Country Comparison :: Maritime claims
This entry includes the following claims, the definitions of which are excerpted from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which alone contains the full and definitive descriptions:
territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal state extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the UNCLOS (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every state has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles; the normal baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the mean low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts officially recognized by the coastal state; the UNCLOS describes specific rules for archipelagic states.
contiguous zone - according to the UNCLOS (Article 33), this is a zone contiguous to a coastal state's territorial sea, over which it may exercise the control necessary to: prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea; the contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (e.g. the US has claimed a 12-nautical mile contiguous zone in addition to its 12-nautical mile territorial sea).
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the UNCLOS (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal state has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and with regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone, such as the production of energy from the water, currents, and winds; jurisdiction with regard to the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations, and structures; marine scientific research; the protection and preservation of the marine environment; the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone shall not exceed 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
continental shelf - the UNCLOS (Article 76) defines the continental shelf of a coastal state as comprising the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal state, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise; wherever the continental margin extends beyond 200 nautical miles from the baseline, coastal states may extend their claim to a distance not to exceed 350 nautical miles from the baseline or 100 nautical miles from the 2500 meter isobath; it does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof.
exclusive fishing zone - while this term is not used in the UNCLOS, some states (e.g., the United Kingdom) have chosen not to claim an EEZ, but rather to claim jurisdiction over the living resources off their coast; in such cases, the term exclusive fishing zone is often used; the breadth of this zone is normally the same as the EEZ or 200 nautical miles.
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country Maritime claims Date of Information
1 Antigua and Barbuda
200.00
NA
2 Antigua and Barbuda
200.00
NA
3 United Arab Emirates
200.00
NA
4 Angola
200.00
NA
5 American Samoa
200.00
NA
6 Argentina
200.00
NA
7 Australia
200.00
NA
8 Anguilla
200.00
NA
9 Bermuda
200.00
NA
10 Navassa Island
200.00
NA
11 Solomon Islands
200.00
NA
12 Solomon Islands
200.00
NA
13 Benin
200.00
NA
14 Burma
200.00
NA
15 Burma
200.00
NA
16 Belize
200.00
NA
17 Bangladesh
200.00
NA
18 Bahamas, The
200.00
NA
19 China
200.00
NA
20 China
200.00
NA
21 Congo, Republic of the
200.00
NA
22 Sri Lanka
200.00
NA
23 Sri Lanka
200.00
NA
24 Cambodia
200.00
NA
25 Cambodia
200.00
NA
26 Canada
200.00
NA
27 Canada
200.00
NA
28 Brunei
200.00
NA
29 Bulgaria
200.00
NA
30 Brazil
200.00
NA
31 Brazil
200.00
NA
32 El Salvador
200.00
NA
33 Equatorial Guinea
200.00
NA
34 Ireland
200.00
NA
35 Egypt
200.00
NA
36 Ecuador
200.00
NA
37 Dominican Republic
200.00
NA
38 Dominican Republic
200.00
NA
39 Dominica
200.00
NA
40 Djibouti
200.00
NA
41 Denmark
200.00
NA
42 Cook Islands
200.00
NA
43 Cook Islands
200.00
NA
44 Cape Verde
200.00
NA
45 Cuba
200.00
NA
46 Costa Rica
200.00
NA
47 Greenland
200.00
NA
48 Greenland
200.00
NA
49 Grenada
200.00
NA
50 Ghana
200.00
NA
51 Ghana
200.00
NA
52 Georgia
200.00
NA
53 Gabon
200.00
NA
54 Gambia, The
200.00
NA
55 French Southern and Antarctic Lands
200.00
NA
56 Cote d'Ivoire
200.00
NA
57 Cote d'Ivoire
200.00
NA
58 Clipperton Island
200.00
NA
59 British Indian Ocean Territory
200.00
NA
60 India
200.00
NA
61 India
200.00
NA
62 Indonesia
200.00
NA
63 Iceland
200.00
NA
64 Iceland
200.00
NA
65 Morocco
200.00
NA
66 Montserrat
200.00
NA
67 Mayotte
200.00
NA
68 Madagascar
200.00
NA
69 Madagascar
200.00
NA
70 Liberia
200.00
NA
71 Latvia
200.00
NA
72 Christmas Island
200.00
NA
73 Korea, South
200.00
NA
74 Netherlands
200.00
NA
75 Nigeria
200.00
NA
76 Vanuatu
200.00
NA
77 Vanuatu
200.00
NA
78 Norfolk Island
200.00
NA
79 Niue
200.00
NA
80 New Caledonia
200.00
NA
81 Mozambique
200.00
NA
82 Malaysia
200.00
NA
83 Yemen
200.00
NA
84 Yemen
200.00
NA
85 Samoa
200.00
NA
86 Wake Island
200.00
NA
87 Wallis and Futuna
200.00
NA
88 Namibia
200.00
NA
89 Virgin Islands
200.00
NA
90 Vietnam
200.00
NA
91 Vietnam
200.00
NA
92 British Virgin Islands
200.00
NA
93 Venezuela
200.00
NA
94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
200.00
NA
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
200.00
NA
96 Uruguay
200.00
NA
97 United States
200.00
NA
98 Ukraine
200.00
NA
99 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
200.00
NA
100 United Kingdom
200.00
NA
101 Tanzania
200.00
NA
102 Taiwan
200.00
NA
103 Tuvalu
200.00
NA
104 Timor-Leste
200.00
NA
105 Sao Tome and Principe
200.00
NA
106 Togo
200.00
NA
107 Tonga
200.00
NA
108 Tokelau
200.00
NA
109 Turks and Caicos Islands
200.00
NA
110 Thailand
200.00
NA
111 Trinidad and Tobago
200.00
NA
112 Trinidad and Tobago
200.00
NA
113 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
200.00
NA
114 Svalbard
200.00
NA
115 Saint Lucia
200.00
NA
116 Saint Lucia
200.00
NA
117 Spain
200.00
NA
118 Somalia
200.00
NA
119 Sierra Leone
200.00
NA
120 Sierra Leone
200.00
NA
121 Saint Helena
200.00
NA
122 Senegal
200.00
NA
123 Senegal
200.00
NA
124 South Africa
200.00
NA
125 South Africa
200.00
NA
126 Seychelles
200.00
NA
127 Seychelles
200.00
NA
128 Saint Kitts and Nevis
200.00
NA
129 Saint Kitts and Nevis
200.00
NA
130 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
200.00
NA
131 Russia
200.00
NA
132 Puerto Rico
200.00
NA
133 Philippines
200.00
NA
134 Romania
200.00
NA
135 Marshall Islands
200.00
NA
136 Guinea-Bissau
200.00
NA
137 Palau
200.00
NA
138 Papua New Guinea
200.00
NA
139 Portugal
200.00
NA
140 Panama
200.00
NA
141 Pakistan
200.00
NA
142 Pakistan
200.00
NA
143 Peru
200.00
NA
144 Peru
200.00
NA
145 Pitcairn Islands
200.00
NA
146 New Zealand
200.00
NA
147 New Zealand
200.00
NA
148 Suriname
200.00
NA
149 Nauru
200.00
NA
150 Norway
200.00
NA
151 Norway
200.00
NA
152 Mexico
200.00
NA
153 Mexico
200.00
NA
154 Maldives
200.00
NA
155 Oman
200.00
NA
156 Mauritania
200.00
NA
157 Mauritania
200.00
NA
158 Mauritius
200.00
NA
159 Mauritius
200.00
NA
160 Kiribati
200.00
NA
161 Korea, North
200.00
NA
162 Kenya
200.00
NA
163 Kenya
200.00
NA
164 Jan Mayen
200.00
NA
165 Jamaica
200.00
NA
166 Jamaica
200.00
NA
167 Japan
200.00
NA
168 Honduras
200.00
NA
169 Heard Island and McDonald Islands
200.00
NA
170 Haiti
200.00
NA
171 Guyana
200.00
NA
172 Guyana
200.00
NA
173 Guinea
200.00
NA
174 Guatemala
200.00
NA
175 Germany
200.00
NA
176 France
200.00
NA
177 French Polynesia
200.00
NA
178 Faroe Islands
200.00
NA
179 Faroe Islands
200.00
NA
180 Micronesia, Federated States of
200.00
NA
181 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
200.00
NA
182 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
200.00
NA
183 Fiji
200.00
NA
184 Costa Rica
200.00
NA
185 Coral Sea Islands
200.00
NA
186 Northern Mariana Islands
200.00
NA
187 Colombia
200.00
NA
188 Comoros
200.00
NA
189 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
200.00
NA
190 Cayman Islands
200.00
NA
191 Chile
200.00
NA
192 Barbados
200.00
NA
193 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
200.00
NA
194 Australia
200.00
NA
195 Argentina
200.00
NA
196 United Arab Emirates
200.00
NA
197 Libya
62.00
NA
198 Togo
30.00
NA
199 Malta
25.00
NA
200 Antigua and Barbuda
24.00
NA
201 United Arab Emirates
24.00
NA
202 Angola
24.00
NA
203 Finland
24.00
NA
204 El Salvador
24.00
NA
205 Egypt
24.00
NA
206 Dominican Republic
24.00
NA
207 China
24.00
NA
208 Sri Lanka
24.00
NA
209 Cambodia
24.00
NA
210 Canada
24.00
NA
211 Bulgaria
24.00
NA
212 Brazil
24.00
NA
213 Burma
24.00
NA
214 Belgium
24.00
NA
215 Bahrain
24.00
NA
216 Yemen
24.00
NA
217 Samoa
24.00
NA
218 Namibia
24.00
NA
219 Vietnam
24.00
NA
220 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
24.00
NA
221 Uruguay
24.00
NA
222 United States
24.00
NA
223 Tuvalu
24.00
NA
224 Timor-Leste
24.00
NA
225 Tunisia
24.00
NA
226 Trinidad and Tobago
24.00
NA
227 Syria
24.00
NA
228 Saint Lucia
24.00
NA
229 Spain
24.00
NA
230 Sierra Leone
24.00
NA
231 Senegal
24.00
NA
232 South Africa
24.00
NA
233 Seychelles
24.00
NA
234 Saint Kitts and Nevis
24.00
NA
235 Russia
24.00
NA
236 Romania
24.00
NA
237 Marshall Islands
24.00
NA
238 Qatar
24.00
NA
239 Portugal
24.00
NA
240 Panama
24.00
NA
241 Pakistan
24.00
NA
242 New Zealand
24.00
NA
243 Nicaragua
24.00
NA
244 Nauru
24.00
NA
245 Netherlands
24.00
NA
246 Vanuatu
24.00
NA
247 Mexico
24.00
NA
248 Maldives
24.00
NA
249 Oman
24.00
NA
250 Malta
24.00
NA
251 Mauritania
24.00
NA
252 Morocco
24.00
NA
253 Madagascar
24.00
NA
254 Korea, South
24.00
NA
255 Jamaica
24.00
NA
256 Japan
24.00
NA
257 Iran
24.00
NA
258 India
24.00
NA
259 Honduras
24.00
NA
260 Haiti
24.00
NA
261 Ghana
24.00
NA
262 Gabon
24.00
NA
263 France
24.00
NA
264 Dominica
24.00
NA
265 Djibouti
24.00
NA
266 Denmark
24.00
NA
267 Cyprus
24.00
NA
268 Cape Verde
24.00
NA
269 Cuba
24.00
NA
270 Cameroon
24.00
NA
271 Chile
24.00
NA
272 Australia
24.00
NA
273 Argentina
24.00
NA
274 Bangladesh
18.00
NA
275 Gambia, The
18.00
NA
276 Saudi Arabia
18.00
NA
277 Sudan
18.00
NA
278 Venezuela
15.00
NA
279 Aruba
12.00
NA
280 United Arab Emirates
12.00
NA
281 Algeria
12.00
NA
282 Australia
12.00
NA
283 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
12.00
NA
284 Solomon Islands
12.00
NA
285 Burma
12.00
NA
286 Belize
12.00
NA
287 Bangladesh
12.00
NA
288 Bahamas, The
12.00
NA
289 Belgium
12.00
NA
290 Bermuda
12.00
NA
291 Barbados
12.00
NA
292 Bahrain
12.00
NA
293 Finland
12.00
NA
294 Finland
12.00
NA
295 El Salvador
12.00
NA
296 Eritrea
12.00
NA
297 Estonia
12.00
NA
298 Equatorial Guinea
12.00
NA
299 Ireland
12.00
NA
300 Egypt
12.00
NA
301 Northern Mariana Islands
12.00
NA
302 Guyana
12.00
NA
303 Guinea
12.00
NA
304 Guatemala
12.00
NA
305 Greece
12.00
NA
306 Germany
12.00
NA
307 Guernsey
12.00
NA
308 Grenada
12.00
NA
309 Ghana
12.00
NA
310 Georgia
12.00
NA
311 Jersey
12.00
NA
312 Japan
12.00
NA
313 Iraq
12.00
NA
314 Cote d'Ivoire
12.00
NA
315 Italy
12.00
NA
316 Israel
12.00
NA
317 Iran
12.00
NA
318 Clipperton Island
12.00
NA
319 India
12.00
NA
320 Yemen
12.00
NA
321 Samoa
12.00
NA
322 Wake Island
12.00
NA
323 Wallis and Futuna
12.00
NA
324 Namibia
12.00
NA
325 Virgin Islands
12.00
NA
326 Vietnam
12.00
NA
327 Venezuela
12.00
NA
328 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12.00
NA
329 Uruguay
12.00
NA
330 United States
12.00
NA
331 Ukraine
12.00
NA
332 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
12.00
NA
333 United Kingdom
12.00
NA
334 Tanzania
12.00
NA
335 Taiwan
12.00
NA
336 Tuvalu
12.00
NA
337 Turkey
12.00
NA
338 Timor-Leste
12.00
NA
339 Tunisia
12.00
NA
340 Tunisia
12.00
NA
341 Sao Tome and Principe
12.00
NA
342 Tonga
12.00
NA
343 Tokelau
12.00
NA
344 Turks and Caicos Islands
12.00
NA
345 Thailand
12.00
NA
346 Trinidad and Tobago
12.00
NA
347 Syria
12.00
NA
348 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
12.00
NA
349 Sweden
12.00
NA
350 Sudan
12.00
NA
351 Saint Lucia
12.00
NA
352 Spain
12.00
NA
353 Sierra Leone
12.00
NA
354 Slovenia
12.00
NA
355 Saint Helena
12.00
NA
356 Senegal
12.00
NA
357 South Africa
12.00
NA
358 Seychelles
12.00
NA
359 Saint Kitts and Nevis
12.00
NA
360 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
12.00
NA
361 Saudi Arabia
12.00
NA
362 Russia
12.00
NA
363 Puerto Rico
12.00
NA
364 Romania
12.00
NA
365 Marshall Islands
12.00
NA
366 Qatar
12.00
NA
367 Guinea-Bissau
12.00
NA
368 Papua New Guinea
12.00
NA
369 Portugal
12.00
NA
370 Panama
12.00
NA
371 Poland
12.00
NA
372 Pakistan
12.00
NA
373 New Zealand
12.00
NA
374 Nicaragua
12.00
NA
375 Netherlands Antilles
12.00
NA
376 Netherlands Antilles
12.00
NA
377 Suriname
12.00
NA
378 Nauru
12.00
NA
379 Norway
12.00
NA
380 Netherlands
12.00
NA
381 Nigeria
12.00
NA
382 Vanuatu
12.00
NA
383 Norfolk Island
12.00
NA
384 Niue
12.00
NA
385 New Caledonia
12.00
NA
386 Mozambique
12.00
NA
387 Malaysia
12.00
NA
388 Mexico
12.00
NA
389 Monaco
12.00
NA
390 Monaco
12.00
NA
391 Montenegro
12.00
NA
392 Mayotte
12.00
NA
393 Madagascar
12.00
NA
394 Libya
12.00
NA
395 Lithuania
12.00
NA
396 Latvia
12.00
NA
397 Lebanon
12.00
NA
398 Maldives
12.00
NA
399 Oman
12.00
NA
400 Malta
12.00
NA
401 Mauritania
12.00
NA
402 Mauritius
12.00
NA
403 Morocco
12.00
NA
404 Kuwait
12.00
NA
405 Christmas Island
12.00
NA
406 Christmas Island
12.00
NA
407 Korea, South
12.00
NA
408 Kiribati
12.00
NA
409 Korea, North
12.00
NA
410 Kenya
12.00
NA
411 Jamaica
12.00
NA
412 Isle of Man
12.00
NA
413 Isle of Man
12.00
NA
414 Indonesia
12.00
NA
415 Iceland
12.00
NA
416 Croatia
12.00
NA
417 Honduras
12.00
NA
418 Heard Island and McDonald Islands
12.00
NA
419 Haiti
12.00
NA
420 Gabon
12.00
NA
421 Gambia, The
12.00
NA
422 French Southern and Antarctic Lands
12.00
NA
423 France
12.00
NA
424 French Polynesia
12.00
NA
425 Micronesia, Federated States of
12.00
NA
426 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
12.00
NA
427 Fiji
12.00
NA
428 Colombia
12.00
NA
429 Comoros
12.00
NA
430 Cameroon
12.00
NA
431 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
12.00
NA
432 Cayman Islands
12.00
NA
433 Chile
12.00
NA
434 China
12.00
NA
435 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
12.00
NA
436 Dominica
12.00
NA
437 Djibouti
12.00
NA
438 Denmark
12.00
NA
439 Cyprus
12.00
NA
440 Cook Islands
12.00
NA
441 Cape Verde
12.00
NA
442 Cuba
12.00
NA
443 Costa Rica
12.00
NA
444 Sri Lanka
12.00
NA
445 Cambodia
12.00
NA
446 Canada
12.00
NA
447 Brunei
12.00
NA
448 Bulgaria
12.00
NA
449 Brazil
12.00
NA
450 Navassa Island
12.00
NA
451 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
12.00
NA
452 Argentina
12.00
NA
453 American Samoa
12.00
NA
454 Angola
12.00
NA
455 Albania
12.00
NA
456 Antigua and Barbuda
12.00
NA
457 Jan Mayen
10.00
NA
458 Norway
10.00
NA
459 Dominican Republic
6.00
NA
460 Turkey
6.00
NA
461 Bouvet Island
4.00
NA
462 Jan Mayen
4.00
NA
463 Svalbard
4.00
NA
464 Anguilla
3.00
NA
465 British Virgin Islands
3.00
NA
466 Singapore
3.00
NA
467 Palau
3.00
NA
468 Pitcairn Islands
3.00
NA
469 Montserrat
3.00
NA
470 Jordan
3.00
NA
471 Jersey
3.00
NA
472 Gibraltar
3.00
NA
473 Guernsey
3.00
NA
474 Greenland
3.00
NA
475 British Indian Ocean Territory
3.00
NA
476 Hong Kong
3.00
NA
477 Faroe Islands
3.00
NA
478 Coral Sea Islands
3.00
NA