Landlocked Countries by Continent

A country is considered landlocked when its borders are entirely surrounded by the land of another country. Countries wherein a portion of its coastline lies on seas are also considered as landlocked.

The list is categorized by continent and then sorted alphabetically by the name of the country:

Africa

• Botswana - surrounded by Angola and Zimbabwe to the north; South Africa to the south; Zimbabwe to the east; and Namibia to the west.
• Burkina Faso - surrounded by Mali to the north; Ghana and Togo to the south; Niger to the east; Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest; and Benin to the southeast.
• Burundi - surrounded by Rwando to the north; Tanzania to the east and south; and and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
• Central African Republic - surrounded by Chad in the north; Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south; South Sudan in the east; Cameroon in the west; and Sudan in the north east.
• Chad - surrounded by Libya to the north; Central African Republic to the south; Sudan to the east; Niger to the west; and Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest.
• Ethiopia - surrounded by Eritrea to the north; Kenya to the south; Djibouti and Somalia to the east; and Sudan and South Sudan to the west.
• Lesotho - entirely surround by the Republic of South Africa.
• Malawi - surrounded by Mozambique on the east, south and west; Tanzania to the northeast; and Zambia to the northwest.
• Mali - surrounded by Algeria on the north; Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south; Niger on the east; Senegal and Mauritania on the west; and Guinea on the south-west.
• Niger - surrounded by Algeria and Libya to the north; Nigeria and Benin to the south; Chad to the east; and Burkina Faso and Mali to the west.
• Rwanda - surrounded by Uganda to the north; Burundi to the south; Tanzania to the east; and Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
• Swaziland - surrounded by South Africa to the north, south and west; and Mozambique to the east.
• Uganda - surrounded by South Sudan to the north; Tanzania to the south; Kenya to the east; Democractic Republic of the Congo to the west; and Rwanda to the southwest.
• Zambia - surrounded by Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north; Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south; Malawi to the east; Angola to the west; and Tanzania to the north-east.
• Zimbabwe - surrounded by South Africa to the south; Mozambique to the east; Zambia and Namibia to the northwest; and Botswana to the southwest.

Asia

• Afghanistan - surrounded by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north; Iran to the west; China to the northeast; and Pakistan to the southeast.
• Azerbaijan - surrounded by Russia to the north; Iran to the south; Caspian Sea to the east; Armenia to the west; and Georgia to the northwest.
• Bhutan -surrounded by People's Republic of China to the north; and Republic of India to the south, east and west.
• Kazakhstan - surrounded by Russia to the North and East; China to the East; and Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan to the South.
• Kyrgyzstan - surrounded by Kazakhstan to the north; China to the east; Uzbekistan to the west; and Tajikistan to the southwest.
• Laos - surrounded by Cambodia to the south; Vietnam to the east; Thailand to the west; and Burma and China to the northwest.
• Mongolia - surrounded by Russia to the north; and China to the south, east and west.
• Nepal - surrounded by People's Republic of China to the north; and Republic of India to the south, east, and west.
• Tajikistan - surrounded by Kyrgyzstan to the north; Afghanistan to the south; China to the east; and Uzbekistan to the west.
• Turkmenistan - surrounded by Kazakhstan to the north and northwest; Iran to the south and southwest; Uzbekistan to the east and northeast; Caspian Sea to the west; and Afghanistan to the southeast.
• Uzbekistan - surrounded by Kazakhstan to the north and west; Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south; and Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east.
• West Bank - surrounded by Jordan and Israel.

Europe

• Andorra - surrounded by France and Spain.
• Armenia - surrounded by Georgia to the north; Iran and the Azerbaijani to the south; Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan to the east; and Turkey to the west.
• Austria - surrounded by Czech Republic and Germany to the north; Slovenia and Italy to the south; Slovakia and Hungary to the east; and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.
• Belarus - surrounded by Ukraine to the south; Poland to the west; Russia to the northeast; and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.
• Czech Republic - surrounded by Slovakia to the east; Austria to the south; Poland to the northeast; and Germany to the west and northwest.
• Vatican City (Holy See) - surrounded by Italy.
• Hungary - surrounded by Slovakia to the north; Serbia and Croatia to the south; Ukraine and Romania to the east; Austria to the west; and Slovenia to the southwest.
• Liechtenstein - surrounded by Austria to the east; and Switzerland to the west and south.
• Luxembourg - surrounded by Belgium, France, and Germany.
• Moldova - surrounded by Ukraine to the north, east and south; and Romania to the west.
• San Marino - surrounded by Italy.
• Serbia - surrounded by Hungary to the north; Republic of Macedonia to the south; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west.
• Slovakia - surrounded by Poland to the north; Hungary to the south; Ukraine to the east; and Czech Republic and Austria to the west.
• Switzerland - surrounded by Germany to the north; Italy to the south; Austria and Liechtenstein to the east; and France to the west.
• The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - surrounded by Serbia and Montenegro to the north; Greece to the south; Bulgaria to the east; and Albania to the west.

South America

• Paraguay - surrounded by Argentina to the south and southwest; Brazil to the east and northeast; and Bolivia to the northwest.
• Bolivia - surrounded by Brazil to the north and east; Paraguay and Argentina to the south; Peru to the west; and Chile to the south west.