World Heritage Sites by country

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World Heritage Sites by country as of January 2024

As of July 2024, there are a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites located across 168 countries, of which 952 are cultural, 231 are natural, and 40 are mixed properties.[1] The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographical regions: Africa, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. With 60 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites, followed by China with 59, and Germany with 54.[2]

Of the 196 states parties of the World Heritage Convention, 28 have no properties inscribed on the World Heritage List: The Bahamas, Bhutan, Brunei, Burundi, the Comoros, the Cook Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kuwait, Liberia, Maldives, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tuvalu.

Only one UN member state, Liechtenstein, has not ratified the World Heritage Convention.

List of countries with World Heritage Sites

Country Cultural sites Natural sites Mixed sites Total sites Shared sites[3] UNESCO region[4]
Template:Flagicon Afghanistan 2 2 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Albania 2 1[note 1] 1[note 2] 4 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Algeria 6 1 7 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Andorra 1 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Angola 1 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Antigua and Barbuda 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Argentina 7[note 3][note 4][note 5] 5 12 3 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Armenia 3 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Australia 4 12 4 20 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Austria 11[note 6][note 7][note 8] 1[note 1] 12 5 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Azerbaijan 4 1 5 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Bahrain 3 3 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Bangladesh 2 1 3 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Barbados 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Belarus 3[note 9] 1[note 10] 4 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Belgium 15[note 11][note 4] 1[note 1] 16 6 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Belize 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Benin 2 1[note 12] 3 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Bolivia 6[note 5] 1 7 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Bosnia and Herzegovina 3[note 13] 2[note 1] 5 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Botswana 1 1 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Brazil 15[note 3] 8 1 24 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Bulgaria 7 3[note 1] 10 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Burkina Faso 3 1[note 12] 4 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Cambodia 4 4 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Cameroon 2[note 14] 2 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Canada 10 11[note 15] 1 22 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Cape Verde 1 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Central African Republic 2[note 14] 2 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Chad 1 1 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Chile 7[note 5] 7 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon China 40[note 16] 15 4 59 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Colombia 6[note 5] 2 1 9 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Costa Rica 1 3[note 17] 4 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Côte d'Ivoire 2 3[note 18] 5 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Croatia 8[note 13] 2[note 1] 10 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Cuba 7 2 9 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Cyprus 3 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Czech Republic 16[note 19] 1[note 1] 17 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Democratic Republic of the Congo 5 5 Africa
Template:Flagicon Denmark 8 3 11 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Dominica 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Dominican Republic 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Ecuador 3[note 5] 2 5 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Egypt 6 1 7 Arab States
Template:Flagicon El Salvador 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Eritrea 1 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Estonia 2[note 9] 2 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Ethiopia 10 2 12 Africa
Template:Flagicon Fiji 1 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Finland 6[note 9] 1[note 20] 7 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon France 44[note 11][note 4][note 7][note 21] 7[note 1][note 22][note 23][note 24] 2[note 25] 53 7 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Gabon 1 1 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Gambia 2[note 26] 2 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Georgia 3 1 4 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Germany 51[note 27][note 28][note 29]
[note 4][note 7][note 19][note 8] 		3[note 1][note 30] 54 11 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Ghana 2 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Greece 17 2 19 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Guatemala 3 1 4 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Guinea 1[note 18] 1 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Haiti 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Honduras 1 1 2 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Hungary 7[note 6] 1[note 31] 8 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Iceland 1 2 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon India 35[note 4] 7 1 43 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Indonesia 6 4 10 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Iran 26 2 28 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Iraq 5 1 6 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Ireland 2 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Israel 9 9 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Italy 54[note 32][note 33][note 7] 6[note 1][note 34] 60 7 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Jamaica 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Japan 21[note 4] 5 26 1 Asia and the Pacific
Jerusalem (proposed by Jordan) 1 1 Arab States[note 35][5][6]
Template:Flagicon Jordan 6 1 7 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan 3[note 16] 3[note 36] 6 3 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Kenya 5 3 8 Africa
Template:Flagicon Kiribati 1 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Kyrgyzstan 2[note 16] 1[note 36] 3 2 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Laos 3 3 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Latvia 3[note 9] 3 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Lebanon 6 6 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Lesotho 1[note 37] 1 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Libya 5 5 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Lithuania 5[note 9][note 38] 5 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Luxembourg 1 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Madagascar 1 2 3 Africa
Template:Flagicon Malawi 1 1 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Malaysia 3 2 5 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Mali 3 1 4 Africa
Template:Flagicon Malta 3 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Marshall Islands 1 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Mauritania 1 1 2 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Mauritius 2 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Mexico 27 6 2 35 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Moldova 1[note 9] 1 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Micronesia 1 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Mongolia 4 2[note 39] 6 2 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Montenegro 3 1 4 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Morocco 9 9 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Mozambique 1 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Myanmar 2 2 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Namibia 1 1 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Nepal 2[note 40] 2 4 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Netherlands 12 1[note 30] 13 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon New Zealand 2 1 3 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Nicaragua 2 2 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Niger 1 2[note 12] 3 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Nigeria 2 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon North Korea 2 2 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon North Macedonia 1[note 1] 1[note 2] 2 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Norway 7[note 9] 1 8 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Oman 5 [note 41] 5 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Pakistan 6 6 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Palau 1 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Palestine 5 5 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Panama 2 3[note 17] 5 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Papua New Guinea 1 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Paraguay 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Peru 9[note 5] 2 2 13 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Philippines 3 3 6 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Poland 15[note 42][note 28] 2[note 1][note 10] 17 4 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Portugal 16[note 43] 1 17 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Qatar 1 1 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Republic of the Congo 2[note 14] 2 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Romania 9 2[note 1] 11 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Russia 21[note 9][note 38] 11[note 39] 32 4 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Rwanda 1 1 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Saint Lucia 1 1 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon San Marino 1 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Saudi Arabia 7 1 8 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Senegal 5[note 26] 2 7 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Serbia 5[note 13] 5 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Seychelles 2 2 Africa
Template:Flagicon Singapore 1 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Slovakia 6[note 8] 2[note 1][note 31] 8 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Slovenia 3[note 44][note 7] 2[note 1] 5 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Solomon Islands 1 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon South Africa 7 4 1[note 37] 12 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon South Korea 14 2 16 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Spain 44[note 43][note 44] 4[note 1] 2[note 25] 50 4 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Sri Lanka 6 2 8 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Sudan 2 1 3 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Suriname 2 1 3 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Sweden 13[note 9] 1[note 20] 1 15 2 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Switzerland 9[note 33][note 4][note 7] 4[note 1][note 34] 13 5 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Syria 6 6 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Tajikistan 2 2 4 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Tanzania 3 3 1 7 Africa
Template:Flagicon Thailand 5 3 8 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Togo 1 1 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Tunisia 8 1 9 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Turkey 19 2 21 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Turkmenistan 4 1 5 2 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Uganda 1 2 3 Africa
Template:Flagicon Ukraine 7[note 9][note 42] 1[note 1] 8 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon United Arab Emirates 1 1 Arab States
Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 29[note 27] 5 1 35 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon United States 13 12[note 15] 1 26 3 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Uruguay 3 3 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Uzbekistan 5 2[note 36] 7 3 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Vanuatu 1 1 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Vatican City 2[note 32] 2 1 Europe and North America
Template:Flagicon Venezuela 2 1 3 Latin America & the Caribbean
Template:Flagicon Vietnam 5 2 1 8 Asia and the Pacific
Template:Flagicon Yemen 4 1 5 Arab States
Template:Flagicon Zambia 1[note 45] 1 1 Africa
Template:Flagicon Zimbabwe 3 2[note 45] 5 1 Africa
Total 952 231 40 1,223 49 168 states parties

Countries with 15 or more sites

This overview lists the 23 countries with 15 or more World Heritage Sites:

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See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r The natural site Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe is shared between Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine.
  2. ↑ a b The mixed site Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region is shared between Albania and North Macedonia.
  3. ↑ a b The cultural site Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of São Miguel das Missões (Brazil) is shared between Argentina and Brazil.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g The cultural site The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement is shared between Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, and Switzerland.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f The cultural site Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System is shared between Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.
  6. ↑ a b The cultural site Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape is shared between Austria and Hungary.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f The cultural site Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps is shared between Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland.
  8. ↑ a b c The cultural site Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) is shared between Austria, Germany and Slovakia.
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j The cultural site Struve Geodetic Arc is shared among Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Moldova, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine.
  10. ↑ a b The natural site Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest is shared between Belarus and Poland.
  11. ↑ a b The cultural site Belfries of Belgium and France is shared between Belgium and France.
  12. ↑ a b c The natural site W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is shared between Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger.
  13. ↑ a b c The cultural site Stecci : Medivial Tombstones is shared between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia.
  14. ↑ a b c The natural site Sangha Trinational is shared between Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo( The Republic of).
  15. ↑ a b The natural sites Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek and Waterton Glacier International Peace Park are shared between Canada and the United States.
  16. ↑ a b c The cultural site Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor is shared between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.
  17. ↑ a b The natural site Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park is shared between Costa Rica and Panama.
  18. ↑ a b The natural site Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve is shared between Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea.
  19. ↑ a b The cultural site Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region is shared between Germany and the Czech Republic.
  20. ↑ a b The natural site High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago is shared between Finland and Sweden.
  21. ↑ The cultural site Taputapuatea is located in the French Polynesia.
  22. ↑ The natural site French Austral Lands and Seas is located in the Indian Ocean.
  23. ↑ The natural site Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems is located in New Caledonia.
  24. ↑ The natural site Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island is located in the Réunion.
  25. ↑ a b The mixed site Pyrénées – Mont Perdu is shared between France and Spain.
  26. ↑ a b The cultural site Stone Circles of Senegambia is shared between Gambia and Senegal.
  27. ↑ a b The cultural site Frontiers of the Roman Empire is shared between Germany and the United Kingdom.
  28. ↑ a b The cultural site Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski is shared between Germany and Poland.
  29. ↑ In addition, the former cultural site Dresden Elbe Valley has been delisted.
  30. ↑ a b The natural site The Wadden Sea is shared between Germany and the Netherlands.
  31. ↑ a b The natural site Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst is shared between Hungary and Slovakia.
  32. ↑ a b The cultural site Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura is shared between the Holy See and Italy.
  33. ↑ a b The cultural site Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes is shared between Italy and Switzerland.
  34. ↑ a b The natural site Monte San Giorgio is shared between Italy and Switzerland.
  35. ↑ "Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls" is listed separately, without State Party, owing to the unresolved nature of its status. For purposes of convenience, it is listed in the "Arab States" UNESCO region, without inference as to it legal or political status therein.
  36. ↑ a b c The natural site Western Tien-Shan is shared between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.
  37. ↑ a b The mixed site Maloti-Drakensberg Park is shared between Lesotho and South Africa.
  38. ↑ a b The cultural site Curonian Spit is shared between Lithuania and Russia.
  39. ↑ a b The natural site Uvs Nuur Basin is shared between Mongolia and Russia.
  40. ↑ Kathmandu Valley has seven groups of monuments & buildings within its boundaries and are listed under one name. The seven groups are: the Durbar Squares of Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur, Buddhist Stupas of Swayambhunath and Boudhanath, and Hindu Temples of Pashupatinath and Changu Narayan, also there are places like muktinath, budanilkantha which are listed are world heritage site
  41. ↑ In addition, the former natural site Arabian Oryx Sanctuary has been delisted.
  42. ↑ a b The cultural site Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine is shared between Poland and Ukraine.
  43. ↑ a b The cultural site Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde is shared between Portugal and Spain.
  44. ↑ a b The cultural site Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija is shared between Slovenia and Spain.
  45. ↑ a b The natural site Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls is shared between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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