META_DATA
Variable: Continental Shelf Area
Units: Square Kilometers
Data Source: Global Maritime Boundaries Database (GMBD)
Data Provider: Viridian - MRJ Technology Solutions
Years: 2000
Copyright c 2001 World Resources Institute
CNTRY_NAME SOVEREIGN
Afghanistan Afghanistan
Albania Albania
Algeria Algeria
American Samoa United States of America
Andorra Andorra
Angola Angola
Anguilla United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Antarctic Antarctic
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina Argentina
Armenia Armenia
Aruba Netherlands
Australia Australia
Austria Austria
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Bahamas Bahamas
Bahrain Bahrain
Baker Island United States of America
Bangladesh Bangladesh
Barbados Barbados
Belarus Belarus
Belgium Belgium
Belize Belize
Benin Benin
Bermuda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Bhutan Bhutan
Bolivia Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana Botswana
Bouvet Island Norway
Brazil Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
British Virgin Islands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
Burundi Burundi
Cambodia Cambodia
Cameroon Cameroon
Canada Canada
Cape Verde Cape Verde
Cayman Islands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Central African Republic Central African Republic
Chad Chad
Chile Chile
China China
Christmas Island Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia
Colombia Colombia
Comoros Comoros
Congo Congo
Cook Islands New Zealand
Costa Rica Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia Croatia
Cuba Cuba
Cyprus Cyprus
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark Denmark
Djibouti Djibouti
Dominica Dominica
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Ecuador Ecuador
Egypt Egypt
El Salvador El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea Eritrea
Estonia Estonia
Ethiopia Ethiopia
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Faroe Islands Denmark
Fiji Fiji
Finland Finland
France France
French Guiana France
French Polynesia France
French Southern and Antarctic Territories France
Gabon Gabon
Gambia Gambia
Georgia Georgia
Germany Germany
Ghana Ghana
Gibraltar United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Glorioso Islands France
Greece Greece
Greenland Denmark
Grenada Grenada
Guadeloupe France
Guam United States of America
Guatemala Guatemala
Guernsey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Guinea Guinea
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
Guyana Guyana
Haiti Haiti
Heard Island & McDonald Islands Australia
Holy See Holy See
Honduras Honduras
Howland Island United States of America
Hungary Hungary
Iceland Iceland
India India
Indonesia Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq Iraq
Ireland Ireland
Isle of Man United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Israel Israel
Italy Italy
Jamaica Jamaica
Japan Japan
Jarvis Island United States of America
Jersey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Johnston Atoll United States of America
Jordan Jordan
Juan De Nova Island France
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Kenya Kenya
Kiribati Kiribati
Kuwait Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia Latvia
Lebanon Lebanon
Lesotho Lesotho
Liberia Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Lithuania Lithuania
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Macau, China China
Madagascar Madagascar
Malawi Malawi
Malaysia Malaysia
Maldives Maldives
Mali Mali
Malta Malta
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
Martinique France
Mauritania Mauritania
Mauritius Mauritius
Mayotte France
Mexico Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of) Micronesia (Federated States of)
Midway Islands United States of America
Moldova, Republic of Moldova, Republic of
Monaco Monaco
Mongolia Mongolia
Montserrat United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Morocco Morocco
Mozambique Mozambique
Myanmar Myanmar
Namibia Namibia
Nauru Nauru
Nepal Nepal
Netherlands Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands
New Caledonia France
New Zealand New Zealand
Nicaragua Nicaragua
Niger Niger
Nigeria Nigeria
Niue New Zealand
Norfolk Island Australia
Northern Mariana Islands United States of America
Norway Norway
Occupied Palestinian Territory Palestinian Territory, Occupied
Oman Oman
Pakistan Pakistan
Palau Palau
Panama Panama
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Paracel Islands Paracel Islands
Paraguay Paraguay
Peru Peru
Philippines Philippines
Pitcairn Island United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Poland Poland
Portugal Portugal
Puerto Rico United States of America
Qatar Qatar
Republic of Korea Republic of Korea
Reunion France
Romania Romania
Russian Federation Russian Federation
Rwanda Rwanda
Saint Helena United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon France
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa Samoa
San Marino San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Senegal Senegal
Seychelles Seychelles
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Singapore Singapore
Slovakia Slovakia
Slovenia Slovenia
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
Somalia Somalia
South Africa South Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Spain Spain
Spratly Islands Spratly Islands
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Sudan Sudan
Suriname Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Norway
Swaziland Swaziland
Sweden Sweden
Switzerland Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan Taiwan
Tajikistan Tajikistan
Thailand Thailand
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Togo Togo
Tokelau New Zealand
Tonga Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia Tunisia
Turkey Turkey
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tuvalu Tuvalu
Uganda Uganda
Ukraine Ukraine
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America United States of America
United States Virgin Islands United States of America
Uruguay Uruguay
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Vanuatu Vanuatu
Venezuela Venezuela
Viet Nam Viet Nam
Wake Island United States of America
Wallis and Futuna France
Western Sahara Western Sahara
Yemen Yemen
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Zambia Zambia
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
ISO_2_CODE ISO_3_CODE GEO_ID GEO_REGION GEO_SUBREG Y_2000
AF AFG 4 Asia + Pacific South Asia 0
AL ALB 8 Europe Central Europe 6076
DZ DZA 12 Africa Northern Africa 9688
AS ASM 16 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
AD AND 20 Europe Western Europe -9999
AO AGO 24 Africa Southern Africa 44174
AI AIA 28 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean -9999
AQ ATA 32 Polar Antarctic -9999
AG ATG 36 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 2146
AR ARG 40 Latin America + Caribbean South America 798474
AM ARM 44 Europe Eastern Europe 0
AW ABW 48 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 701
AU AUS 52 Asia + Pacific Australia + New Zealand 2065182
AT AUT 56 Europe Western Europe 0
AZ AZE 60 Europe Eastern Europe 77955
BS BHS 64 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 79840
BH BHR 68 West Asia Arabian Peninsula 7968
72 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
BD BGD 76 Asia + Pacific South Asia 59638
BB BRB 80 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 213
BY BLR 84 Europe Eastern Europe 0
BE BEL 88 Europe Western Europe 3612
BZ BLZ 92 Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 8727
BJ BEN 96 Africa Western Africa 2759
BM BMU 100 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 141
BT BTN 104 Asia + Pacific South Asia 0
BO BOL 108 Latin America + Caribbean South America 0
BA BIH 112 Europe Central Europe 2
BW BWA 116 Africa Southern Africa 0
BV 120 Polar Antarctic -9999
BR BRA 124 Latin America + Caribbean South America 711536
IO IOT 128 Asia + Pacific South Asia -9999
VG VGB 132 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean -9999
BN BRN 136 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 7074
BG BGR 140 Europe Central Europe 10886
BF BFA 144 Africa Western Africa 0
BI BDI 148 Africa Eastern Africa 0
KH KHM 152 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 34646
CM CMR 156 Africa Central Africa 13062
CA CAN 160 North America North America 2877623
CV CPV 164 Africa Western Africa 2883
KY CYM 168 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean -9999
CF CAF 172 Africa Central Africa 0
TD TCD 176 Africa Central Africa 0
CL CHL 180 Latin America + Caribbean South America 218880
CN CHN 184 Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 810387
CX CXR 188 Asia + Pacific South East Asia -9999
CC CCK 192 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
CO COL 196 Latin America + Caribbean South America 16190
KM COM 200 Africa Western Indian Ocean 1416
CG COG 204 Africa Central Africa 7359
CK COK 208 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
CR CRI 212 Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 14849
CI CIV 216 Africa Western Africa 8630
HR HRV 220 Europe Central Europe 44850
CU CUB 224 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 51040
CY CYP 228 Europe Central Europe 2961
CZ CZE 232 Europe Central Europe 0
KP PRK 236 Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 26251
CD COD 240 Africa Central Africa 820
DK DNK 244 Europe Western Europe 102439
DJ DJI 248 Africa Eastern Africa 3406
DM DMA 252 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 304
DO DOM 256 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 5864
EC ECU 260 Latin America + Caribbean South America 31507
EG EGY 264 Africa Northern Africa 50066
SV SLV 268 Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 17659
GQ GNQ 272 Africa Central Africa 8560
ER ERI 276 Africa Eastern Africa 47469
EE EST 280 Europe Central Europe 36242
ET ETH 284 Africa Eastern Africa 0
FK FLK 288 Latin America + Caribbean South America -9999
FO FRO 292 Europe Western Europe -9999
FJ FJI 296 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 19497
FI FIN 300 Europe Western Europe 82482
FR FRA 304 Europe Western Europe 160661
GF GUF 308 Latin America + Caribbean South America 43539
PF PYF 312 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 4959
TF ATF 316 Polar Antarctic -9999
GA GAB 320 Africa Central Africa 36846
GM GMB 324 Africa Western Africa 5725
GE GEO 328 Europe Eastern Europe 2738
DE DEU 332 Europe Western Europe 55499
GH GHA 336 Africa Western Africa 18095
GI GIB 340 Europe Western Europe -9999
344 Africa Western Indian Ocean -9999
GR GRC 348 Europe Western Europe 94340
GL GRL 352 Polar Arctic -9999
GD GRD 356 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 629
GP GLP 360 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 3186
GU GUM 364 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
GT GTM 368 Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 13036
372 Europe Western Europe -9999
GN GIN 376 Africa Western Africa 49670
GW GNB 380 Africa Western Africa 37191
GY GUY 384 Latin America + Caribbean South America 48763
HT HTI 388 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 5857
HM 392 Polar Antarctic -9999
VA VAT 396 Europe Western Europe -9999
HN HND 400 Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 58757
404 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
HU HUN 408 Europe Central Europe 0
IS ISL 412 Europe Western Europe 108684
IN IND 416 Asia + Pacific South Asia 372424
ID IDN 420 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 1847707
IR IRN 424 Asia + Pacific South Asia 160217
IQ IRQ 428 West Asia Mashriq 1034
IE IRL 432 Europe Western Europe 151912
IMY 436 Europe Western Europe -9999
IL ISR 440 Europe Western Europe 3207
IT ITA 444 Europe Western Europe 110750
JM JAM 448 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 5609
JP JPN 452 Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 304246
456 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
460 Europe Western Europe -9999
464 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
JO JOR 468 West Asia Mashriq 82
472 Africa Western Indian Ocean -9999
KZ KAZ 476 Asia + Pacific Central Asia 139144
KE KEN 480 Africa Eastern Africa 8460
KI KIR 484 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 2666
KW KWT 488 West Asia Arabian Peninsula 6526
KG KGZ 492 Asia + Pacific Central Asia 0
LA LAO 496 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 0
LV LVA 500 Europe Central Europe 28009
LB LBN 504 West Asia Mashriq 1169
LS LSO 508 Africa Southern Africa 0
LR LBR 512 Africa Western Africa 14894
LY LBY 516 Africa Northern Africa 63595
LI LIE 520 Europe Western Europe -9999
LT LTU 524 Europe Central Europe 5688
LU LUX 528 Europe Western Europe 0
MO MAC 532 Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 4
MG MDG 536 Africa Western Indian Ocean 96653
MW MWI 540 Africa Southern Africa 0
MY MYS 544 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 335914
MV MDV 548 Asia + Pacific South Asia 29609
ML MLI 552 Africa Western Africa 0
MT MLT 556 Europe Western Europe 5860
MH MHL 560 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 642
MQ MTQ 564 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 807
MR MRT 568 Africa Western Africa 28370
MU MUS 572 Africa Western Indian Ocean 27373
YT MYT 576 Africa Western Indian Ocean -9999
MX MEX 580 Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 393253
FM FSM 584 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 2325
588 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
MD MDA 592 Europe Eastern Europe 0
MC MCO 596 Europe Western Europe -9999
MN MNG 600 Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 0
MS MSR 604 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean -9999
MA MAR 608 Africa Northern Africa 70365
MZ MOZ 612 Africa Southern Africa 73300
MM MMR 616 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 216379
NA NAM 620 Africa Southern Africa 95030
NR NRU 624 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
NP NPL 628 Asia + Pacific South Asia 0
NL NLD 632 Europe Western Europe 63986
AN ANT 636 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 1972
NC NCL 640 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 46257
NZ NZL 644 Asia + Pacific Australia + New Zealand 247812
NI NIC 648 Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 68557
NE NER 652 Africa Western Africa 0
NG NGA 656 Africa Western Africa 41769
NU NIU 660 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
NF NFK 664 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
MP MNP 668 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
NO NOR 672 Europe Western Europe 218501
PS PSE 676 West Asia Mashriq -9999
OM OMN 680 West Asia Arabian Peninsula 46670
PK PAK 684 Asia + Pacific South Asia 43701
PW PLW 688 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
PA PAN 692 Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 44169
PG PNG 696 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 132401
700 Asia + Pacific South East Asia -9999
PY PRY 704 Latin America + Caribbean South America 0
PE PER 708 Latin America + Caribbean South America 84767
PH PHL 712 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 244493
PN PCN 716 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
PL POL 720 Europe Central Europe 30010
PT PRT 724 Europe Western Europe 20141
PR PRI 728 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 4073
QA QAT 732 West Asia Arabian Peninsula 31156
KR KOR 736 Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 226277
RE REU 740 Africa Western Indian Ocean 965
RO ROM 744 Europe Central Europe 18614
RU RUS 748 Europe Eastern Europe 4137038
RW RWA 752 Africa Eastern Africa 0
SH SHN 756 Africa Southern Africa -9999
KN KNA 760 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean -9999
LC LCA 764 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 271
PM SPM 768 North America North America -9999
VC VCT 772 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 1074
WS WSM 776 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 584
SM SMR 780 Europe Western Europe -9999
ST STP 784 Africa Central Africa 744
SA SAU 788 West Asia Arabian Peninsula 95580
SN SEN 792 Africa Western Africa 21033
SC SYC 796 Africa Western Indian Ocean 31479
SL SLE 800 Africa Western Africa 23165
SG SGP 804 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 714
SK SVK 808 Europe Central Europe 0
SI SVN 812 Europe Central Europe 170
SB SLB 816 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 25922
SO SOM 820 Africa Eastern Africa 40392
ZA ZAF 824 Africa Southern Africa 160938
GS 828 Polar Antarctic -9999
ES ESP 832 Europe Western Europe 62060
836 Asia + Pacific South East Asia -9999
LK LKA 840 Asia + Pacific South Asia 19247
SD SDN 844 Africa Northern Africa 15861
SR SUR 848 Latin America + Caribbean South America 56885
SJ SJM 852 Europe Western Europe -9999
SZ SWZ 856 Africa Southern Africa 0
SE SWE 860 Europe Western Europe 153812
CH CHE 864 Europe Western Europe 0
SY SYR 868 West Asia Mashriq 852
TW TWN 872 Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 79356
TJ TJK 876 Asia + Pacific Central Asia 0
TH THA 880 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 185351
MK MKD 884 Europe Central Europe 0
TG TGO 888 Africa Western Africa 629
TK TKL 892 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
TO TON 896 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 3191
TT TTO 900 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 22624
TN TUN 904 Africa Northern Africa 65347
TR TUR 908 Europe Central Europe 53292
TM TKM 912 Asia + Pacific Central Asia 72381
TC TCA 916 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean -9999
TV TUV 920 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
UG UGA 924 Africa Eastern Africa 0
UA UKR 928 Europe Eastern Europe 77965
AE ARE 932 West Asia Arabian Peninsula 51394
GB GBR 936 Europe Western Europe 522639
TZ TZA 940 Africa Southern Africa 17903
US USA 944 North America North America 2229894
VI VIR 948 Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 1257
UY URY 952 Latin America + Caribbean South America 68820
UZ UZB 956 Asia + Pacific Central Asia 26097
VU VUT 960 Asia + Pacific South Pacific 13582
VE VEN 964 Latin America + Caribbean South America 123623
VN VNM 968 Asia + Pacific South East Asia 352421
972 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
WF WLF 976 Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
EH ESH 980 Africa Northern Africa -9999
YE YEM 984 West Asia Arabian Peninsula 65341
YU YUG 988 Europe Central Europe 3079
ZM ZMB 992 Africa Southern Africa 0
ZW ZWE 996 Africa Southern Africa 0
META_DATA GEO_REGION
Variable: Continental Shelf Area Africa
Units: Square Kilometers Africa
Data Source: Global Maritime Boundaries Database (GMBD) Africa
Data Provider: Viridian - MRJ Technology Solutions Africa
Years: 2000 Africa
Copyright c 2002 United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva Africa
Asia + Pacific
Asia + Pacific
Asia + Pacific
Asia + Pacific
Asia + Pacific
Asia + Pacific
Europe
Europe
Europe
Latin America + Caribbean
Latin America + Caribbean
Latin America + Caribbean
North America
Polar
Polar
West Asia
West Asia
GEO_SUBREG Y_2000
Central Africa 67391
Eastern Africa 99727
Northern Africa 274922
Southern Africa 391344
Western Africa 254814
Western Indian Ocean 157885
Australia + New Zealand 2312994
Central Asia 237621
NW Pacific + East Asia 1446521
South Asia 684836
South East Asia 3224699
South Pacific 252026
Central Europe 239878
Eastern Europe 4295697
Western Europe 1920587
Caribbean 187607
Meso America 619007
South America 2202983
North America 5107517
Antarctic -9999
Arctic -9999
Arabian Peninsula 304635
Mashriq 3137
META_DATA GEO_REGION
Variable: Continental Shelf Area Africa
Units: Square Kilometers Asia + Pacific
Data Source: Global Maritime Boundaries Database (GMBD) Europe
Data Provider: Viridian - MRJ Technology Solutions Latin America + Caribbean
Years: 2000 North America
Copyright c 2002 United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva Polar
West Asia
Y_2000
1246083
8158697
6456161
3009596
5107517
-9999
307772
META_DATA
Variable: Continental Shelf Area
Units: Square Kilometers
Data Source: Global Maritime Boundaries Database (GMBD)
Data Provider: Viridian - MRJ Technology Solutions
Years: 2000
Copyright c 2002 United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva
GEO_GLOBAL Y_2000
Global totals 24285826
Reported global totals from original data 24285959
Metadata
Variable: Continental Shelf Area
Units: Square Kilometers
Data Source: Global Maritime Boundaries Database (GMBD)
Data Provider: Viridian - MRJ Technology Solutions
Years: 2000
Copyright c 2001 (National) World Resources Institute
Copyright c 2002 (Aggregations) United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva
Aggregation method
Sum
Interpolations/Extrapolations
None
Comments
The value "-9999" corresponds to "No Data".
The size of breadth of the territorial sea is disputed for the following countries:
Denmark excludes areas in Greenland.
World totals are calculated by World Resources Institute.
Continental shelf area
Further information on the Web site: http://www.maritimeboundaries.com/
Data source
Metadata
Variable: Continental Shelf Area
Units: Square Kilometers
Data Source: Global Maritime Boundaries Database (GMBD)
Data Provider: Viridian - MRJ Technology Solutions
Years: 2000
Copyright c 2001 (National) World Resources Institute
Copyright c 2002 (Aggregations) United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva
Aggregation method
Sum
The data is only aggregated if at least 75 % of the observations are available (i.e. % of population or % of area or %
of countries) on an annual basis.
Interpolations/Extrapolations
None
Comments
The value "-9999" corresponds to "No Data".
National figures include continental shelf area of the potential EEZ even though it may not have been claimed yet for
the following countries:
Albania, Bahrain, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Eritrea, Finland, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Netherlands Antilles,
Saudi Arabia, Taiwan Province of China, Tunisia and Yugoslavia.
The size of breadth of the territorial sea is disputed for the following countries:
Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Nicaragua, Panama,
Peru, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Rep and Uruguay.
Denmark excludes areas in Greenland.
World totals are calculated by World Resources Institute.
Continental shelf area
According to the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea, the Continental Shelf is the area of the seabed and subsoil
which extends beyond the territorial sea to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline and
beyond that distance to the outer edge of the continental margin.
Areas of continental shelf that are disputed by overlaping claims by one or more nations have been excluded from
this table. Areas that are of cooperative joint development between two or more nations have also been excluded.
Coastal States have sovereign rights over the continental shelf (the national area of the seabed) for exploring and
exploiting it; the shelf can extend at least 200 nautical miles from the shore, and more under specified circumstances.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an international agreement that sets conditions
and limits on the use and exploitation of the oceans. This Convention also sets the rules on how the maritime
jurisdictional boundaries of the different member states are set.
The UNCLOS was opened for signature on 10 December 1982 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and it entered into force on
16 November 1994. As of January 2000, there are 132 countries that have ratified UNCLOS.
Further information on the Web site: http://www.maritimeboundaries.com/
Data source
Area calculations are from L. Pruett and J. Cimino, unpublished data, Global Maritime Boundaries Database
(GMBD), Veridian - MRJ Technology Solutions, (Fairfax, Virginia, January, 2000).