Country rankings
Gulf Countries
Iran has the highest Gulf Coastline in 2024 (1,536 km), followed by Saudi Arabia (1,300 km) and United Arab Emirates (900 km). Iraq has the lowest (58 km).
Gulf CoastlineBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
Year 20248 of 235 countriesGulf Coastline, 2024
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All 8 ranked
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
531 km
Middle half 146 km – 1,000 km
Average
640 km
8 countries
Highest
1,536 km
Iran
Lowest
58 km
Iraq
Data
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30 countries · # = rank by Gulf Coastline
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran | — | No | 1,536 km | No |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia | Full | Yes | 1,300 km | Yes |
| 3 |  United Arab Emirates | Full | Yes | 900 km | Yes |
| 4 |  Qatar | Full | Yes | 563 km | Yes |
| 5 |  Kuwait | Full | Yes | 499 km | Yes |
| 6 |  Bahrain | Full | Yes | 161 km | Yes |
| 7 |  Oman | Full | Yes | 100 km | Yes |
| 8 |  Iraq | Full | No | 58 km | Yes |
| — |  India | Observer | — | — | — |
| — |  Brazil | Observer | — | — | — |
| — |  Egypt | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Sudan | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Algeria | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Yemen | Full | No | — | Yes |
| — |  Morocco | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Venezuela | Observer | — | — | — |
| — |  Syria | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Chad | Observer | — | — | — |
| — |  Somalia | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Tunisia | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Jordan | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Greece | Observer | — | — | — |
| — |  Libya | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Lebanon | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Palestine | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Mauritania | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Eritrea | Observer | — | — | — |
| — |  Armenia | Observer | — | — | — |
| — |  Djibouti | Full | — | — | — |
| — |  Comoros | Full | — | — | — |
What correlates with Gulf Coastline (2024)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Gulf Coastline?
- Iran has the highest Gulf Coastline in 2024, at 1,536 km, followed by Saudi Arabia (1,300 km) and United Arab Emirates (900 km).
- Which country has the lowest Gulf Coastline?
- Iraq has the lowest Gulf Coastline in 2024, at 58 km.
- What is the median Gulf Coastline across countries?
- The median is 531 km across the 8 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this gulf countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Persian Gulf - Britannica; Persian Gulf - Wiki; Gulf Cooperation Council - Britannica; Gulf Cooperation Council - Wiki.