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Irelandtemperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mildwinters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half thetime

Isle of Mantemperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast aboutone-third of the time

Israeltemperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas

Italypredominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry insouth

Jamaicatropical; hot, humid; temperate interior

Jan Mayenarctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog

Japanvaries from tropical in south to cool temperate in north

Jarvis Islandtropical; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

Jerseytemperate; mild winters and cool summers

Johnston Atolltropical, but generally dry; consistent northeasttrade winds with little seasonal temperature variation

Jordanmostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)

Juan de Nova Islandtropical

Kazakhstancontinental, cold winters and hot summers, arid andsemiarid

Kenyavaries from tropical along coast to arid in interior

Kingman Reeftropical; moderated by prevailing winds

Kiribatitropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds

Korea, Northtemperate with rainfall concentrated in summer

Korea, Southtemperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter

Kuwaitdry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters

Kyrgyzstandry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropicalin southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone

Laostropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season(December to April)

Latviamaritime; wet, moderate winters

LebanonMediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, drysummers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows

Lesothotemperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers

Liberiatropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool tocold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers

LibyaMediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior

Liechtensteincontinental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snowor rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers

Lithuaniatransitional, between maritime and continental; wet,moderate winters and summers

Luxembourgmodified continental with mild winters, cool summers

Macausubtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers

Macedoniawarm, dry summers and autumns; relatively cold winterswith heavy snowfall

Madagascartropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south

Malawisub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (Mayto November)

Malaysiatropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast(October to February) monsoons

Maldivestropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November toMarch); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)

Malisubtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy,humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November toFebruary)

MaltaMediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers

Marshall Islandstropical; hot and humid; wet season May toNovember; islands border typhoon belt

Mauritaniadesert; constantly hot, dry, dusty

Mauritiustropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, drywinter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)

Mayottetropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season duringnortheastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May toNovember)

Mexicovaries from tropical to desert

Micronesia, Federated States of tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage

Midway Islandssubtropical; moderated by prevailing easterly winds

Moldovamoderate winters, warm summers

MonacoMediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers

Mongoliadesert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperatureranges)

MontenegroMediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns andrelatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland

Montserrattropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation

MoroccoMediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior

Mozambiquetropical to subtropical

Namibiadesert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic

Naurutropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November toFebruary)

Navassa Islandmarine, tropical

Nepalvaries from cool summers and severe winters in north tosubtropical summers and mild winters in south

Netherlandstemperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters

Netherlands Antillestropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds

New Caledoniatropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot, humid

New Zealandtemperate with sharp regional contrasts

Nicaraguatropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands

Nigerdesert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south

Nigeriavaries; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid innorth

Niuetropical; modified by southeast trade winds

Norfolk Islandsubtropical; mild, little seasonal temperaturevariation

Northern Mariana Islandstropical marine; moderated by northeasttrade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; dry seasonDecember to June, rainy season July to October

Norwaytemperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current;colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers;rainy year-round on west coast

Omandry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strongsouthwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south

Pacific Oceanplanetary air pressure systems and resultant windpatterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; tradewinds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified byseasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form southof Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and CentralAmerica; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be muchless pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the samelatitude in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific ismonsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, whenmoisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dryseason during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asianlandmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strikesoutheast and east Asia from May to December

Pakistanmostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic innorth

Palautropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November

Palmyra Atollequatorial, hot, and very rainy

Panamatropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season(May to January), short dry season (January to May)

Papua New Guineatropical; northwest monsoon (December to March),southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperaturevariation

Paracel Islandstropical

Paraguaysubtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in theeastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west

Peruvaries from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperateto frigid in Andes

Philippinestropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April);southwest monsoon (May to October)

Pitcairn Islandstropical; hot and humid; modified by southeasttrade winds; rainy season (November to March)

Polandtemperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters withfrequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers andthundershowers

Portugalmaritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer anddrier in south

Puerto Ricotropical marine, mild; little seasonal temperaturevariation

Qatararid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers

Romaniatemperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog;sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms

Russiaranges from steppes in the south through humid continental inmuch of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate inthe polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast tofrigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to coolalong Arctic coast

Rwandatemperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November toJanuary); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible

Saint HelenaSaint Helena: tropical marine; mild, tempered by tradewindsAscension Island: tropical marine; mild, semi-aridTristan da Cunha: temperate marine; mild, tempered by trade winds(tends to be cooler than Saint Helena)

Saint Kitts and Nevistropical, tempered by constant sea breezes;little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Saint Luciatropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry seasonJanuary to April, rainy season May to August

Saint Pierre and Miqueloncold and wet, with much mist and fog;spring and autumn are windy

Saint Vincent and the Grenadinestropical; little seasonaltemperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Samoatropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May toOctober)

San MarinoMediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers

Sao Tome and Principetropical; hot, humid; one rainy season(October to May)

Saudi Arabiaharsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes

Senegaltropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) hasstrong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated byhot, dry, harmattan wind

Serbiain the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot,humid summers with well distributed rainfall); in other parts,continental and Mediterranean climate (hot, dry summers and autumnsand relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall)

Seychellestropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeastmonsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwestmonsoon (March to May)

Sierra Leonetropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May toDecember); winter dry season (December to April)

Singaporetropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons- Northeastern monsoon (December to March) and Southwestern monsoon(June to September); inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and earlyevening thunderstorms

Slovakiatemperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

SloveniaMediterranean climate on the coast, continental climatewith mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus andvalleys to the east

Solomon Islandstropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature andweather

Somaliaprincipally desert; northeast monsoon (December toFebruary), moderate temperatures in north and very hot in south;southwest monsoon (May to October), torrid in the north and hot inthe south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili)between monsoons

South Africamostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunnydays, cool nights

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islandsvariable, with mostlywesterly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods ofcalm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow

Southern Oceansea temperatures vary from about 10 degrees Celsiusto -2 degrees Celsius; cyclonic storms travel eastward around thecontinent and frequently are intense because of the temperaturecontrast between ice and open ocean; the ocean area from aboutlatitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest averagewinds found anywhere on Earth; in winter the ocean freezes outwardto 65 degrees south latitude in the Pacific sector and 55 degreessouth latitude in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatureswell below 0 degrees Celsius; at some coastal points intensepersistent drainage winds from the interior keep the shorelineice-free throughout the winter

Spaintemperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate andcloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudyand cool along coast

Spratly Islandstropical

Sri Lankatropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March);southwest monsoon (June to October)

Sudantropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season variesby region (April to November)

Surinametropical; moderated by trade winds

Svalbardarctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; coolsummers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west andnorth coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable mostof the year

Swazilandvaries from tropical to near temperate

Swedentemperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partlycloudy summers; subarctic in north

Switzerlandtemperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy,rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers withoccasional showers

Syriamostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) andmild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weatherwith snow or sleet periodically in Damascus

Taiwantropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (Juneto August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year

Tajikistanmidlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters;semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains

Tanzaniavaries from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands

Thailandtropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May toSeptember); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March);southern isthmus always hot and humid

Togotropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Tokelautropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)

Tongatropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December toMay), cool season (May to December)

Trinidad and Tobagotropical; rainy season (June to December)

Tromelin Islandtropical

Tunisiatemperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, drysummers; desert in south

Turkeytemperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsherin interior

Turkmenistansubtropical desert

Turks and Caicos Islandstropical; marine; moderated by trade winds;sunny and relatively dry

Tuvalutropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March toNovember); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)

Ugandatropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December toFebruary, June to August); semiarid in northeast

Ukrainetemperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southernCrimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highestin west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary fromcool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warmacross the greater part of the country, hot in the south

United Arab Emiratesdesert; cooler in eastern mountains

United Kingdomtemperate; moderated by prevailing southwest windsover the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days areovercast

United Statesmostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida,arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of theMississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; lowwinter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally inJanuary and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopesof the Rocky Mountains

United States Pacific Island Wildlife RefugesBaker, Howland, andJarvis Islands: equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burningsunJohnston Atoll and Kingman Reef: tropical, but generally dry;consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperaturevariationMidway Islands: subtropical with cool, moist winters (December toFebruary) and warm, dry summers (May to October); moderated byprevailing easterly winds; most of the 1,067 mm (42 in) of annualrainfall occurs during the winterPalmyra Atoll: equatorial, hot; located within the low pressure areaof the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) where the northeast andsoutheast trade winds meet, it is extremely wet with between4,000-5,000 mm (160-200 in) of rainfall each year

Uruguaywarm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown

Uzbekistanmostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mildwinters; semiarid grassland in east

Vanuatutropical; moderated by southeast trade winds from May toOctober; moderate rainfall from November to April; may be affectedby cyclones from December to April

Venezuelatropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Vietnamtropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season(May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March)

Virgin Islandssubtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds,relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation;rainy season September to November

Wake Islandtropical

Wallis and Futunatropical; hot, rainy season (November to April);cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year(80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C

West Banktemperate; temperature and precipitation vary withaltitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters

Western Saharahot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore aircurrents produce fog and heavy dew

Worlda wide equatorial band of hot and humid tropical climates -bordered north and south by subtropical temperate zones - thatseparate two large areas of cold and dry polar climates

Yemenmostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate inwestern mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot,dry, harsh desert in east

Zambiatropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October toApril)

Zimbabwetropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November toMarch)

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@2060 Coastline (km)

Afghanistan0 km (landlocked)

Akrotiri56.3 km

Albania362 km

Algeria998 km

American Samoa116 km

Andorra0 km (landlocked)

Angola1,600 km

Anguilla61 km

Antarctica17,968 km

Antigua and Barbuda153 km

Arctic Ocean45,389 km

Argentina4,989 km

Armenia0 km (landlocked)

Aruba68.5 km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands74.1 km

Atlantic Ocean111,866 km

Australia25,760 km

Austria0 km (landlocked)

Azerbaijan0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the CaspianSea (800 km est.)

Bahamas, The3,542 km

Bahrain161 km

Baker Island4.8 km

Bangladesh580 km

Barbados97 km

Bassas da India35.2 km

Belarus0 km (landlocked)

Belgium66.5 km

Belize386 km

Benin121 km

Bermuda103 km

Bhutan0 km (landlocked)

Bolivia0 km (landlocked)

Bosnia and Herzegovina20 km

Botswana0 km (landlocked)

Bouvet Island29.6 km

Brazil7,491 km

British Indian Ocean Territory698 km

British Virgin Islands80 km

Brunei161 km

Bulgaria354 km

Burkina Faso0 km (landlocked)

Burma1,930 km

Burundi0 km (landlocked)

Cambodia443 km

Cameroon402 km

Canada202,080 km

Cape Verde965 km

Cayman Islands160 km

Central African Republic0 km (landlocked)

Chad0 km (landlocked)

Chile6,435 km

China14,500 km

Christmas Island138.9 km

Clipperton Island11.1 km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands26 km

Colombia3,208 km (Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean 1,448km)

Comoros340 km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the37 km

Congo, Republic of the169 km

Cook Islands120 km

Coral Sea Islands3,095 km

Costa Rica1,290 km

Cote d'Ivoire515 km

Croatia5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)

Cuba3,735 km

Cyprus648 km

Czech Republic0 km (landlocked)

Denmark7,314 km

Dhekelia27.5 km

Djibouti314 km

Dominica148 km

Dominican Republic1,288 km

East Timor706 km

Ecuador2,237 km

Egypt2,450 km

El Salvador307 km

Equatorial Guinea296 km

Eritrea2,234 km (mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km, islands in Red Sea1,083 km)

Estonia3,794 km

Ethiopia0 km (landlocked)

Europa Island22.2 km

European Union65,992.9 km

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)1,288 km

Faroe Islands1,117 km

Fiji1,129 km

Finland1,250 km

France total: 4,668 km metropolitan France: 3,427 km

French Polynesia2,525 km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands1,232 km

Gabon885 km

Gambia, The80 km

Gaza Strip40 km

Georgia310 km

Germany2,389 km

Ghana539 km

Gibraltar12 km

Glorioso Islands35.2 km

Greece13,676 km

Greenland44,087 km

Grenada121 km

Guam125.5 km

Guatemala400 km

Guernsey50 km

Guinea320 km

Guinea-Bissau350 km

Guyana459 km

Haiti1,771 km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands101.9 km

Holy See (Vatican City)0 km (landlocked)

Honduras820 km

Hong Kong733 km

Howland Island6.4 km

Hungary0 km (landlocked)

Iceland4,970 km

Iles EparsesBassas da India: 35.2 kmEuropa Island: 22.2 kmGlorioso Islands: 35.2 kmJuan de Nova Island: 24.1 kmTromelin Island: 3.7 km

India7,000 km

Indian Ocean66,526 km

Indonesia54,716 km

Iran2,440 km; note - Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)

Iraq58 km

Ireland1,448 km

Isle of Man160 km

Israel273 km

Italy7,600 km

Jamaica1,022 km

Jan Mayen124.1 km

Japan29,751 km

Jarvis Island8 km

Jersey70 km

Johnston Atoll34 km

Jordan26 km

Juan de Nova Island24.1 km

Kazakhstan0 km (landlocked); note - Kazakhstan borders the AralSea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the CaspianSea (1,894 km)

Kenya536 km

Kingman Reef3 km

Kiribati1,143 km

Korea, North2,495 km

Korea, South2,413 km

Kuwait499 km

Kyrgyzstan0 km (landlocked)

Laos0 km (landlocked)

Latvia531 km

Lebanon225 km

Lesotho0 km (landlocked)

Liberia579 km

Libya1,770 km

Liechtenstein0 km (doubly landlocked)

Lithuania90 km

Luxembourg0 km (landlocked)

Macau41 km

Macedonia0 km (landlocked)

Madagascar4,828 km

Malawi0 km (landlocked)

Malaysia4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607km)

Maldives644 km

Mali0 km (landlocked)

Malta196.8 km (does not include 56.01 km for the island of Gozo)

Marshall Islands370.4 km

Mauritania754 km

Mauritius177 km

Mayotte185.2 km

Mexico9,330 km

Micronesia, Federated States of6,112 km

Midway Islands15 km

Moldova0 km (landlocked)

Monaco4.1 km

Mongolia0 km (landlocked)

Montenegro293.5 km

Montserrat40 km

Morocco1,835 km

Mozambique2,470 km

Namibia1,572 km

Nauru30 km

Navassa Island8 km

Nepal0 km (landlocked)

Netherlands451 km

Netherlands Antilles364 km

New Caledonia2,254 km

New Zealand15,134 km

Nicaragua910 km

Niger0 km (landlocked)

Nigeria853 km

Niue64 km

Norfolk Island32 km

Northern Mariana Islands1,482 km

Norway25,148 km (includes mainland 2,650 km, as well as longfjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 22,498 km;length of island coastlines 58,133 km)

Oman2,092 km

Pacific Ocean135,663 km

Pakistan1,046 km

Palau1,519 km

Palmyra Atoll14.5 km

Panama2,490 km

Papua New Guinea5,152 km

Paracel Islands518 km

Paraguay0 km (landlocked)

Peru2,414 km

Philippines36,289 km

Pitcairn Islands51 km

Poland491 km

Portugal1,793 km

Puerto Rico501 km

Qatar563 km

Romania225 km

Russia37,653 km

Rwanda0 km (landlocked)

Saint HelenaSaint Helena: 60 kmAscension Island: NATristan da Cunha: 40 km

Saint Kitts and Nevis135 km

Saint Lucia158 km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon120 km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines84 km

Samoa403 km

San Marino0 km (landlocked)

Sao Tome and Principe209 km

Saudi Arabia2,640 km

Senegal531 km

Serbia0 km (landlocked)

Seychelles491 km

Sierra Leone402 km

Singapore193 km

Slovakia0 km (landlocked)

Slovenia46.6 km

Solomon Islands5,313 km

Somalia3,025 km

South Africa2,798 km

South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsNA km

Southern Ocean17,968 km

Spain4,964 km

Spratly Islands926 km

Sri Lanka1,340 km

Sudan853 km

Suriname386 km

Svalbard3,587 km

Swaziland0 km (landlocked)

Sweden3,218 km

Switzerland0 km (landlocked)

Syria193 km

Taiwan1,566.3 km

Tajikistan0 km (landlocked)

Tanzania1,424 km

Thailand3,219 km

Togo56 km

Tokelau101 km

Tonga419 km

Trinidad and Tobago362 km

Tromelin Island3.7 km

Tunisia1,148 km

Turkey7,200 km

Turkmenistan0 km; note - Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea(1,768 km)

Turks and Caicos Islands389 km

Tuvalu24 km

Uganda0 km (landlocked)

Ukraine2,782 km

United Arab Emirates1,318 km

United Kingdom12,429 km

United States19,924 km

United States Pacific Island Wildlife RefugesBaker Island: 4.8 kmHowland Island: 6.4 kmJarvis Island: 8 kmJohnston Atoll: 34 kmKingman Reef: 3 kmMidway Islands: 15 kmPalmyra Atoll: 14.5 km

Uruguay660 km

Uzbekistan0 km (doubly landlocked); note - Uzbekistan includes thesouthern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline

Vanuatu2,528 km

Venezuela2,800 km

Vietnam3,444 km (excludes islands)

Virgin Islands188 km

Wake Island19.3 km

Wallis and Futuna129 km

West Bank0 km (landlocked)

Western Sahara1,110 km

World356,000 kmnote: 98 nations and other entities are islands that border no othercountries, they include: American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua andBarbuda, Aruba, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, The Bahamas, Bahrain,Baker Island, Barbados, Bassas da India, Bermuda, Bouvet Island,British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cape Verde,Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos (Keeling)Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Cuba, Cyprus,Dominica, Europa Island, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), FaroeIslands, Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern and AntarcticLands, Glorioso Islands, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guernsey, HeardIsland and McDonald Islands, Howland Island, Iceland, Isle of Man,Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Japan, Jarvis Island, Jersey, Johnston Atoll,Juan de Nova Island, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives,Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, FederatedStates of Micronesia, Midway Islands, Montserrat, Nauru, NavassaIsland, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, NorthernMariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Paracel Islands, Philippines,Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Helena, Saint Kittsand Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent andthe Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Singapore,Solomon Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Svalbard, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad andTobago, Tromelin Island, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu,Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna, Taiwan

Yemen1,906 km

Zambia0 km (landlocked)

Zimbabwe0 km (landlocked)

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@2061 Imports - partners (%)

AfghanistanPakistan 38.6%, US 9.5%, Germany 5.5%, India 5.2%,Turkey 4.1%, Turkmenistan 4% (2005)

AlbaniaItaly 29.3%, Greece 16.4%, Turkey 7.5%, China 6.6%, Germany5.4%, Russia 4% (2005)

AlgeriaFrance 28.1%, Italy 7.8%, Spain 7.2%, China 6.6%, Germany6.3%, US 5.5% (2005)

American SamoaAustralia 66%, Samoa 13.8%, NZ 10.8% (2005)

AndorraSpain 53.2%, France 21.1% (2005)

AngolaSouth Korea 20.5%, Portugal 13.4%, US 12.5%, South Africa7.4%, Brazil 7%, France 5.1%, China 5% (2005)

AnguillaUS, Puerto Rico, UK (2004)

Antigua and BarbudaUS 21.1%, China 16.4%, Germany 13.3%, Singapore12.7%, Spain 6.5% (2005)

ArgentinaBrazil 35.9%, US 14.1%, China 7.8%, Germany 4.5% (2005)

ArmeniaRussia 13.5%, Belgium 8%, Germany 7.9%, Ukraine 7%,Turkmenistan 6.3%, US 6.2%, Israel 5.8%, Iran 5%, Romania 4.2% (2005)

ArubaUS 55.9%, Netherlands 12.9%, UK 3.8% (2005)

AustraliaUS 13.9%, China 13.7%, Japan 11%, Singapore 5.6%, Germany5.6% (2005)

AustriaGermany 45.9%, Italy 6.6%, Switzerland 4.5% (2005)

AzerbaijanRussia 17%, UK 9.1%, Singapore 9.1%, Turkey 7.4%, Germany6.1%, Turkmenistan 5.8%, Ukraine 5.4%, China 4.1% (2005)

Bahamas, TheUS 20.1%, South Korea 18%, Brazil 16.9%, Spain 7%,Italy 5.8%, Germany 4.8% (2005)

BahrainSaudi Arabia 36.5%, Japan 6.6%, Germany 6.4%, US 5.4%, UK5%, UAE 4.1% (2005)

BangladeshIndia 14.1%, China 13.5%, Kuwait 8.5%, Singapore 6.2%,Japan 4.1%, Hong Kong 4.1% (2005)

BarbadosUS 37.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 22.1%, UK 5.5%, Japan 5.2%(2005)

BelarusRussia 60.6%, Germany 6.7%, Ukraine 5.4% (2005)

BelgiumNetherlands 17.8%, Germany 17.2%, France 11.4%, UK 6.8%,Ireland 6.5%, US 5.4% (2005)

BelizeUS 31%, Mexico 11.6%, Russia 8.8%, Cuba 6%, Guatemala 5.6%,China 4.6%, Spain 4.5% (2005)

BeninFrance 21.8%, Ghana 7.1%, Cote d'Ivoire 7%, China 6.7%, UK5.2%, Belgium 4.9%, Togo 4.5%, Thailand 4.2%, Nigeria 4% (2005)

BermudaFrance 38.9%, South Korea 20.9%, US 15.5% (2005)

BhutanHong Kong 66.6%, Mexico 20.2%, France 3.8% (2005)

BoliviaBrazil 21.9%, Argentina 16.7%, US 13.8%, Chile 6.9%, Peru6.5%, Japan 6.1%, China 5.8% (2005)

Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatia 24.7%, Germany 13.6%, Slovenia 13%,Italy 11%, Austria 6.9%, Hungary 5.5% (2005)

BotswanaSouthern African Customs Union (SACU) 74%, EFTA 17%,Zimbabwe 4% (2004)

BrazilUS 17.5%, Argentina 8.5%, Germany 8.4%, China 7.3%, Japan4.6% (2005)

British Virgin IslandsVirgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US (2004)

BruneiSingapore 32.7%, Malaysia 23.3%, Japan 6.9%, UK 5.3%,Thailand 4.5%, South Korea 4% (2005)

BulgariaRussia 15.6%, Germany 13.6%, Italy 9%, Turkey 6.1%, Greece5%, France 4.7% (2005)

Burkina FasoFrance 23.9%, Cote d'Ivoire 23.3%, Togo 6.7% (2005)

BurmaChina 28.8%, Thailand 21.8%, Singapore 18.4%, Malaysia 7.6%(2005)

BurundiKenya 12.9%, Tanzania 10.5%, Belgium 10.4%, Italy 8.1%,France 5.4%, Uganda 5.3%, China 5%, India 4.1% (2005)

CambodiaHong Kong 16.1%, China 13.6%, France 12.1%, Thailand 11.2%,Taiwan 10.2%, South Korea 7.5%, Vietnam 7.1%, Singapore 4.9%, Japan4.1% (2005)

CameroonFrance 24%, Nigeria 12%, Belgium 6.3%, China 5.6%, US 5.1%,Thailand 4.5%, Germany 4.2% (2005)

CanadaUS 56.7%, China 7.8%, Mexico 3.8% (2005)

Cape VerdePortugal 40.9%, Italy 7.8%, Netherlands 7.2%, Spain 5.5%,Brazil 5.3%, France 4.7%, Belgium 4.6% (2005)

Cayman IslandsUS, Netherlands Antilles, Japan (2004)

Central African RepublicFrance 16.6%, Netherlands 10.3%, Cameroon9.7%, US 7.3% (2005)

ChadFrance 21.2%, Cameroon 15.5%, US 12.1%, Belgium 6.8%, Portugal4.6%, Saudi Arabia 4.3%, Netherlands 4.1% (2005)

ChileArgentina 14.8%, US 14.6%, Brazil 11.7%, China 7.8%, SouthKorea 4.8%, Yemen 4.4% (2005)

ChinaJapan 15.2%, South Korea 11.6%, Taiwan 11.2%, US 7.4%, Germany4.6% (2005)

Christmas Islandprincipally Australia (2004)

Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAustralia (2004)

ColombiaUS 28.5%, Mexico 8.3%, China 7.6%, Brazil 6.5%, Venezuela5.7% (2005)

ComorosFrance 19.2%, Kenya 18.2%, UAE 8.5%, South Africa 6.3%,Pakistan 5.6%, Belgium 4% (2005)

Congo, Democratic Republic of theSouth Africa 18%, Belgium 15.6%,France 8.8%, Zambia 6.7%, Kenya 6.2%, Germany 4.5%, US 4.4%, Coted'Ivoire 4.2%, Netherlands 4% (2005)

Congo, Republic of theFrance 23.2%, China 10.2%, US 7.3%, India7.2%, Italy 6.7%, Belgium 4.6% (2005)

Cook IslandsNew Zealand 61%, Fiji 19%, US 9%, Australia 6%, Japan2% (2004)

Costa RicaUS 41.3%, Japan 5.6%, Venezuela 4.8%, Mexico 4.8%,Ireland 4.3%, Brazil 4.2%, China 4.2% (2005)

Cote d'IvoireFrance 27.7%, Nigeria 24.5%, Singapore 6.6% (2005)

CroatiaItaly 15.9%, Germany 14.9%, Russia 9.1%, Slovenia 6.8%,Austria 5.8%, China 4.7%, France 4.2% (2005)

CubaChina 14.5%, Spain 13.7%, Canada 8.4%, US 8.3%, Germany 7.2%,Brazil 5.6%, Italy 5.6%, Mexico 5.1%, Japan 4% (2005)

CyprusGreece 17.3%, Italy 10.3%, UK 9%, Germany 8.4%, Israel 7.1%(2005)

Czech RepublicGermany 30%, Russia 5.7%, Slovakia 5.4%, China 5.1%,Poland 5%, Italy 4.8%, France 4.5%, Netherlands 4% (2005)

DenmarkGermany 20.5%, Sweden 13.8%, Norway 6.6%, Netherlands 6.5%,UK 5.9%, China 4.7%, France 4.2%, Italy 4.1% (2005)

DjiboutiSaudi Arabia 21.9%, India 18.7%, China 10.1%, Ethiopia4.8%, France 4.7%, US 4.3%, Japan 4.2% (2005)

DominicaUS 25.5%, China 20.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 12.4%, SouthKorea 7.1%, Japan 4.7%, UK 4.4% (2005)

Dominican RepublicUS 50%, Colombia 6.2%, Mexico 5.8% (2005)

EcuadorUS 22.1%, Colombia 14.8%, Venezuela 7.7%, Brazil 7.2%, China5.2% (2005)

EgyptUS 10.5%, Germany 7%, China 6.4%, France 6.3%, Italy 5.7%,Saudi Arabia 4.8% (2005)

El SalvadorUS 43.4%, Guatemala 8.2%, Mexico 7.8% (2005)

Equatorial GuineaUS 24.5%, Italy 20.5%, France 12.1%, Spain 10.8%,Cote d'Ivoire 8.6%, UK 6.9% (2005)

EritreaGermany 21.3%, Italy 19.5%, France 15.3%, US 12.3%, Ireland7.9%, Jordan 5.5% (2005)

EstoniaFinland 19.8%, Germany 13.9%, Russia 9.2%, Sweden 8.9%,Lithuania 6%, Latvia 4.7% (2005)

EthiopiaSaudi Arabia 14.7%, China 12.6%, US 12.4%, India 6.7%,Italy 4.6% (2005)

European UnionUS 13.8%, China 13.4%, Russia 8.2%, Japan 6.2% (2005)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)UK 72.5%, US 15.1%, Netherlands8.5% (2005)

Faroe IslandsDenmark 47.4%, Norway 18.7%, Germany 8.4%, Spain 7.8%,Iceland 4.9% (2005)

FijiSingapore 27.5%, Australia 23.7%, NZ 19%, Thailand 4.5% (2005)

FinlandGermany 16.2%, Sweden 14.1%, Russia 13.9%, Netherlands 6.2%,Denmark 4.6%, UK 4.3%, China 4.2% (2005)

FranceGermany 18.9%, Belgium 10.7%, Italy 8.3%, Spain 7%,Netherlands 6.6%, UK 5.9%, US 5.1% (2005)

French PolynesiaFrance 52.7%, Singapore 14.9%, NZ 6.8%, US 6.6%(2005)

GabonFrance 40.5%, US 6.4%, Cameroon 4.2% (2005)

Gambia, TheChina 21.5%, Senegal 11.4%, Cote d'Ivoire 8.5%, Brazil5.6%, US 5.3%, UK 5.2%, Netherlands 4.1% (2005)

Gaza StripIsrael, Egypt, West Bank (2004)

GeorgiaRussia 15.4%, Turkey 11.4%, Azerbaijan 9.4%, Ukraine 8.8%,Germany 8.3%, US 6% (2005)

GermanyFrance 8.7%, Netherlands 8.5%, US 6.6%, China 6.4%, UK 6.3%,Italy 5.7%, Belgium 5%, Austria 4% (2005)

GhanaNigeria 15.2%, China 12.5%, US 6.3%, UK 5.2%, South Africa4.5%, Brazil 4.1%, Netherlands 4% (2005)

GibraltarSpain 23.4%, Russia 12.3%, Italy 12%, UK 9%, France 8.9%,Netherlands 6.8%, US 4.7% (2005)

GreeceGermany 12.7%, Italy 12.4%, Russia 7.8%, France 5.7%,Netherlands 5.5%, Saudi Arabia 4.1% (2005)

GreenlandDenmark 67.1%, Sweden 19.2%, Ireland 3.5% (2005)

GrenadaTrinidad and Tobago 27.6%, US 26.8%, UK 5.9% (2005)

GuamSingapore 50%, South Korea 21.4%, Japan 14%, Hong Kong 4.6%(2005)

GuatemalaUS 38.1%, Mexico 7.6%, El Salvador 4.8%, South Korea 4.8%,Panama 4.4% (2005)

GuernseyUK; note - regarded as internal trade (2004)

GuineaChina 8.5%, US 7.3%, France 7.2%, Cote d'Ivoire 5.2%, Italy4.7%, Belgium 4.1% (2005)

Guinea-BissauItaly 24.8%, Senegal 18.2%, Portugal 15.4%, Coted'Ivoire 4.2% (2005)

GuyanaUS 26.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 23.9%, Cuba 6.6%, UK 5%, China4.1% (2005)

HaitiUS 48.7%, Netherlands Antilles 11.9%, Brazil 3.3% (2005)

HondurasUS 52.6%, Guatemala 6.4%, El Salvador 4.1% (2005)

Hong KongChina 45%, Japan 11%, Taiwan 7.2%, Singapore 5.8%, US5.1%, South Korea 4.4% (2005)

HungaryGermany 27.5%, Russia 7.4%, China 7.1%, Austria 6.6%, France4.9%, Italy 4.9%, Netherlands 4.3% (2005)

IcelandGermany 13.4%, US 9.1%, Sweden 8.6%, Denmark 7.3%, Norway7.2%, UK 5.9%, China 5.3%, Netherlands 5%, Japan 4.7% (2005)

IndiaChina 7.3%, US 5.6%, Switzerland 4.7% (2005)

IndonesiaSingapore 16.4%, Japan 12%, China 10.1%, US 6.7%, Thailand6%, South Korea 5%, Saudi Arabia 4.7%, Australia 4.4% (2005)

IranGermany 13.9%, UAE 8.4%, China 8.3%, Italy 7.1%, France 6.3%,South Korea 5.4%, Russia 4.9% (2005)

IraqTurkey 23.3%, Syria 23%, US 11.6%, Jordan 6.2% (2005)

IrelandUK 37.1%, US 13.8%, Germany 9.2%, Netherlands 4.5% (2005)

Isle of ManUK (2004)

IsraelUS 13.4%, Belgium 10.1%, Germany 6.4%, UK 5.7%, Switzerland5.5%, China 4.2% (2005)

ItalyGermany 17.2%, France 9.9%, Netherlands 5.7%, China 4.6%,Belgium 4.5%, Spain 4.2% (2005)

JamaicaUS 41.4%, Trinidad and Tobago 14%, Venezuela 5.5%, Japan4.6% (2005)

JapanChina 21%, US 12.7%, Saudi Arabia 5.5%, UAE 4.9%, Australia4.7%, South Korea 4.7%, Indonesia 4% (2005)

JerseyUK (2004)

JordanSaudi Arabia 23.6%, China 9.2%, Germany 8%, US 5.6% (2005)

KazakhstanRussia 35.7%, China 21.3%, Germany 7.1% (2005)

KenyaUAE 20.9%, US 9.2%, India 7.7%, South Africa 6.7%, China 6.6%,Saudi Arabia 6.5%, UK 5.1% (2005)

KiribatiAustralia 33%, Fiji 27.1%, Japan 18.1%, NZ 6.9% (2005)

Korea, NorthChina 42%, South Korea 28%, Russia 9%, Thailand 8%(2005)

Korea, SouthJapan 18.5%, China 14.8%, US 11.8%, Saudi Arabia 6.2%(2005)

KuwaitUS 14.1%, Germany 10.8%, Japan 8.4%, Saudi Arabia 6.2%, UK5.7%, France 4.8%, China 4.5% (2005)

KyrgyzstanChina 43%, Russia 19.7%, Kazakhstan 12.1%, Turkey 4.4%(2005)

LaosThailand 66.8%, China 9.1%, Vietnam 5.8% (2005)

LatviaGermany 13.9%, Lithuania 13.6%, Russia 8.6%, Estonia 7.9%,Poland 6.4%, Finland 5.9%, Belarus 5.8%, Sweden 5.1% (2005)

LebanonItaly 11.1%, Syria 10.7%, France 9.2%, Germany 6.4%, China5.4%, US 5.3%, UK 4.4%, Saudi Arabia 4.3% (2005)

LesothoUS 83.9%, Belgium 12.7%, Canada 2.4% (2005)

LiberiaSouth Korea 38.1%, Japan 21.2%, Singapore 14.2%, Croatia4.7% (2005)

LibyaItaly 21.2%, Germany 10.3%, Tunisia 5.6%, Turkey 4.8%, UK4.8%, France 4.7%, South Korea 4.6%, China 4.5% (2005)

LiechtensteinEU, Switzerland (2004)

LithuaniaRussia 27.9%, Germany 15.1%, Poland 8.3% (2005)

LuxembourgBelgium 28.2%, Germany 21.8%, China 12.8%, France 9.6%,Netherlands 5.1% (2005)

MacauChina 43.1%, Japan 10.9%, Hong Kong 10%, Singapore 5.2%, US4.1%, Taiwan 4% (2005)

MacedoniaRussia 13.2%, Germany 10.4%, Greece 9.2%, Serbia andMontenegro 8.2%, Bulgaria 7.3%, Italy 6% (2005)

MadagascarFrance 16.7%, China 10.6%, Iran 8%, Mauritius 6.6%, HongKong 5%, South Africa 4.9% (2005)

MalawiSouth Africa 36.9%, Zambia 9.2%, Zimbabwe 7.7%, Mozambique7.1%, India 6.8%, Tanzania 4.9%, US 4% (2005)

MalaysiaJapan 14.6%, US 13%, Singapore 11.8%, China 11.6%, Taiwan5.6%, Thailand 5.3%, South Korea 5%, Germany 4.5% (2005)

MaldivesSingapore 24.1%, UAE 15.7%, India 11.3%, Malaysia 7.2%, SriLanka 5.7%, UK 4.5% (2005)

MaliFrance 13%, Senegal 13%, Cote d'Ivoire 8.5% (2005)

MaltaItaly 32.3%, UK 11.5%, France 9.6%, Germany 8%, US 5.5%,Singapore 4.1% (2005)

Marshall IslandsUS, Japan, Australia, NZ, Singapore, Fiji, China,Philippines (2004)

MauritaniaFrance 18.2%, UK 7.1%, US 6.9%, China 6%, Spain 5%,Belgium 4.3% (2005)

MauritiusChina 9.8%, South Africa 8.6%, France 7.6%, India 6.9%,Bahrain 5.2%, Finland 4.8%, Germany 4.1% (2005)

MayotteFrance 66%, Africa 14%, Southeast Asia 11% (2004)


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