Seychelles

Caribbean

Mauritius

None

Egypt

Libya

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Burundi

Comoros

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Rwanda

Sudan

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map shows COMESA members highlighted in orange: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, an organization founded in 1994 to promote free trade among its members

Countries

World

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members

Australia

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (U.K.)

Fiji

New Zealand

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Trinidad and Tobago

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Haiti

Cuba

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

United Kingdom

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Iceland

Netherlands

Cyprus

Estonia

Albania

Denmark

Greece

Croatia

Ireland

Malta

Norway

Guernsey (U.K.)

Jersey (U.K.)

Europe

Chile

Belize

Costa Rica

Honduras

Panama

Latin America

French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

New Caledonia (France)

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Singapore

Brunei

Malaysia

Southeast Asia

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Bahrain

Qatar

Sierra Leone

Guinea-Bissau

A world map showing the distribution of continental shelves. The continental shelves extend into the oceans along the margins of the continents.

Extent of the world's continental shelves, which are extensions of continents submerged by the oceans

Continental Shelf

Key areas with prominent continental shelves shaded in dark blue include the eastern and western coasts of North America, particularly around the Gulf of Alaska, Hudson Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico. The coasts of Europe, including the North Sea and the waters around the United Kingdom. The northern coast of Russia and the Arctic Ocean. The coasts of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The northern and eastern coasts of Australia. The coasts of South America, especially around the Gulf of California and the southern tip near Chile and Argentina. The western and southern coasts of Africa, particularly around Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.

NOAA

American Samoa (U.S.)

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Tuvalu

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Martin (France)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Czechia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hungary

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Northern Macedonia

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Ecuador

El Salvador

French Guiana (France)

Guatemala

Guyana

Nicaragua

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Curaçao (Neth.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Guadeloupe (France)

Mauritania

Réunion (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bhutan

India

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members	Continental Shelf	Gun Ownership
Value	Continental Shelf	Class	Rank	Per 100 people
	2.44%
	3.13%

	2.73%

	3.31%
	4.38%
	14.0%

	1.49%
	1.27%
	2.50%
	1.44%