December 3, 2014

"Some 43 countries in the world are landlocked: 15 in Africa, 14 in Europe, 12 in Asia and two in South America. This list contains all the countries of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

However, some landlocked countries do not suffer from their inconvenient geographic locations. For example, landlocked Switzerland is among the top 10 countries of the world in terms of economic competitiveness. Austria, also cut off from the open sea, has very high levels of economic development and public welfare in comparison with its coastal neighbours."

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http://www.astanatimes.com/2014/12/new-silk-road-kazakhstan-uae/