Country rankings
Northernmost Point by Country
Greenland ranks 1st on Rank, followed by Canada (2nd) and Russia (3rd); rank 1 is the best. Falkland Islands ranks last (232nd).
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 222 countries; rank 1 is the best.
Data
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222 countries · # = rank by Rank
| # | |||||
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| 1 |  Greenland | 1st | Kaffeklubben Island | 83°40′N | Cape Morris Jesup (mainland) - 83°39′N |
| 2 |  Canada | 2nd | Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut | 83°06′N | Zenith Point (mainland) - 72°00′N |
| 3 |  Russia | 3rd | Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast | 81°51′N | Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk Krai (mainland) - 77°43′N |
| 4 |  Norway | 4th | Rossøya, Svalbard | 80°49′N | Cape Nordkinn, Finnmark County (mainland) - 71°08′N |
| 5 |  United States | 5th | Point Barrow, Alaska | 71°23′N | Northwest Angle, Minnesota (contiguous 48 States) - 49°23′N |
| 6 |  Finland | 6th | Nuorgam, Utsjoki, Lapland | 70°05′N | — |
| 7 |  Sweden | 7th | Treriksröset, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Lapland | 69°04′N | — |
| 8 |  Iceland | 8th | Kolbeinsey, Eyjafjarðarsýsla | 67°08′N | Rifstangi Peninsula (mainland) - 66°32′N |
| 9 |  Faroe Islands | 9th | Viðareiði | 62°23′N | — |
| 10 |  United Kingdom | 10th | Out Stack, Shetland Islands | 60°51′N | Dunnet Head (mainland) - 58°40′N |
| 11 |  Estonia | 12th | Vaindloo island, Vainupea village, Haljala Parish | 59°48′N | Cape Purekkari, Pärispea village, Kuusalu Parish (mainland) - 59°40′N |
| 12 |  Latvia | 13th | Ipiķi parish | 58°05′N | — |
| 13 |  Denmark | 14th | Grenen, Skagen, North Jutland | 57°45′N | — |
| 14 |  Lithuania | 15th | Aspariškiai | 56°27′N | — |
| 15 |  Belarus | 16th | Proshki, Verkhnyadzvinsk Raion, Vitebsk Region | 56°08′N | — |
| 16 |  Kazakhstan | 17th | Border with Russia | 55°43′N | — |
| 17 |  Ireland | 18th | Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal | 55°26′N | Malin Head (mainland) - 55°23′N |
| 18 |  Germany | 19th | List, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein | 55°03′N | Rodenäs (mainland) - 54°54′N |
| 19 |  Poland | 20th | Jastrzębia Góra, Pomorskie | 54°50′N | — |
| 20 |  China | 21st | Mohe County, Heilongjiang Province | 53°34′N | — |
| 21 |  Netherlands | 22nd | Rottumerplaat, Groningen | 53°32′N | Eemshaven (mainland) - 53°27′N |
| 22 |  Ukraine | 23rd | Hremyach (Грем'яч) | 52°22′N | — |
| 23 |  Mongolia | 24th | Border with Russia | 52°09′N | — |
| 24 |  Belgium | 25th | Dreef, Antwerp | 51°30′N | — |
| 25 |  France | 26th | Bray-Dunes, Nord | 51°05′N | — |
| 26 |  Czechia | 27th | Severní | 51°02′N | — |
| 27 |  Luxembourg | 28th | Gouvy | 50°11′N | — |
| 28 |  Slovakia | 29th | Beskydok | 49°36′N | — |
| 29 |  Austria | 30th | Neumühlbach, Lower Austria | 49°01′N | — |
| 30 |  Hungary | 31st | Border with Slovakia, near Nagy-Milic | 48°35′N | — |
| 31 |  Moldova | 32nd | Naslavcea | 48°28′N | — |
| 32 |  Romania | 33rd | Horodiștea, Botoșani | 48°15′N | — |
| 33 |  Switzerland | 34th | Bargen, Canton of Schaffhausen | 47°48′N | — |
| 34 |  Liechtenstein | 35th | Ruggell | 47°14′N | — |
| 35 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 36th | Langlade Town, Miquelon | 47°06′N | — |
| 36 |  Italy | 37th | Zwillingsköpfl,from Alto Adige South Tyrol | 47°05′N | — |
| 37 |  Slovenia | 38th | Budinci | 46°52′N | — |
| 38 |  Croatia | 39th | Žabnik, Sveti Martin na Muri, Međimurje County | 46°33′N | — |
| 39 |  Serbia | 40th | Hajdukovo | 46°11′N | — |
| 40 |  Uzbekistan | 41st | Border with Kazakhstan | 45°36′N | — |
| 41 |  Japan | 42nd | Cape Kamoiwakka (claimed) | 45°33′N (claimed) | Bentenjima, Hokkaidō - 45°31′N |
| 42 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43rd | A village in the municipality of Kozarska Dubica Gradina Donja | 45°16′N | — |
| 43 |  Bulgaria | 44th | Timok Mouth, Vidin Province | 44°13′N | — |
| 44 |  San Marino | 45th | Falciano, Serravalle | 43°59′N | — |
| 45 |  Spain | 46th | Punta de Estaca de Bares, Province of A Coruña, Galicia | 43°47′N | — |
| 46 |  Monaco | 47th | Avenue Varavilla | 43°45′N | — |
| 47 |  Georgia | 48th | South of Aibga | 43°35′N | — |
| 48 |  Montenegro | 49th | Mocevici, Pljevlja municipality | 43°32′N | — |
| 49 |  Kyrgyzstan | 50th | Border with Kazakhstan | 43°16′N | — |
| 50 |  North Korea | 52nd | P'ungsŏ-ri, Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province | 43°00′N | — |
| 51 |  Turkmenistan | 53rd | North of Arychagyl | 42°50′N | — |
| 52 |  Andorra | 54th | Pic du Port | 42°39′N | — |
| 53 |  Albania | 55th | West of Kuti | 42°30′N | — |
| 54 |  North Macedonia | 56th | Boskovci | 42°21′N | — |
| 55 |  Portugal | 57th | Cevide, Cristoval, Melgaço | 42°07′N | — |
| 56 |  Turkey | 58th | Cape İnceburun, by Sinop | 42°06′N | — |
| 57 |  Vatican City | 59th | Corner of Viale Vaticano and Via Leone IV | 41°54′N | — |
| 58 |  Azerbaijan | 60th | Northernmost point alongside border with Georgia | 41°53′N | — |
| 59 |  Greece | 61st | Ormenio, Evros prefecture | 41°43′N | — |
| 60 |  Armenia | 62nd | Mamai | 41°17′N | — |
| 61 |  Tajikistan | 63rd | North of Punuk | 41°02′N | — |
| 62 |  Iran | 64th | North of Qush, West Azerbaijan region | 39°47′N | — |
| 63 |  South Korea | 65th | North of Daegang-ri, Goseong, Gangwon Province | 38°36′N | — |
| 64 |  Afghanistan | 66th | South of Qal'Aikhum | 38°22′N | — |
| 65 |  Tunisia | 67th | Galite Islands | 37°31′N | Ras ben Sakka ( the northernmost point of mainland Africa) - 37°21′N |
| 66 |  Iraq | 68th | North of Sanat | 37°23′N | — |
| 67 |  Syria | 69th | Tigris south of Cizre | 37°19′N | — |
| 68 |  Pakistan | 70th | Kilik Pass, Gilgit-Baltistan (claimed) | 37°08′N | — |
| 69 |  India | 71st | Kilik Pass, Jammu and Kashmir (claimed)Indira Col, Ladakh | 37°06′N (claimed)35°40′N | — |
| 70 |  Algeria | 72nd | Cap Bougaroûn, Skikda | 37°05′N | — |
| 71 |  Gibraltar | 73rd | Border with Spain in Winston Town | 36°09′N | — |
| 72 |  Malta | 74th | Xwieni Bay, Marsalforn Żebbuġ, Gozo | 36°05′N | — |
| 73 |  Morocco | 75th | Cape Spartel | 35°55′N | — |
| 74 |  Cyprus | 76th | Cape Apostolos Andreas | 35°42′N | — |
| 75 |  Lebanon | 77th | North of Chadra | 34°43′N | — |
| 76 |  Jordan | 78th | Tripoint with Syria and Iraq | 33°22′N | — |
| 77 |  Israel | 79th | 10 km north of Qiryat Shemona, or Mount Hermon[1] | 33°17′N | — |
| 78 |  Libya | 80th | Ras Ajdir | 33°10′N | — |
| 79 |  Mexico | 81st | Monumento 206 in Los Algodones, municipality of Mexicali, Baja California | 32°43′N | — |
| 80 |  Bermuda | 82nd | Fort St. Catherine | 32°34′N | — |
| 81 |  Palestine | 83rd | Zububa, Jenin Governorate | 32°32′N | — |
| 82 |  Saudi Arabia | 84th | Jabal Anaiza | 32°14′N | — |
| 83 |  Egypt | 85th | Sidi Barrani | 31°36′N | — |
| 84 |  Nepal | 86th | Lapche Pass, Karnali Province | 30°26′N | — |
| 85 |  Kuwait | 87th | Border with Iraq | 30°06′N | — |
| 86 |  Myanmar | 89th | Watershed of the Irrawaddy | 28°32′N | — |
| 87 |  Bhutan | 90th | North of Lunana | 28°20′N | — |
| 88 |  Western Sahara | 91st | Border with Morocco | 27°40′N | — |
| 89 |  Mauritania | 92nd | Tiris Zemmour Region | 27°19′N | — |
| 90 |  Bahamas | 93rd | Walker's Cay, Abaco Islands | 27°16′N | — |
| 91 |  Bangladesh | 94th | Tetulia, Panchgar | 26°38′N | — |
| 92 |  Oman | 95th | As Salamah | 26°30′N | — |
| 93 |  Taiwan | 96th | Dongyin Island, Lienchiang County | 26°23′N | Shimen District, Taipei County (mainland) - 25°17′N |
| 94 |  Bahrain | 97th | Muharraq Island | 26°17′N | — |
| 95 |  Qatar | 98th | Ras Rakan | 26°09′N | — |
| 96 |  United Arab Emirates | 99th | Wadi Shaam | 26°05′N | — |
| 97 |  Mali | 100th | Border with Mauritania | 25°04′N | — |
| 98 |  Niger | 101st | Tripoint with Algeria and Libya | 23°31′N | — |
| 99 |  Chad | 102nd | Tibesti Massif | 23°29′N | — |
| 100 |  Vietnam | 103rd | Lung Cu, Ha Giang Province | 23°27′N | — |
| 101 |  Cuba | 104th | Cayo Cruz del Padre | 23°16′N | Punta Hicacos (mainland) - 23°12′N |
| 102 |  Hong Kong | 105th | Ap Chau Island, Tai Po District | 22°34′N | Sha Tau Kok, North District (mainland) - 22°32′N |
| 103 |  Laos | 106th | Ban Lengsuchai | 22°29′N | — |
| 104 |  Macau | 107th | Portas do Cerco, Nossa Senhora de Fátima | 22°13′N | — |
| 105 |  Sudan | 108th | Wadi Halfa (Halaib Triangle claimed) | 22°12′N | — |
| 106 |  Philippines | 109th | Mavudis (Yami) Island, Batan Islands | 21°07′N | — |
| 107 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 110th | Farallon de Pajaros | 20°32′N | — |
| 108 |  Thailand | 111th | Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai Province | 20°27′N | — |
| 109 |  Haiti | 112th | Pointe Tete de Chien | 20°04′N | — |
| 110 |  Dominican Republic | 113th | Cabo Isabela | 19°55′N | — |
| 111 |  Yemen | 114th | Border with Saudi Arabia | 18°59′N | — |
| 112 |  Jamaica | 115th | Half Moon Point | 18°31′N | — |
| 113 |  Puerto Rico | 116th | Puerto Nuevo, Vega Baja | 18°29′N | — |
| 114 |  Belize | 117th | Subteniente Lopez | 18°27′N | — |
| 115 |  Anguilla | 118th | Northeastern Cape | 18°18′N | — |
| 116 |  Saint Martin | 119th | Anse Marcel | 18°07′N | — |
| 117 |  Sint Maarten | 120th | Border with Saint Martin | 18°03′N | — |
| 118 |  Eritrea | 121st | Ras Kasar | 18°00′N | — |
| 119 |  Guatemala | 123rd | Border with Mexico | 17°49′N | — |
| 120 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 124th | Goat Point, Barbuda | 17°44′N | — |
| 121 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 127th | Dieppe Bay Town, Saint Kitts | 17°26′N | — |
| 122 |  Honduras | 128th | Great Swan Island, Swan Islands | 17°24′N | Puerto Castilla (mainland) - 16°01′N |
| 123 |  Cape Verde | 129th | Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão Island | 17°12′N | — |
| 124 |  Montserrat | 130th | Point Brades | 16°49′N | — |
| 125 |  Senegal | 131st | Podor, Morfil Island | 16°41′N | — |
| 126 |  Guadeloupe | 132nd | Anse-Bertrand | 16°29′N | — |
| 127 |  Colombia | 133rd | Serranilla Bank | 15°52′N | Punta Gallinas (mainland) - 12°27′N |
| 128 |  Venezuela | 134th | Isla Aves | 15°40′N | Cabo San Roman (mainland) - 12°11′N |
| 129 |  Dominica | 135th | Carib Point | 15°38′N | — |
| 130 |  Burkina Faso | 136th | Oudalan Province | 15°05′N | — |
| 131 |  Nicaragua | 137th | North of Liwa Sirpe | 15°01′N | — |
| 132 |  Ethiopia | 138th | Border with Eritrea | 14°53′N | — |
| 133 |  Martinique | 139th | Macouba | 14°52′N | — |
| 134 |  Marshall Islands | 140th | Bokak Atoll | 14°32′N | — |
| 135 |  Cambodia | 141st | Border with Laos and Vietnam | 14°30′N | — |
| 136 |  El Salvador | 142nd | North of El Limo | 14°26′N | — |
| 137 |  Saint Lucia | 143rd | Pointe du Cap | 14°07′N | — |
| 138 |  Nigeria | 144th | Border with Niger | 13°50′N | — |
| 139 |  Gambia | 145th | Ker Maka Tukulor | 13°49′N | — |
| 140 |  Guam | 146th | Yigo Village, Northern Guam | 13°32′N | — |
| 141 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 147th | Porter Point | 13°22′N | — |
| 142 |  Barbados | 148th | North Point | 13°20′N | — |
| 143 |  Cameroon | 149th | Border with Chad | 13°05′N | — |
| 144 |  Djibouti | 150th | Doumeira Island | 12°43′N | border with Eritrea (mainland) - 12°41′N |
| 145 |  Guinea | 151st | Border with Senegal | 12°42′N | — |
| 146 |  Aruba | 153rd | Cape Alexander | 12°37′N | — |
| 147 |  Grenada | 154th | Gun Point, Carriacou | 12°31′N | — |
| 148 |  Benin | 155th | Atakora River, on the border with Niger | 12°25′N | — |
| 149 |  Curacao | 156th | Cape William | 12°23′N | — |
| 150 |  South Sudan | 158th | Border with Sudan, Upper Nile Province | 12°14′N | — |
| 151 |  Somalia | 159th | Caluula | 11°59′N | — |
| 152 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 160th | Marble Island, Tobago | 11°21′N | — |
| 153 |  Costa Rica | 161st | Peñas Blancas | 11°13′N | — |
| 154 |  Ghana | 162nd | Border with Burkina Faso | 11°10′N | — |
| 155 |  Togo | 163rd | Tripoint with Ghana and Burkina Faso | 11°08′N | — |
| 156 |  Central African Republic | 164th | Border with Chad | 11°01′N | — |
| 157 |  Ivory Coast | 165th | Border with Mali | 10°44′N | — |
| 158 |  Micronesia | 166th | Mogmog, Ulithi | 10°05′N | — |
| 159 |  Sierra Leone | 167th | Border with Guinea | 09°59′N | — |
| 160 |  Panama | 168th | Point Manzanillo | 09°38′N | — |
| 161 |  Sri Lanka | 169th | Point Pedro | 09°30′N | — |
| 162 |  Liberia | 170th | Border with Guinea | 08°33′N | — |
| 163 |  Guyana | 171st | Waini Peninsula | 08°24′N | — |
| 164 |  Palau | 172nd | Ngeruangel | 08°10′N | — |
| 165 |  Malaysia | 173rd | Banggi Island | 07°15′N | — |
| 166 |  Maldives | 174th | Thuraakunu, Ihavandhippolhu Atoll | 07°07′N | — |
| 167 |  Indonesia | 175th | Rondo Island | 06°04′N | — |
| 168 |  Suriname | 176th | Oostelijke Polders | 06°01′N | — |
| 169 |  French Guiana | 177th | Pointe Isère | 05°48′N | — |
| 170 |  Kenya | 179th | Disputed border with South Sudan, Ilemi Triangle de facto controlled by Kenya | 05°35′N | — |
| 171 |  DR Congo | 180th | Mbomou River, south of Aminagou | 05°22′N | — |
| 172 |  Brazil | 181st | Mount Caburaí | 05°15′N | — |
| 173 |  Brunei | 182nd | Pekan Muara | 05°04′N | — |
| 174 |  Uganda | 183rd | West of Lokichokio | 04°14′N | — |
| 175 |  Equatorial Guinea | 184th | Punta Europa, Bioko | 03°47′N | — |
| 176 |  Republic of the Congo | 185th | North of Motala | 03°43′N | — |
| 177 |  Kiribati | 186th | Makin, Gilbert Islands | 03°23′N | — |
| 178 |  Gabon | 187th | Kom River | 02°19′N | — |
| 179 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 188th | Ilheu Bombom | 01°42′N | — |
| 180 |  Ecuador | 189th | Darwin Island | 01°41′N | Esmeraldas Province (mainland) - 01°40′N |
| 181 |  Singapore | 190th | Sembawang | 01°28′N | — |
| 182 |  Peru | 191st | Putumayo River | 00°01′S | — |
| 183 |  Nauru | 192nd | Anna Point | 00°30′S | — |
| 184 |  Papua New Guinea | 193rd | Suf Island | 00°52′S | Sandaun Province (mainland) - 02°35′S |
| 185 |  Tanzania | 194th | Kagera River, southwest of Burumba | 00°59′S | — |
| 186 |  Rwanda | 195th | South of Kagitumba | 01°03′S | — |
| 187 |  Burundi | 196th | Colline Kigali | 02°18′S | — |
| 188 |  Seychelles | 197th | Bird Island | 03°43′S | — |
| 189 |  Angola | 198th | Caio Bemba | 04°24′S | — |
| 190 |  Solomon Islands | 199th | Pelau, Ontong Java | 05°13′S | — |
| 191 |  Tuvalu | 200th | Lakena, Nanumea | 05°39′S | — |
| 192 |  Zambia | 201st | Lake Tanganyika | 08°12′S | — |
| 193 |  Tokelau | 202nd | Atafu Atoll | 08°31′S | — |
| 194 |  Timor-Leste | 203rd | Ponta de Acrema, Atauro Island | 08°7′S | Lautém (Mainland) - 08°19′S |
| 195 |  Australia | 204th | Bramble Cay, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland | 09°08′S | Cape York (mainland) - 10°41′S |
| 196 |  Malawi | 205th | South of Ngomba | 09°22′S | — |
| 197 |  Bolivia | 206th | Manoa | 09°40′S | — |
| 198 |  Mauritius | 207th | Tappe a Terre, Agaléga Islands | 10°25′S | — |
| 199 |  Mozambique | 208th | Cape Delgado | 10°27′S | — |
| 200 |  Comoros | 209th | Pointe Nord, Grande Comore | 11°22′S | — |
| 201 |  Mayotte | 210th | Point Grande | 11°46′S | — |
| 202 |  Madagascar | 211th | Cap D'Ambre | 11°57′S | — |
| 203 |  Fiji | 212th | Elsee, Rotuma | 12°30′S | — |
| 204 |  Vanuatu | 213th | Hiw, Torres Islands, Torba Province | 13°07′S | — |
| 205 |  Wallis and Futuna | 214th | Point Vailala | 13°14′S | — |
| 206 |  Samoa | 215th | Fagamalo, Savai'i | 13°25′S | — |
| 207 |  American Samoa | 216th | Alaufau | 13°27′S | — |
| 208 |  Tonga | 217th | Niuafo'ou | 15°36′S | — |
| 209 |  Zimbabwe | 218th | Zambezi River east of Jeki | 15°37′S | — |
| 210 |  Namibia | 220th | Kunene River north of Otjivakuanda | 16°56′S | — |
| 211 |  Chile | 221st | Near Visviri, Arica y Parinacota Region | 17°19′S | — |
| 212 |  Botswana | 222nd | Kasane | 17°46′S | — |
| 213 |  Paraguay | 223rd | San Antonio, border with Bolivia | 19°17′S | — |
| 214 |  New Caledonia | 224th | Point Noevo | 20°32′S | — |
| 215 |  Reunion | 225th | Cape Denis | 20°54′S | — |
| 216 |  Argentina | 226th | Confluence between Grande de San Juan and Mojinete rivers, Jujuy Province | 21°48′S | — |
| 217 |  South Africa | 227th | Beit Bridge, Limpopo Province | 22°20′S | — |
| 218 |  Eswatini | 228th | Horo | 25°44′S | — |
| 219 |  Lesotho | 229th | Monantsa | 28°34′S | — |
| 220 |  New Zealand | 230th | Nugent Island | 29°13′S | Surville Cliffs, North Cape (mainland) - 34°23′S |
| 221 |  Uruguay | 231st | Quarai River south of Dirceu Barcelos | 30°05′S | — |
| 222 |  Falkland Islands | 232nd | Steeple Island | 51°02′S | — |
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Quick answers
- Which country ranks first on Rank?
- Greenland ranks first on Rank, at 1st, followed by Canada (2nd) and Russia (3rd). Rank 1 is the best country.
- Which country ranks last on Rank?
- Falkland Islands ranks last of the 222 countries with data, at 232nd.
- Where does this northernmost point by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of countries by northernmost point - Wiki.
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