% (2003 est.)

Turkmenistan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.3% (1999 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
definition: age 15 and over has ever
attended school
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 98% (1970 est.)

Tuvalu
NA

Uganda
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 79.5%
female: 60.4% (2003 est.)

Ukraine
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.6% (2003 est.)

United Arab Emirates
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77.9%
male: 76.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.)

United Kingdom
definition: age 15 and over has completed five or
more years of schooling
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

United States
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Uruguay
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 97.6%
female: 98.4% (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.3%
male: 99.6%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Vanuatu
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74%
male: NA
female: NA

Venezuela
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.4%
male: 93.8%
female: 93.1% (2003 est.)

Vietnam
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002)

Virgin Islands
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90-95% est.
male: NA%
female: NA% (2005 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50%
male: 50%
female: 50% (1969 est.)

West Bank
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 96.3%
female: 87.4% (2003 est.)

Western Sahara
NA

World
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82%
male: 87%
female: 77%
note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults
are found in only eight countries (India, China, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Egypt); of all the
illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low
literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, South and West
Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab states, where around
one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 est.)

Yemen
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.)

Zambia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 80.6%
male: 86.8%
female: 74.8% (2003 est.)

Zimbabwe
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 90.7%
male: 94.2%
female: 87.2% (2003 est.)

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Afghanistan
males age 22-49: 4,952,812
females age 22-49: 4,663,963 (2005 est.)

Albania
males age 19-49: 809,524
females age 19-49: 784,199 (2005 est.)

Algeria
males age 19-49: 8,033,049
females age 19-49: 7,926,351 (2005 est.)

Andorra
males age 18-49: 18,418 (2005 est.)

Angola
males age 17-49: 2,548,455
females age 17-49: 2,462,601 (2005 est.)

Anguilla
males age 18-49: 3,614 (2005 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
males age 18-49: 18,952
females age 18-49: 18,360 (2005 est.)

Argentina
males age 18-49: 8,981,886
females age 18-49: 8,883,756 (2005 est.)

Armenia
males age 18-49: 722,836
females age 18-49: 795,084 (2005 est.)

Aruba
males age 18-49: 16,278 (2005 est.)

Australia
males age 18-49: 4,943,676
females age 18-49: 4,821,264

Austria
males age 18-49: 1,914,800
females age 18-49: 1,870,134 (2005 est.)

Azerbaijan
males age 18-49: 1,961,973
females age 18-49: 2,033,186 (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The
males age 18-49: 73,121 (2005 est.)

Bahrain
males age 18-49: 202,126
females age 18-49: 151,734 (2005 est.)

Bangladesh
males age 18-49: 35,170,019 (2005 est.)

Barbados
males age 18-49: 71,524
females age 18-49: 72,302 (2005 est.)

Belarus
males age 18-49: 2,520,644
females age 18-49: 2,564,696 (2005 est.)

Belgium
males age 16-49: 2,436,736
females age 16-49: 2,369,463 (2005 est.)

Belize
males age 18-49: 61,201
females age 18-49: 60,048 (2005 est.)

Benin
males age 21-49: 1,295,230
females age 21-49: 1,301,936 (2005 est.)

Bermuda
males age 18-49: 15,151 (2005 est.)

Bhutan
males age 18-49: 483,860
females age 18-49: 453,683 (2005 est.)

Bolivia
males age 18-49: 1,923,234
females age 18-49: 2,007,315 (2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
males age 18-49: 1,119,508
females age 18-49: 1,079,435 (2005 est.)

Botswana
males age 18-49: 350,649
females age 18-49: 361,642 (2005 est.)

Brazil
males age 19-49: 45,586,036
females age 19-49: 45,728,704 (2005 est.)

British Virgin Islands
males age 18-49: 6,410 (2005 est.)

Brunei
males age 18-49: 103,885
females age 18-49: 93,024 (2005 est.)

Bulgaria
males age 18-49: 1,661,211
females age 18-49: 1,660,982 (2005 est.)

Burkina Faso
males age 18-49: 2,651,687 (2005 est.)

Burma
males age 18-49: 12,268,850
females age 18-49: 12,469,771 (2005 est.)

Burundi
males age 16-49: 1,676,855
females age 16-49: 1,656,366 (2005 est.)

Cambodia
males age 18-49: 3,002,718
females age 18-49: 3,108,254 (2005 est.)

Cameroon
males age 18-49: 3,525,307
females age 18-49: 3,461,406 (2005 est.)

Canada
males age 16-49: 8,216,510
females age 16-49: 8,034,939 (2005 est.)

Cape Verde
males age 18-49: 84,641
females age 18-49: 87,310 (2005 est.)

Cayman Islands
males age 18-49: 10,703 (2005 est.)

Central African Republic
males age 18-49: 853,760
females age 18-49: 835,426 (2005 est.)

Chad
males age 20-49: 1,527,580
females age 20-49: 1,629,510 (2005 est.)

Chile
males age 18-49: 3,815,761
females age 18-49: 3,780,864 (2005 est.)

China
males age 18-49: 342,956,265
females age 18-49: 324,701,244 (2005 est.)

Colombia
males age 18-49: 10,212,456
females age 18-49: 10,561,562 (2005 est.)

Comoros
males age 18-49: 138,940
females age 18-49: 139,491 (2005 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
males age 18-49: 11,365,610 (2005
est.)

Congo, Republic of the
males age 18-49: 688,628
females age 18-49: 685,388 (2005 est.)

Costa Rica
males age 18-49: 997,690
females age 18-49: 968,290 (2005 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
males age 18-49: 3,696,106
females age 18-49: 3,569,967 (2005 est.)

Croatia
males age 18-49: 1,005,058
females age 18-49: 1,008,511 (2005 est.)

Cuba
males age 17-49: 2,967,865
females age 17-49: 2,913,559 (2005 est.)

Cyprus
Greek Cyriot National Guard (GCNG):
males age 18-49: 184,352
females age 18-49: 175,567 (2005 est.)

Czech Republic
males age 18-49: 2,414,728
females age 18-49: 2,329,412 (2005 est.)

Denmark
males age 18-49: 1,175,108
females age 18-49: 1,150,627 (2005 est.)

Djibouti
males age 18-49: 95,328
females age 18-49: 87,795 (2005 est.)

Dominica
males age 18-49: 18,227 (2005 est.)

Dominican Republic
males age 18-49: 2,133,142
females age 18-49: 2,032,840 (2005 est.)

East Timor
males age 18-49: 235,198
females age 18-49: 223,069 (2005 est.)

Ecuador
males age 20-49: 2,792,770
females age 20-49: 2,849,519 (2005 est.)

Egypt
males age 18-49: 18,347,560
females age 18-49: 17,683,904 (2005 est.)

El Salvador
males age 18-49: 1,391,278
females age 18-49: 1,542,323 (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
males age 18-49: 104,563
females age 18-49: 109,923 (2005 est.)

Eritrea
males age 18-49: 893,361
females age 18-49: 891,662 (2005 est.)

Estonia
males age 18-49: 291,696
females age 18-49: 304,961 (2005 est.)

Ethiopia
males age 18-49: 14,568,277
females age 18-49: 14,482,885 (2005 est.)

Faroe Islands
males age 18-49: 10,695 (2005 est.)

Fiji
males age 18-49: 215,104
females age 18-49: 212,739 (2005 est.)

Finland
males age 18-49: 1,121,275
females age 18-49: 1,076,684 (2005 est.)

France
males age 17-49: 13,676,509
females age 17-49: 13,504,539 (2005 est.)

French Polynesia
males age 18-49: 69,679 (2005 est.)

Gabon
males age 18-49: 278,826
females age 18-49: 279,865 (2005 est.)

Gambia, The
males age 18-49: 311,025
females age 18-49: 316,214 (2005 est.)

Gaza Strip
males age 18-49: 260,855 (2005 est.)

Georgia
males age 18-49: 1,038,736
females age 18-49: 1,105,910 (2005 est.)

Germany
males age 18-49: 18,917,537
females age 18-49: 17,913,113 (2005 est.)

Ghana
males age 18-49: 4,808,451
females age 18-49: 4,762,459 (2005 est.)

Gibraltar
males age 18-49: 5,959 (2005 est.)

Greece
males age 18-49: 2,459,988
females age 18-49: 2,442,818 (2005 est.)

Greenland
males age 18-49: 14,653 (2005 est.)

Grenada
males age 18-49: 24,031 (2005 est.)

Guatemala
males age 18-49: 2,429,033
females age 18-49: 2,503,482 (2005 est.)

Guinea
males age 18-49: 1,852,534
females age 18-49: 1,827,560 (2005 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
males age 18-49: 287,542
females age 18-49: 297,295 (2005 est.)

Guyana
males age 18-49: 206,098 (2005 est.)

Haiti
males age 18-49: 1,626,491
females age 18-49: 1,637,657 (2005 est.)

Honduras
males age 18-49: 1,537,232
females age 18-49: 1,515,120 (2005 est.)

Hong Kong
males age 18-49: 1,743,972
females age 18-49: 1,904,967 (2005 est.)

Hungary
males age 18-49: 2,303,116
females age 18-49: 2,265,463 (2005 est.)

Iceland
males age 18-49: 69,038 (2005 est.)

India
males age 16-49: 287,551,111
females age 16-49: 268,524,835 (2005 est.)

Indonesia
males age 18-49: 60,543,028
females age 18-49: 59,981,730 (2005 est.)

Iran
males age 18-49: 18,319,545
females age 18-49: 17,541,037 (2005 est.)

Iraq
males age 18-49: 5,870,640
females age 18-49: 5,642,073 (2005 est.)

Ireland
males age 17-49: 977,092
females age 17-49: 978,465 (2005 est.)

Israel
males age 17-49: 1,492,125
females age 17-49: 1,443,916 (2005 est.)

Italy
males age 18-49: 13,491,260
females age 18-49: 12,886,033 (2005 est.)

Jamaica
males age 18-49: 592,018
females age 18-49: 616,500 (2005 est.)

Japan
males age 18-49: 27,003,112
females age 18-49: 26,153,482 (2005 est.)

Jordan
males age 17-49: 1,573,995
females age 17-49: 1,346,642 (2005 est.)

Kazakhstan
males age 18-49: 3,758,255
females age 18-49: 3,822,845 (2005 est.)

Kenya
males age 18-49: 7,303,153
females age 18-49: 7,083,726 (2005 est.)

Kiribati
males age 18-49: 21,938 (2005 est.)

Korea, North
males age 17-49: 5,851,801
females age 17-49: 5,850,733 (2005 est.)

Korea, South
males age 20-49: 12,483,677
females age 20-49: 12,014,462 (2005 est.)

Kuwait
males age 18-49: 864,745
females age 18-49: 467,120 (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
males age 18-49: 1,193,529
females age 18-49: 1,219,080 (2005 est.)

Laos
males age 15-49: 1,500,625
females age 15-49: 1,521,116 (2005 est.)

Latvia
males age 19-49: 517,713
females age 19-49: 519,631 (2005 est.)

Lebanon
males age 18-49: 974,363
females age 18-49: 1,024,273 (2005 est.)

Lesotho
males age 18-49: 428,982
females age 18-49: 440,102 (2005 est.)

Liberia
males age 18-49: 575,384
females age 18-49: 588,780 (2005 est.)

Libya
males age 17-49: 1,505,675
females age 17-49: 1,429,152 (2005 est.)

Liechtenstein
males age 18-49: 7,736 (2005 est.)

Lithuania
males age 19-49: 830,368
females age 19-49: 830,524 (2005 est.)

Luxembourg
males age 17-49: 110,867
females age 17-49: 108,758 (2005 est.)

Macau
males age 18-49: 112,744 (2005 est.)

Macedonia
males age 18-49: 498,259
females age 18-49: 481,317 (2005 est.)

Madagascar
males age 18-49: 3,542,797
females age 18-49: 3,551,447 (2005 est.)

Malawi
males age 18-49: 2,430,514 (2005 est.)

Malaysia
males age 18-49: 5,584,231
females age 18-49: 5,510,345 (2005 est.)

Maldives
males age 18-49: 71,774
females age 18-49: 69,229 (2005 est.)

Mali
males age 18-49: 2,094,432
females age 18-49: 2,027,352 (2005 est.)

Malta
males age 18-49: 90,651
females age 18-49: 87,047 (2005 est.)

Marshall Islands
males age 18-49: 13,465 (2005 est.)

Mauritania
males age 18-49: 606,463
females age 18-49: 607,955 (2005 est.)

Mauritius
males age 18-49: 313,271 (2005 est.)

Mexico
males age 18-49: 24,488,008
females age 18-49: 26,128,046 (2005 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
males age 18-49: 23,816 (2005 est.)

Moldova
males age 18-49: 1,066,459
females age 18-49: 1,117,070 (2005 est.)

Monaco
males age 18-49: 6,256 (2005 est.)

Mongolia
males age 18-49: 736,182
females age 18-49: 734,679 (2005 est.)

Montserrat
males age 18-49: 2,298 (2005 est.)

Morocco
males age 18-49: 7,908,864
females age 18-49: 7,882,879 (2005 est.)

Mozambique
males age 18-49: 3,793,373 (2005 est.)

Namibia
males age 18-49: 441,293 (2005 est.)

Nauru
males age 18-49: 2,874 (2005 est.)

Nepal
males age 18-49: 6,107,091
females age 18-49: 5,744,989 (2005 est.)

Netherlands
males age 20-49: 3,557,918
females age 20-49: 3,470,377 (2005 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
males age 16-49: 54,200
females age 16-49: 56,868 (2005 est.)

New Caledonia
males age 18-49: 50,874 (2005 est.)

New Zealand
males age 17-49: 984,700
females age 17-49: 965,170 (2005 est.)

Nicaragua
males age 17-49: 1,309,970
females age 17-49: 1,315,186 (2005 est.)

Niger
males age 18-49: 2,367,828
females age 18-49: 2,217,568 (2005 est.)

Nigeria
males age 18-49: 26,802,678
females age 18-49: 25,668,446 (2005 est.)

Norway
males age 18-49: 1,014,592
females age 18-49: 982,734 (2005 est.)

Oman
males age 18-49: 719,871
females age 18-49: 508,621 (2005 est.)

Pakistan
males age 16-49: 39,028,014
females age 16-49: 36,779,584 (2005 est.)

Palau
males age 18-49: 5,694 (2005 est.)

Panama
males age 18-49: 751,065 (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea
males age 18-49: 1,264,728
females age 18-49: 1,167,188 (2005 est.)

Paraguay
males age 18-49: 1,345,022
females age 18-49: 1,342,725 (2005 est.)

Peru
males age 18-49: 6,647,874
females age 18-49: 6,544,408 (2005 est.)

Philippines
males age 18-49: 20,131,179
females age 18-49: 20,009,526 (2005 est.)

Poland
males age 17-49: 9,681,703
females age 17-49: 9,480,641 (2005 est.)

Portugal
males age 18-49: 2,435,042
females age 18-49: 2,405,816 (2005 est.)

Qatar
males age 18-49: 302,873
females age 18-49: 137,856 (2005 est.)

Romania
males age 20-49: 5,061,984
females age 20-49: 4,975,427 (2005 est.)

Russia
males age 18-49: 35,247,049
females age 18-49: 35,986,426 (2005 est.)

Rwanda
males age 16-49: 2,004,750
females age 16-49: 1,990,935 (2005 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
males age 18-49: 9,196
females age 18-49: 9,236 (2005 est.)

Saint Lucia
males age 18-49: 42,742 (2005 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
males age 18-49: 31,489 (2005 est.)

Samoa
males age 18-49: 58,722 (2005 est.)

San Marino
males age 18-49: 6,331 (2005 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
males age 18-49: 33,438
females age 18-49: 35,279 (2005 est.)

Saudi Arabia
males age 18-49: 7,648,999
females age 18-49: 5,417,922 (2005 est.)

Senegal
males age 18-49: 2,443,840
females age 18-49: 2,461,939 (2005 est.)

Seychelles
males age 18-49: 21,612
females age 18-49: 22,459 (2005 est.)

Sierra Leone
males age 18-49: 1,086,091 (2005 est.)

Singapore
males age 18-49: 1,215,568 (2005 est.)

Slovakia
males age 18-49: 1,351,848
females age 18-49: 1,322,647 (2005 est.)

Slovenia
males age 17-49: 496,929
females age 17-49: 483,959 (2005 est.)

Solomon Islands
males age 18-49: 114,253 (2005 est.)

Somalia
males age 18-49: 1,787,727
females age 18-49: 1,714,792 (2005 est.)

South Africa
males age 18-49: 10,354,769
females age 18-49: 10,626,550 (2005 est.)

Spain
males age 20-49: 9,366,588
females age 20-49: 9,155,057 (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka
males age 18-49: 4,933,217
females age 18-49: 5,153,597 (2005 est.)

Sudan
males age 18-49: 8,291,695
females age 18-49: 8,135,683 (2005 est.)

Suriname
males age 18-49: 111,582
females age 18-49: 103,769 (2005 est.)

Swaziland
males age 18-49: 227,617 (2005 est.)

Sweden
males age 19-49: 1,838,427
females age 19-49: 1,774,659 (2005 est.)

Switzerland
males age 19-49: 1,707,694
females age 19-49: 1,662,099 (2005 est.)

Syria
males age 18-49: 4,356,413
females age 18-49: 4,123,339 (2005 est.)

Taiwan
males age 19-49: 5,883,828
females age 19-49: 5,680,773 (2005 est.)

Tajikistan
males age 18-49: 1,556,415
females age 18-49: 1,568,780 (2005 est.)

Tanzania
males age 18-49: 7,422,869 (2005 est.)

Thailand
males age 21-49: 14,903,855
females age 21-49: 15,265,854 (2005 est.)

Togo
males age 18-49: 1,102,661
females age 18-49: 1,124,463 (2005 est.)

Tonga
males age 18-49: 25,420
females ag3 18-49: 24,827 (2005 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
males age 18-49: 290,715
females age 18-49: 258,410 (2005 est.)

Tunisia
males age 20-49: 2,441,741
females age 20-49: 2,406,362 (2005 est.)

Turkey
males age 20-49: 16,756,323
females age 20-49: 16,051,706 (2005 est.)

Turkmenistan
males age 18-49: 1,132,833
females age 18-49: 1,162,569 (2005 est.)

Uganda
males age 18-49: 5,012,620
females age 18-49: 4,855,858 (2005 est.)

Ukraine
males age 18-49: 11,020,222
females age 18-49: 11,370,687 (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates
males age 18-49: 653,181
females age 18-49: 497,394 (includes non-nationals; 2005 est.)

United Kingdom
males age 16-49: 14,607,724
females age 16-49: 14,028,738 (2005 est.)

United States
males age 18-49: 67,742,879
females age 18-49: 67,070,144 (2005 est.)

Uruguay
males age 18-49: 764,408
females age 18-49: 760,341 (2005 est.)

Uzbekistan
males age 18-49: 6,340,220
females age 18-49: 6,432,072 (2005 est.)

Vanuatu
males age 18-49: 50,221 (2005 est.)

Venezuela
males age 18-49: 6,236,012
females age 18-49: 6,137,622 (2005 est.)

Vietnam
males age 18-49: 21,341,813
females age 18-49: 21,430,808 (2005 est.)

Yemen
males age 18-49: 4,058,223
females age 18-49: 3,868,112 (2005 est.)

Zambia
males age 18-49: 2,219,739
females age 18-49: 2,159,688 (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe
males age 18-49: 2,778,404
females age 18-49: 2,681,531 (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@2106 Maritime claims

Afghanistan
none (landlocked)

Albania
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Algeria
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm

American Samoa
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Andorra
none (landlocked)

Angola
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Anguilla
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Antarctica
Australia, Chile, and Argentina claim Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ) rights or similar over 200 nm extensions seaward from
their continental claims, but like the claims themselves, these
zones are not accepted by other countries; 21 of 28 Antarctic
consultative nations have made no claims to Antarctic territory
(although Russia and the US have reserved the right to do so) and do
not recognize the claims of the other nations; also see the Disputes
- international entry

Antigua and Barbuda
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Argentina
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Armenia
none (landlocked)

Aruba
territorial sea: 12 nm

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Australia
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Austria
none (landlocked)

Azerbaijan
none (landlocked)

Bahamas, The
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Bahrain
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: extending to boundaries to be determined

Baker Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Bangladesh
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: up to the outer limits of the continental margin

Barbados
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Bassas da India
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Belarus
none (landlocked)

Belgium
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: geographic coordinates define outer limit
continental shelf: median line with neighbors

Belize
territorial sea: 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note
- from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's
territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act,
1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for
negotiating a definitive agreement on territorial differences with
Guatemala
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Benin
territorial sea: 200 nm

Bermuda
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Bhutan
none (landlocked)

Bolivia
none (landlocked)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
no data available

Botswana
none (landlocked)

Bouvet Island
territorial sea: 4 nm

Brazil
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin

British Indian Ocean Territory
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

British Virgin Islands
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Brunei
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to median line

Bulgaria
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Burkina Faso
none (landlocked)

Burma
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Burundi
none (landlocked)

Cambodia
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm

Cameroon
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm

Canada
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Cape Verde
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Cayman Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Central African Republic
none (landlocked)

Chad
none (landlocked)

Chile
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200/350 nm

China
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Christmas Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Clipperton Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Colombia
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Comoros
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: boundaries with neighbors

Congo, Republic of the
territorial sea: 200 nm

Cook Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Coral Sea Islands
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Costa Rica
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm

Cote d'Ivoire
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm

Croatia
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Cuba
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Cyprus
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Czech Republic
none (landlocked)

Denmark
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Djibouti
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Dominica
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Dominican Republic
territorial sea: 6 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

East Timor
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Ecuador
territorial sea: 200 nm
continental shelf: 100 nm from 2,500 meter isobath

Egypt
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

El Salvador
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Equatorial Guinea
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Eritrea
territorial sea: 12 nm

Estonia
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: limits fixed in coordination with
neighboring states

Ethiopia
none (landlocked)

Europa Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

European Union
NA

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Faroe Islands
territorial sea: 3 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line

Fiji
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation;
rectilinear shelf claim added

Finland
territorial sea: 12 nm (in the Gulf of Finland - 3 nm)
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm; extends to continental shelf boundary
with Sweden
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

France
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm (does not apply to the Mediterranean)
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

French Polynesia
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm from Iles Kerguelen (does not
include the rest of French Southern and Antarctic Lands)

Gabon
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Gambia, The
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: not specified

Gaza Strip
Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be
determined through further negotiation

Georgia
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Germany
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Ghana
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm

Gibraltar
territorial sea: 3 nm

Glorioso Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Greece
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Greenland
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line
continental shelf: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line

Grenada
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Guam
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Guatemala
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Guernsey
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm

Guinea
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Guinea-Bissau
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Guyana
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental
margin

Haiti
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: to depth of exploitation

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Holy See (Vatican City)
none (landlocked)

Honduras
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 nm

Hong Kong
territorial sea: 3 nm

Howland Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Hungary
none (landlocked)

Iceland
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Iles Eparses
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm; note - Juan de Nova Island and
Tromelin Island claim a continental shelf of 200-m depth or to the
depth of exploitation

India
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Indonesia
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Iran
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: bilateral agreements or median lines in the
Persian Gulf
continental shelf: natural prolongation

Iraq
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: not specified

Ireland
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Isle of Man
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm

Israel
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: to depth of exploitation

Italy
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Jamaica
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin

Jan Mayen
territorial sea: 4 nm
contiguous zone: 10 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Japan
territorial sea: 12 nm; between 3 nm and 12 nm in the
international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and
Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Jarvis Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Jersey
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm

Johnston Atoll
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Jordan
territorial sea: 3 nm

Juan de Nova Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Kazakhstan
none (landlocked)

Kenya
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Kingman Reef
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Kiribati
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Korea, North
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
note: military boundary line 50 nm in the Sea of Japan and the
exclusive economic zone limit in the Yellow Sea where all foreign
vessels and aircraft without permission are banned

Korea, South
territorial sea: 12 nm; between 3 nm and 12 nm in the
Korea Strait
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: not specified

Kuwait
territorial sea: 12 nm

Kyrgyzstan
none (landlocked)

Laos
none (landlocked)

Latvia
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Lebanon
territorial sea: 12 nm

Lesotho
none (landlocked)

Liberia
territorial sea: 200 nm

Libya
territorial sea: 12 nm
note: Gulf of Sidra closing line - 32 degrees, 30 minutes north
exclusive fishing zone: 62 nm

Liechtenstein
none (landlocked)

Lithuania
territorial sea: 12 nm

Luxembourg
none (landlocked)

Macau
not specified

Macedonia
none (landlocked)

Madagascar
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or 100 nm from the 2,500-m deep isobath

Malawi
none (landlocked)

Malaysia
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation;
specified boundary in the South China Sea

Maldives
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Mali
none (landlocked)

Malta
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive fishing zone: 25 nm

Marshall Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Mauritania
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Mauritius
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Mayotte
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Mexico
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Micronesia, Federated States of
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Midway Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Moldova
none (landlocked)

Monaco
territorial sea: 12 nm

Mongolia
none (landlocked)

Montenegro
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: defined by treaty

Montserrat
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Morocco
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Mozambique
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Namibia
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Nauru
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Navassa Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Nepal
none (landlocked)

Netherlands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Netherlands Antilles
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm

New Caledonia
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

New Zealand
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Nicaragua
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: natural prolongation

Niger
none (landlocked)

Nigeria
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Niue
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Norfolk Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Northern Mariana Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Norway
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 10 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm

Oman
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Pakistan
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Palau
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Palmyra Atoll
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Panama
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or edge of continental margin

Papua New Guinea
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Paracel Islands
NA

Paraguay
none (landlocked)

Peru
territorial sea: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm

Philippines
territorial sea: irregular polygon extending up to 100
nm from coastline as defined by 1898 treaty; since late 1970s has
also claimed polygonal-shaped area in South China Sea up to 285 nm
in breadth
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: to depth of exploitation

Pitcairn Islands
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Poland
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: defined by international treaties

Portugal
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Puerto Rico
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Qatar
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: as determined by bilateral agreements or
the median line

Romania
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Russia
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Rwanda
none (landlocked)

Saint Helena
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Saint Kitts and Nevis
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Saint Lucia
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm

Samoa
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

San Marino
none (landlocked)

Sao Tome and Principe
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Saudi Arabia
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
continental shelf: not specified

Senegal
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Serbia
none (landlocked)

Seychelles
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Sierra Leone
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm

Singapore
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: within and beyond territorial sea, as
defined in treaties and practice

Slovakia
none (landlocked)

Slovenia
territorial sea: 12 nm

Solomon Islands
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm

Somalia
territorial sea: 200 nm

South Africa
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Spain
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm (applies only to the Atlantic Ocean)

Spratly Islands
NA

Sri Lanka
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Sudan
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Suriname
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Svalbard
territorial sea: 4 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm unilaterally claimed by Norway but
not recognized by Russia

Swaziland
none (landlocked)

Sweden
territorial sea: 12 nm (adjustments made to return a portion
of straits to high seas)
exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Switzerland
none (landlocked)

Syria
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm

Taiwan
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Tajikistan
none (landlocked)

Tanzania
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Thailand
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Togo
territorial sea: 30 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Tokelau
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Tonga
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Trinidad and Tobago
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental
margin

Tromelin Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Tunisia
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm

Turkey
territorial sea: 6 nm in the Aegean Sea; 12 nm in Black Sea
and in Mediterranean Sea
exclusive economic zone: in Black Sea only: to the maritime boundary
agreed upon with the former USSR

Turkmenistan
none (landlocked)

Turks and Caicos Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Tuvalu
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Uganda
none (landlocked)

Ukraine
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m or to the depth of exploitation

United Arab Emirates
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

United Kingdom
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: as defined in continental shelf orders or in
accordance with agreed upon boundaries

United States
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: not specified

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Uruguay
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or edge of continental margin

Uzbekistan
none (doubly landlocked)

Vanuatu
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Venezuela
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 15 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Vietnam
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Virgin Islands
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Wake Island
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Wallis and Futuna
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

West Bank
none (landlocked)

Western Sahara
contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue

World
a variety of situations exist, but in general, most countries
make the following claims measured from the mean low-tide baseline
as described in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea:
territorial sea - 12 nm, contiguous zone - 24 nm, and exclusive
economic zone - 200 nm; additional zones provide for exploitation of
continental shelf resources and an exclusive fishing zone; boundary
situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from
extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200nm

Yemen
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Zambia
none (landlocked)

Zimbabwe
none (landlocked)

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@2107 International organization participation

Afghanistan
AsDB, CP, ECO, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM,
IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO
(correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE (partner), SACEP,
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WTO (observer)

Albania
BSEC, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt,
ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, OIC, OIF, OPCW, OSCE,
PFP, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Algeria
ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BIS, FAO, G-15, G-24,
G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU,
ITUC, LAS, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, ONUB, OPCW,
OPEC, OSCE (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE,
UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

American Samoa
Interpol (subbureau), IOC, SPC, UPU

Andorra
CE, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IFRCS, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITU, OIF,
OIF (associate member), OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNWTO, WCO,
WHO, WIPO, WTO (observer)

Angola
ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt
(signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS
(observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Anguilla
Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS
(associate), UPU

Antigua and Barbuda
ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO,
ICCt, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO
(subscriber), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Argentina
ABEDA, AfDB, Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, CAN (associate),
CSN, FAO, G-6, G-15, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt,
ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH,
NSG, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UN Security Council
(temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMOVIC, UNTSO,
UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Armenia
ACCT (observer), AsDB, BSEC, CE, CIS, EAEC (observer), EAPC,
EBRD, FAO, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, MIGA,
NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Aruba
ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITUC, UNESCO (associate), UNWTO
(associate), UPU, WCL, WMO

Australia
ANZUS, APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner),
Australia Group, BIS, C, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM (guest), NEA,
NSG, OECD, OPCW, Paris Club, PCA, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Austria
ACCT (observer), AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC
(observer), CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 9,
IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA,
MINURSO, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF
(observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, SECI (observer), UN,
UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNOMIG, UNTSO,
UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (observer), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Azerbaijan
AsDB, BSEC, CE, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, GCTU, GUAM,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM (observer), OAS
(observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Bahamas, The
ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt
(signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOM,
IOC, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Bahrain
ABEDA, AFESD, AMF, FAO, G-77, GCC, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt
(signatory), ICRM, IDB, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
IOC, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Bangladesh
ARF, AsDB, BIMSTEC, C, CP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO,
MONUC, NAM, OIC, OPCW, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Barbados
ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt,
ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU,
ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,
WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Belarus
BSEC (observer), CEI, CIS, EAEC, EAPC, EBRD, GCTU, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU,
ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, NSG, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Belgium
ACCT, AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CE, CERN,
EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF,
IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NATO,
NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, ONUB, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club,
PCA, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL,
UNITAR, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WADB (nonregional), WCL, WCO, WEU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Belize
ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC,
IOM, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Benin
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA,
MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, ONUB, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL,
UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL, WCO, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Bermuda
Caricom (associate), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, ITUC, UPU,
WCO

Bhutan
AsDB, BIMSTEC, CP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC,
IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM,
OPCW, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Bolivia
CAN, CSN, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM,
IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO
(correspondent), ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA,
MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMISET, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Bosnia and Herzegovina
BIS, CE, CEI, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM (observer), OAS
(observer), OIC (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SECI, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNWTO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Botswana
ACP, AfDB, AU, C, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM,
IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITU, MIGA,
NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU,
WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Brazil
AfDB, BIS, CAN (associate), CSN, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IADB,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA,
Mercosur, MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW,
PCA, RG, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOVIC, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

British Virgin Islands
Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol
(subbureau), IOC, OECS (associate), UNESCO (associate), UPU

Brunei
APEC, APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, C, EAS, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM,
IDB, IFRCS, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM,
OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Bulgaria
ACCT, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC,
EBRD, EU (new member), FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IFC,
IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA,
NAM (guest), NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SECI,
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCL,
WCO, WEU (associate affiliate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Burkina Faso
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA,
MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, ONUB, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO

Burma
APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OPCW (signatory), UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Burundi
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, CEPGL, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO,
ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM
(observer), IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW,
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Cambodia
ACCT, APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, EAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO,
ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC,
IOM, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WTO

Cameroon
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, C, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM,
OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL,
WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Canada
ACCT, AfDB, APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue
partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CDB, CE (observer), EAPC, EBRD,
ESA (cooperating state), FAO, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF,
IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC,
NAFTA, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE,
Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SECI (observer), UN, UNAMSIL,
UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMOVIC, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU,
WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Cape Verde
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt
(signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Cayman Islands
Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), IOC,
UNESCO (associate), UPU

Central African Republic
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ,
G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
Interpol, IOC, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC (observer), OIF, OPCW, OPCW
(signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO

Chad
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol,
IOC, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, ONUB, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO