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)