List of Mediterranean countries

Political map of the Mediterranean Sea as of September 2004.

The Mediterranean countries are those that surround the Mediterranean Sea or located within the Mediterranean Basin. Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa regions border the sea itself.

The following countries, listed clockwise from the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula to the northern tip of the Tangier Peninsula, have a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea: Spain, Gibraltar (UK), France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. Malta and Cyprus are two island nations located fully within the Mediterranean Sea.

While not having a coastline in the Mediterranean, Albania, Portugal, Andorra, San Marino, Vatican City, Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Jordan are located within the Mediterranean Basin and are often included on the list of Mediterranean countries. Such classification is mostly based on their geographical, economic, geopolitical, historical, ethnic and cultural (language, art, music, cuisine) ties to the region as a whole. Other factors include climate and flora.

List of countries

The table below includes countries having either a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea (boldfaced), or a territory inside its drainage basin or in its biogeographical basin.

Land	Continent	Coastline	Drainage basin	Biogeographical basin	Notes
Albanien	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Algerien	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Andorra	Europa	No	Yes	No
Bosnien und Herzegowina	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bulgarien	Europa	No	Yes	Yes
Burundi	Africa	No	Yes	No
DR Congo	Africa	No	Yes	No
Kroatien	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zypern	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ägypten	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eritrea	Africa	No	Yes	No
Äthiopien	Africa	No	Yes	No
Frankreich	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Griechenland	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iraq	Asia	No	No	Yes
Israel	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italien	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jordanien	Asia	No	No	Yes
Kenia	Africa	No	Yes	No
Kosovo	Europa	No	Yes	Yes
Libanon	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Libyen	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malta	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Monaco	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marokko	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Northern Cyprus	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
North Macedonia	Europa	No	Yes	Yes
Palestine	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Exclave of the Gaza Strip only
Portugal	Europa	No	No	Yes
Ruanda	Africa	No	Yes	No
San Marino	Europa	No	Yes	Yes
Serbien	Europa	No	Yes	No
Slowenien	Europa	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Sudan	Africa	No	Yes	No
Spanien	Europe/Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Including the exclave of Ceuta
Sudan	Africa	No	Yes	No
Schweiz	Europa	No	Yes	No
Syria	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tansania	Africa	No	Yes	No
Tunesien	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Türkei	Asia/Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Uganda	Africa	No	Yes	No
Vereinigtes Königreich	Europe/Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Exclaves of Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Gibraltar only
Vatican City	Europa	No	Yes	Yes

See also

• Mediterranean Sea#Exclusive economic zone, for a list of coastal countries by exclusive economic zone
• Mediterranean Basin#Ecoregions, for a list of countries in the Mediterranean Basin by ecoregion
• List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea
• Eastern Mediterranean