Beach Quality

This ranking compares how suitable countries are for nature-oriented beach and coastal experiences. The raw value is a 0 to 100 point value based on coastal access, visible beach quality, usable bathing and recreation areas, and public plausibility sources. Higher values receive a higher rating.
1 Maldives100 pts 100 pts 100
2 Bahamas97 pts 97 pts 97
2 Seychelles97 pts 97 pts 97
4 Antigua and Barbuda94 pts 94 pts 94
4 Aruba94 pts 94 pts 94
4 Barbados94 pts 94 pts 94
4 British Virgin Islands94 pts 94 pts 94
4 Tahiti94 pts 94 pts 94
4 Turks and Caicos Islands94 pts 94 pts 94
10 Anguilla92 pts 92 pts 92
10 Palau92 pts 92 pts 92
10 Sint Maarten92 pts 92 pts 92
10 U.S. Virgin Islands92 pts 92 pts 92
10 Zanzibar92 pts 92 pts 92
15 Australia90 pts 90 pts 90
15 Cayman Islands90 pts 90 pts 90
15 Cook Islands90 pts 90 pts 90
15 Fiji90 pts 90 pts 90
15 Mauritius90 pts 90 pts 90
15 Saint Lucia90 pts 90 pts 90
15 Saint-Martin90 pts 90 pts 90
22 Bermuda87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Curacao87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Dominican Republic87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Greece87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Grenada87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Guadeloupe87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Jamaica87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Martinique87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Puerto Rico87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Thailand87 pts 87 pts 87
32 Cape Verde84 pts 84 pts 84
32 Cuba84 pts 84 pts 84
32 Cyprus84 pts 84 pts 84
32 Indonesia84 pts 84 pts 84
32 Mexico84 pts 84 pts 84
32 New Caledonia84 pts 84 pts 84
32 Saint Kitts and Nevis84 pts 84 pts 84
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines84 pts 84 pts 84
32 Spain84 pts 84 pts 84
41 American Samoa82 pts 82 pts 82
41 Brazil82 pts 82 pts 82
41 Croatia82 pts 82 pts 82
41 Guam82 pts 82 pts 82
41 Malta82 pts 82 pts 82
41 Marshall Islands82 pts 82 pts 82
41 Philippines82 pts 82 pts 82
41 Portugal82 pts 82 pts 82
41 Samoa82 pts 82 pts 82
41 Tonga82 pts 82 pts 82
51 Belize80 pts 80 pts 80
51 Costa Rica80 pts 80 pts 80
51 Italy80 pts 80 pts 80
51 Kiribati80 pts 80 pts 80
51 Mayotte80 pts 80 pts 80
51 Northern Mariana Islands80 pts 80 pts 80
51 Vanuatu80 pts 80 pts 80
58 Malaysia77 pts 77 pts 77
58 Micronesia77 pts 77 pts 77
58 Niue77 pts 77 pts 77
58 Panama77 pts 77 pts 77
58 Trinidad and Tobago77 pts 77 pts 77
58 Tuvalu77 pts 77 pts 77
64 Colombia73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Comoros73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Dominica73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Egypt73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Israel73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Madagascar73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Montenegro73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Montserrat73 pts 73 pts 73
64 New Zealand73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Réunion73 pts 73 pts 73
64 South Africa73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Sri Lanka73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Tanzania73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Tunisia73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Turkey73 pts 73 pts 73
64 United States73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Venezuela73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Vietnam73 pts 73 pts 73
64 Wallis and Futuna73 pts 73 pts 73
83 Kenya71 pts 71 pts 71
83 Myanmar71 pts 71 pts 71
83 Solomon Islands71 pts 71 pts 71
86 France69 pts 69 pts 69
86 Honduras69 pts 69 pts 69
86 Morocco69 pts 69 pts 69
86 São Tomé and Príncipe69 pts 69 pts 69
86 United Arab Emirates69 pts 69 pts 69
91 Bulgaria66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Chinese Taipei66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Ecuador66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Gambia66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Haiti66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Japan66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Mozambique66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Senegal66 pts 66 pts 66
99 Cambodia63 pts 63 pts 63
99 India63 pts 63 pts 63
99 Nicaragua63 pts 63 pts 63
99 Oman63 pts 63 pts 63
99 Papua New Guinea63 pts 63 pts 63
99 Uruguay63 pts 63 pts 63
105 Brunei61 pts 61 pts 61
105 El Salvador61 pts 61 pts 61
105 Monaco61 pts 61 pts 61
105 Nauru61 pts 61 pts 61
105 Timor-Leste61 pts 61 pts 61
110 Ivory Coast59 pts 59 pts 59
110 Lebanon59 pts 59 pts 59
110 Peru59 pts 59 pts 59
113 Albania56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Bahrain56 pts 56 pts 56
113 French Guiana56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Ghana56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Guatemala56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Korea Republic56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Libya56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Namibia56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Qatar56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Saudi Arabia56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Sierra Leone56 pts 56 pts 56
113 Somalia56 pts 56 pts 56
125 Djibouti53 pts 53 pts 53
125 Gabon53 pts 53 pts 53
125 Liberia53 pts 53 pts 53
125 Yemen53 pts 53 pts 53
129 Argentina51 pts 51 pts 51
129 Ireland51 pts 51 pts 51
129 Jordan51 pts 51 pts 51
129 Mauritania51 pts 51 pts 51
133 Chile49 pts 49 pts 49
133 Equatorial Guinea49 pts 49 pts 49
133 Eritrea49 pts 49 pts 49
133 Georgia49 pts 49 pts 49
133 Guinea-Bissau49 pts 49 pts 49
133 Togo49 pts 49 pts 49
139 Algeria46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Benin46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Denmark46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Gibraltar46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Guyana46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Hong Kong46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Macau46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Netherlands46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Romania46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Singapore46 pts 46 pts 46
139 Western Sahara46 pts 46 pts 46
150 Bosnia and Herzegovina43 pts 43 pts 43
150 Cameroon43 pts 43 pts 43
150 Congo43 pts 43 pts 43
150 Faroe Islands43 pts 43 pts 43
150 Guinea43 pts 43 pts 43
150 Nigeria43 pts 43 pts 43
150 Suriname43 pts 43 pts 43
150 Syria43 pts 43 pts 43
158 Angola41 pts 41 pts 41
158 Bangladesh41 pts 41 pts 41
158 Belgium41 pts 41 pts 41
158 Iran41 pts 41 pts 41
158 Latvia41 pts 41 pts 41
158 Norway41 pts 41 pts 41
158 Pakistan41 pts 41 pts 41
165 Kuwait39 pts 39 pts 39
165 Lithuania39 pts 39 pts 39
165 Palestine39 pts 39 pts 39
165 Slovenia39 pts 39 pts 39
165 United Kingdom39 pts 39 pts 39
170 Canada36 pts 36 pts 36
170 China36 pts 36 pts 36
170 Estonia36 pts 36 pts 36
170 Saint Pierre and Miquelon36 pts 36 pts 36
170 Sudan36 pts 36 pts 36
175 Azerbaijan31 pts 31 pts 31
175 Congo DR31 pts 31 pts 31
175 Germany31 pts 31 pts 31
175 Poland31 pts 31 pts 31
175 Sweden31 pts 31 pts 31
180 Finland29 pts 29 pts 29
180 Malawi29 pts 29 pts 29
182 Iceland26 pts 26 pts 26
182 Korea DPR26 pts 26 pts 26
182 Ukraine26 pts 26 pts 26
185 Greenland20 pts 20 pts 20
185 Iraq20 pts 20 pts 20
185 Russia20 pts 20 pts 20
188 Turkmenistan10 pts 10 pts 10
189 Afghanistan0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Andorra0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Armenia0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Austria0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Belarus0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Bhutan0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Bolivia0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Botswana0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Burkina Faso0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Burundi0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Central African Republic0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Chad0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Czech Republic0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Ethiopia0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Hungary0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Kazakhstan0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Kosovo0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Kyrgyzstan0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Laos0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Lesotho0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Liechtenstein0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Luxembourg0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Mali0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Moldova0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Mongolia0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Nepal0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Niger0 pts 0 pts 0
189 North Macedonia0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Paraguay0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Rwanda0 pts 0 pts 0
189 San Marino0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Serbia0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Slovakia0 pts 0 pts 0
189 South Sudan0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Swaziland0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Switzerland0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Tajikistan0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Uganda0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Uzbekistan0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Zambia0 pts 0 pts 0
189 Zimbabwe0 pts 0 pts 0

Last rating: June 21st, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a Nomadino 0-100 point value for practical beach and coastal quality. 0 means no usable beach or coastline access, while 100 means very strong beach, bathing and recreation conditions.

It considers coastal access, visible beach quality, bathing and recreation usability, recognised awards and a plausibility check against public coastline and beach sources.

The main public anchors are the Blue Flag programme and its beach criteria, plus Natural Earth and NOAA coastline datasets. These sources are not treated as a complete global beach list, but as a comparison and plausibility framework.

Landlocked countries do not receive an artificial beach value. If a country has no practically usable sea coast, the raw value remains 0; lakes, rivers and general nature quality are covered by other indicators or at board level.

The rating equals the raw value. A higher raw value therefore improves the ranking.