Coastal waters — Area by country
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of...
What the numbers show
Coastal waters — Area is currently reported for 19 countries. The highest value is 576,154 1000 ha in Canada; the lowest is 1 1000 ha in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 423.6 1000 ha, and the mean is 33,343 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 2.1%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 47.8%).
Coastal waters — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 576,154 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Norway | 24,001 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 9,864 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Sweden | 8,143 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 5 | France | 5,722 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Croatia | 3,148 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 2,745 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 1,289 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Faroe Islands | 1,156 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 10 | Bermuda | 423.6 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 415 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 12 | Lithuania | 186 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 13 | Albania | 102 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Kenya | 97 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 15 | Germany | 34 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 16 | Slovenia | 21 1000 ha | 2024 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 17 | Monaco | 7.29 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Belgium | 4.09 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Sudan | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.