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, Portugal, Andorra, San Marino, Vatican City, Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, 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.

Country	Continent	Coastline	Drainage basin	Biogeographical basin	Notes
Albania	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Algeria	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Andorra	Europe	No	Yes	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bulgaria	Europe	No	Yes	Yes
Burundi	Africa	No	Yes	No
DR Congo	Africa	No	Yes	No
Croatia	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cyprus	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Egypt	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eritrea	Africa	No	Yes	No
Ethiopia	Africa	No	Yes	No
France	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Greece	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iraq	Asia	No	No	Yes
Israel	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italy	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jordan	Asia	No	No	Yes
Kenya	Africa	No	Yes	No
Kosovo	Europe	No	Yes	Yes
Lebanon	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Libya	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malta	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Monaco	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Morocco	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Northern Cyprus	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes
North Macedonia	Europe	No	Yes	Yes
Palestine	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Exclave of the Gaza Strip only
Portugal	Europe	No	No	Yes
Rwanda	Africa	No	Yes	No
San Marino	Europe	No	Yes	Yes
Serbia	Europe	No	Yes	No
Slovenia	Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Sudan	Africa	No	Yes	No
Spain	Europe/Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Including the exclave of Ceuta
Sudan	Africa	No	Yes	No
Switzerland	Europe	No	Yes	No
Syria	Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tanzania	Africa	No	Yes	No
Tunisia	Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Turkey	Asia/Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Uganda	Africa	No	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Europe/Asia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Exclaves of Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Gibraltar only
Vatican City	Europe	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