Maps of every country’s Exclusive Economic Zone

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According to the International Law of the Sea, non-landlocked countries has an exclusive economic zone – special rights concerning the exploration and management of aquatic resources, including energy generation from water and wind. It extends from the baseline out to 200 nautical miles (370.4 kilometres) from the state’s coast. In everyday usage, the term may cover the continental shelf. This term doesn’t cover either the territorial sea or the continental shelf beyond the two hundred nautical miles limit. The difference between the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone is that the first gives full sovereignty over the waters. In contrast, the second is merely a “sovereign right” that refers to the coastal state’s rights below the sea’s surface.

The world map below shows every nation’s exclusive economic zone.

Every country’s Exclusive Economic Zone

Below is the flag map of exclusive economic zones.

Flag map of the world including Exclusive Economic Zones

Countries with the largest Exclusive Economic Zones

Due to its many overseas territories distributed on all the planet’s oceans, France possesses the largest exclusive economic zone globally, covering 11.7 million km2 (4.5 sq mi). France’s exclusive economic zone covers approximately 8 percent of the total surface of all the world’s exclusive economic zones. In contrast, the French Republic’s land area is only 0.45% of Earth’s total land area.

French Exclusive Economic Zone

The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone

The U.S. exclusive economic zone is the second-largest globally, spanning over 13,000 miles (24,100 km) of coastline and containing 3.4 million square nautical miles (8.8 million sq km) ocean more widespread than the combined land area of all 50 states.

The U.S. states also have jurisdiction over a significant portion of the Great Lakes.

The list below includes dependent territories within their sovereign states but does not include Antarctica’s various claims.

Rank	Country	EEZ km2	Shelf km2	EEZ+TIA km2
1	France	11,691,000	579,422	12,366,417
2	United States	11,351,000	2,193,526	21,814,306
3	Australia	8,505,348	2,194,008	16,197,464
4	Russia	7,566,673	3,817,843	24,664,915
5	United Kingdom	6,805,586	872,891	7,048,486
6	Indonesia	6,159,032	2,039,381	8,063,601
7	Canada	5,599,077	2,644,795	15,607,077
8	Japan	4,479,388	214,976	4,857,318
9	New Zealand	4,420,565	272,898	4,688,285
10	Brazil	3,830,955	774,563	12,345,832
11	Chile	3,681,989	252,947	4,431,381
12	Kiribati	3,441,810	7,523	3,442,536
13	Mexico	3,269,386	419,102	5,141,968
14	Federated States of Micronesia	2,996,419	19,403	2,997,121
15	Denmark	2,551,238	495,657	4,761,811
16	Papua New Guinea	2,402,288	191,256	2,865,128
17	Norway	2,385,178	434,020	2,770,404
18	India	2,305,143	402,996	5,592,406
19	Marshall Islands	1,990,530	18,411	1,990,711
20	Cook Islands	1,960,027	1,213	1,960,267
21	Portugal	1,727,408	28,000	1,819,498
22	Philippines	1,590,780	272,921	1,890,780
23	Solomon Islands	1,589,477	36,282	1,618,373
24	South Africa	1,535,538	156,337	2,756,575
25	Seychelles	1,336,559	39,063	1,337,014
26	Mauritius	1,284,997	29,061	1,287,037
27	Fiji	1,282,978	47,705	1,301,250
28	Madagascar	1,225,259	101,505	1,812,300
29	Argentina	1,159,063	856,346	3,939,463
30	Ecuador	1,077,231	41,034	1,333,600
31	Spain	1,039,233	77,920	1,545,225
32	Maldives	923,322	34,538	923,622
33	Peru	906,454	82,000	2,191,670
34	China	877,019	231,340	10,473,980
35	Somalia	825,052	55,895	1,462,709
36	Colombia	808,158	53,691	1,949,906
37	Cape Verde	800,561	5,591	804,594
38	Iceland	751,345	108,015	854,345
39	Tuvalu	749,790	3,575	749,816
40	Vanuatu	663,251	11,483	675,440
41	Tonga	659,558	8,517	660,305
42	Bahamas	654,715	106,323	668,658
43	Palau	603,978	2,837	604,437
44	Mozambique	578,986	94,212	1,380,576
45	Morocco	575,230	115,157	1,287,780
46	Costa Rica	574,725	19,585	625,825
47	Namibia	564,748	86,698	1,388,864
48	Yemen	552,669	59,229	1,080,637
49	Italy	541,915	116,834	843,251
50	Oman	533,180	59,071	842,680
51	Myanmar	532,775	220,332	1,209,353
52	Sri Lanka	532,619	32,453	598,229
53	Angola	518,433	48,092	1,765,133
54	Greece	505,572	81,451	637,529
55	South Korea	475,469	342,522	575,469
56	Venezuela	471,507	98,500	1,387,950
57	Vietnam	417,663	365,198	748,875
58	Ireland	410,310	139,935	480,583
59	Libya	351,589	64,763	2,111,129
60	Cuba	350,751	61,525	460,637
61	Panama	335,646	53,404	411,163
62	Malaysia	334,671	323,412	665,474
63	Niue	316,584	284	316,844
64	Nauru	308,480	41	308,501
65	Equatorial Guinea	303,509	7,820	331,560
66	Thailand	299,397	230,063	812,517
67	Pakistan	290,000	51,383	1,117,911
68	Egypt	263,451	61,591	1,265,451
69	Turkey	261,654	56,093	1,045,216
70	Jamaica	258,137	9,802	269,128
71	Dominican Republic	255,898	10,738	304,569
72	Liberia	249,734	17,715	361,103
73	Honduras	249,542	68,718	362,034
74	Tanzania	241,888	25,611	1,186,975
75	Ghana	235,349	22,502	473,888
76	Saudi Arabia	228,633	107,249	2,378,323
77	Nigeria	217,313	42,285	1,141,081
78	Sierra Leone	215,611	28,625	287,351
79	Gabon	202,790	35,020	470,458
80	Barbados	186,898	426	187,328
81	Cфte d'Ivoire	176,254	10,175	498,717
82	Iran	168,718	118,693	1,797,468
83	Mauritania	165,338	31,662	1,190,858
84	Comoros	163,752	1,526	165,987
85	Sweden	160,885	154,604	602,255
86	Senegal	158,861	23,092	355,583
87	Netherlands	154,011	77,246	192,345
88	Ukraine	147,318	79,142	750,818
89	Uruguay	142,166	75,327	318,381
90	Guyana	137,765	50,578	352,734
91	Saint Thomas and Prince	131,397	1,902	132,361
92	Samoa	127,950	2,087	130,781
93	Suriname	127,772	53,631	291,592
94	Haiti	126,760	6,683	154,510
95	Algeria	126,353	9,985	2,508,094
96	Nicaragua	123,881	70,874	254,254
97	Guinea-Bissau	123,725	39,339	159,850
98	Bangladesh	118,813	66,438	230,390
99	Kenya	116,942	11,073	697,309
100	Guatemala	114,170	14,422	223,059
101	North Korea	113,888	50,337	234,428
102	Antigua and Barbuda	110,089	4,128	110,531
103	Tunisia	101,857	67,126	265,467
104	Cyprus	98,707	4,042	107,958
105	El Salvador	90,962	16,852	112,003
106	Finland	87,171	85,109	425,590
107	Republic of China (Taiwan)	83,231	43,016	119,419
108	Eritrea	77,728	61,817	195,328
109	Trinidad and Tobago	74,199	25,284	79,329
110	East Timor	70,326	25,648	85,200
111	Sudan	68,148	19,827	1,954,216
112	Cambodia	62,515	62,515	243,550
113	Guinea	59,426	44,755	305,283
114	Croatia	59,032	50,277	115,626
115	United Arab Emirates	58,218	57,474	141,818
116	Germany	57,485	57,485	414,599
117	Malta	54,823	5,301	55,139
118	Estonia	36,992	36,992	82,219
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	36,302	1,561	36,691
120	Belize	35,351	13,178	58,317
121	Bulgaria	34,307	10,426	145,186
122	Benin	33,221	2,721	145,843
123	Qatar	31,590	31,590	43,176
124	Republic of the Congo	31,017	7,982	373,017
125	Poland	29,797	29,797	342,482
126	Dominica	28,985	659	29,736
127	Latvia	28,452	27,772	93,011
128	Grenada	27,426	2,237	27,770
129	Israel	26,352	3,745	48,424
130	Romania	23,627	19,303	262,018
131	Gambia	23,112	5,581	34,407
132	Georgia	21,946	3,243	91,646
133	Lebanon	19,516	1,067	29,968
134	Cameroon	16,547	11,420	491,989
135	Saint Lucia	15,617	544	16,156
136	Albania	13,691	6,979	42,439
137	Togo	12,045	1,265	68,830
138	Kuwait	11,026	11,026	28,844
139	Syria	10,503	1,085	195,683
140	Bahrain	10,225	10,225	10,975
141	Brunei	10,090	8,509	15,855
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9,974	653	10,235
143	Montenegro	7,745	3,896	21,557
144	Djibouti	7,459	3,187	30,659
145	Lithuania	7,031	7,031	72,331
146	Belgium	3,447	3,447	33,975
147	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,606	1,593	2,346,464
148	Singapore	1,067	1,067	1,772
149	Iraq	771	771	439,088
150	Monaco	288	2	290
151	Palestine	256	256	6,276
152	Slovenia	220	220	20,493
153	Jordan	166	59	89,508
154	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50	50	51,259
155	Kazakhstan			2,724,900
156	Mongolia			1,564,100
157	Chad			1,284,000
158	Niger			1,267,000
159	Mali			1,240,192
160	Ethiopia			1,104,300
161	Bolivia			1,098,581
162	Zambia			752,612
163	Afghanistan			652,090
164	Central African Republic			622,984
165	South Sudan			619,745
166	Botswana			582,000
167	Turkmenistan			488,100
168	Uzbekistan			447,400
169	Paraguay			406,752
170	Zimbabwe			390,757
171	Burkina Faso			274,222
172	Uganda			241,038
173	Laos			236,800
174	Belarus			207,600
175	Kyrgyzstan			199,951
176	Nepal			147,181
177	Tajikistan			143,100
178	Malawi			118,484
179	Hungary			93,028
180	Azerbaijan			86,600
181	Austria			83,871
182	Czech Republic			78,867
183	Serbia			77,474
184	Slovakia			49,035
185	Switzerland			41,284
186	Bhutan			38,394
187	Moldova			33,846
188	Lesotho			30,355
189	Armenia			29,743
190	Burundi			27,834
191	Rwanda			26,338
192	North Macedonia			25,713
193	Eswatini			17,364
194	Kosovo[a]			10,887
195	Luxembourg			2,586
196	Andorra			468
197	Liechtenstein			160
198	San Marino			61
199	Vatican City			0.44

EEZ+TIA is an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the total internal area (TIA), including territorial land and internal waters.