Land locked developing countries --- In addition to the definition provided by Carlos, there are 44 countries in the world clasified as landlocked and this include some geopolitical vulnerabilities such as the reliance on neighbouring states to access to world market wich generates high transportantion costs , military limitations because of lack of naval options as well as lack of access to fishery and oceanic resources. While 90 % of lanloked countries are developing and Least developed some others are landlocked and considered as developed such as Austria and Switzerland . AFRICA is the continent that has the largest number with 16 ,followed by Europe and Asia , although the link to energy is not direct we can say that this aspect affects the development of countries and well being of their people.

Source author: Souhila Amazouz souhila_amazouz@yahoo.fr