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The world's exclusive economic zones by boundary types and EEZ types. An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
The United States has the world's second-largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The total size is 11,351,000 km 2 (4,383,000 sq mi) 2. [1] Areas of its EEZ are located in three oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. Most notable areas are Alaska, Hawaii, the East Coast, West Coast and Gulf Coast of the United States.
Australia 's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was declared on 1 August 1994 and extends from 12 to 200 nautical miles (22 to 370 km) from the coastline of Australia and its external territories, except where a maritime delimitation agreement exists with another state. [1][2] To the 12 nautical-mile boundary is Australia's territorial waters.
The exclusive economic zone of the Philippines (Philippine EEZ), per the mandate of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), consists of four subzones. [ 1 ] It covers 2,263,816 square kilometers (874,064 sq mi) of sea. The Philippines has 7,641 islands comprising the Philippine archipelago. [ 2 ]
Japan's exclusive economic zones: Japan's EEZ (includes the disputed Okinotorishima EEZ, the lowermost purple near-circle) Joint regime with the Republic of Korea. EEZ claimed by Japan but also claimed by other nations. Japan has the eighth-largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the world. [1] The total area of Japan is about 380 thousand km ...
Claimed waters of Vietnam in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand, including its EEZ and the two disputed archipelagos of Spratly and Paracel. Vietnam claims an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 1,395,096 km 2 (538,650 sq mi) with 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) from its shores. [1][2] Excluding all disputed waters, Vietnam has an ...
Exclusive economic zone of France. France has, due to its Overseas departments and regions that are scattered in all the oceans of Earth, the largest exclusive economic zone of the world. The total EEZ of France is 11,691,000 km 2 (4,514,000 sq mi). [1]
Canada's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is the 7th-largest in the world. [2] It is unusual in that its EEZ, covering 5,599,077 km 2 (2,161,816 sq mi), is slightly smaller than its territorial waters. [3] The latter generally extend only 12 nautical miles from the shore, but also include inland marine waters such as Hudson Bay —about 300 ...