World Heritage Sites by country

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 195 states parties of the World Heritage Convention, 27 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, 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 two UN member states are not states parties of the World Heritage Convention: Liechtenstein and Nauru.

## List of countries with World Heritage Sites

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Country  | Cultural sites  | Natural sites  | Mixed sites  | Total sites  | Shared sites[3] | UNESCO region[4]

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

## Countries with 15 or more sites

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

## See also

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* Index of conservation articles
* Lists of World Heritage Sites
* Former UNESCO World Heritage Sites
* List of World Heritage in Danger
* List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription
* World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme § Sites

## 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 Sao Miguel das Missoes (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.

## References

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1. ^ "World Heritage List". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
2. ^ "World Heritage List Statistics". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
3. ^ "UNESCO World Heritage Centre – World Heritage List (transboundary)". UNESCO. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
4. ^ "World Heritage List (Order by: Region)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
5. ^ "CLT-82/CH/CONF.015/8 – Report of the 1st Extraordinary Session of the Committee". UNESCO. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
6. ^ "CC-81/CONF. 008/2 Rev. - Justification for inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger, 1982: Report of the 6th Session of the Committee". UNESCO. Retrieved 23 October 2013.

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