As of January 2024, there are a total of 1,199 World Heritage Sites located across 168 countries, of which 933 are cultural, 227 are natural, and 39 are mixed properties.[1] The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographical zones: Africa, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. With 59 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites; followed by China with 57, then France and Germany with 52 each.[2]
Of the 195 state 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 state parties of the World Heritage Convention: Liechtenstein and Nauru.
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] | 1[note 1] | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
Botswana | 1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
Brazil | 15[note 3] | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean |
Bulgaria | 7 | 3[note 1] | 10 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
Burkina Faso | 2 | 1[note 12] | 3 | 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 | 39[note 16] | 14 | 4 | 57 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 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] | 1[note 25] | 52 | 6 | 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 | 49[note 27][note 28][note 29] [note 4][note 7][note 19][note 8] |
3[note 1][note 30] | 52 | 9 | 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 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific |
Indonesia | 6 | 4 | 10 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
Iran | 25 | 2 | 27 | 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 | 53[note 32][note 33][note 7] | 6[note 1][note 34] | 59 | 7 | Europe and North America | |
Jamaica | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
Japan | 19[note 4] | 6 | 25 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
Jerusalem (proposed by Jordan) | 1 | 1 | Arab States[note 35][5][6] | |||
Jordan | 5 | 1 | 6 | Arab States | ||
Kazakhstan | 3[note 16] | 3[note 36] | 6 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |
Kenya | 4 | 3 | 7 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 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 | 7 | 2[note 1] | 9 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
Russia | 20[note 9][note 38] | 11[note 39] | 31 | 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 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 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 | 5 | 4 | 1[note 37] | 10 | 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 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 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 | 28[note 27] | 4 | 1 | 33 | 1 | Europe and North America |
United States | 12 | 12[note 15] | 1 | 25 | 2 | 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 | 933 | 227 | 39 | 1,199 | 48 | 168 state parties |
This overview lists the 34 countries with 10 or more World Heritage Sites: