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.
Country | Cultural sites | Natural sites | Mixed sites | Total sites | Shared sites [3] | UNESCO region [4] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 2 | 1 [note 1] | 1 [note 2] | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America |
![]() | 6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 7 [note 3] [note 4] [note 5] | 5 | 12 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
![]() | 3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
![]() | 4 | 12 | 4 | 20 | Asia and the Pacific | |
![]() | 11 [note 6] [note 7] [note 8] | 1 [note 1] | 12 | 5 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 3 | 3 | Arab States | |||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 3 [note 9] | 1 [note 10] | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 15 [note 11] [note 4] | 1 [note 1] | 16 | 6 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 2 | 1 [note 12] | 3 | 2 | Africa | |
![]() | 6 [note 5] | 1 | 7 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
![]() | 3 [note 13] | 2 [note 1] | 5 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
![]() | 15 [note 3] | 8 | 1 | 24 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean |
![]() | 7 | 3 [note 1] | 10 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 3 | 1 [note 12] | 4 | 1 | Africa | |
![]() | 4 | 4 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 2 [note 14] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
![]() | 10 | 11 [note 15] | 1 | 22 | 2 | Europe and North America |
![]() | 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
![]() | 2 [note 14] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
![]() | 7 [note 5] | 7 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
![]() | 40 [note 16] | 15 | 4 | 59 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific |
![]() | 6 [note 5] | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean |
![]() | 1 | 3 [note 17] | 4 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
![]() | 2 | 3 [note 18] | 5 | 1 | Africa | |
![]() | 8 [note 13] | 2 [note 1] | 10 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 7 | 2 | 9 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
![]() | 3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
![]() | 16 [note 19] | 1 [note 1] | 17 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 5 | 5 | Africa | |||
![]() | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 3 [note 5] | 2 | 5 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
![]() | 6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
![]() | 2 [note 9] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 10 | 2 | 12 | Africa | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 6 [note 9] | 1 [note 20] | 7 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
![]() | 2 [note 26] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 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 | |
![]() | 2 | 2 | Africa | |||
![]() | 17 | 2 | 19 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
![]() | 1 [note 18] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
![]() | 7 [note 6] | 1 [note 31] | 8 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 35 [note 4] | 7 | 1 | 43 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific |
![]() | 6 | 4 | 10 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
![]() | 26 | 2 | 28 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 6 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 2 | 2 | Europe and North America | |||
![]() | 9 | 9 | Europe and North America | |||
![]() | 54 [note 32] [note 33] [note 7] | 6 [note 1] [note 34] | 60 | 7 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 21 [note 4] | 5 | 26 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
Jerusalem (proposed by Jordan) | 1 | 1 | Arab States [note 35] [5] [6] | |||
![]() | 6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 3 [note 16] | 3 [note 36] | 6 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 8 | Africa | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 2 [note 16] | 1 [note 36] | 3 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
![]() | 3 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 3 [note 9] | 3 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 6 | 6 | Arab States | |||
![]() | 1 [note 37] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
![]() | 5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
![]() | 5 [note 9] [note 38] | 5 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | Africa | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
![]() | 3 | 2 | 5 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | Africa | ||
![]() | 3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 2 | 2 | Africa | |||
![]() | 27 | 6 | 2 | 35 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
![]() | 1 [note 9] | 1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 4 | 2 [note 39] | 6 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 9 | 9 | Arab States | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Africa | |||
![]() | 2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
![]() | 2 [note 40] | 2 | 4 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
![]() | 12 | 1 [note 30] | 13 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
![]() | 2 | 2 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 1 | 2 [note 12] | 3 | 1 | Africa | |
![]() | 2 | 2 | Africa | |||
![]() | 2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 1 [note 1] | 1 [note 2] | 2 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 7 [note 9] | 1 | 8 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 5 | [note 41] | 5 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 6 | 6 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
![]() | 2 | 3 [note 17] | 5 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 9 [note 5] | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
![]() | 15 [note 42] [note 28] | 2 [note 1] [note 10] | 17 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 16 [note 43] | 1 | 17 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
![]() | 2 [note 14] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
![]() | 9 | 2 [note 1] | 11 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 21 [note 9] [note 38] | 11 [note 39] | 32 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
![]() | 7 | 1 | 8 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 5 [note 26] | 2 | 7 | 1 | Africa | |
![]() | 5 [note 13] | 5 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 2 | 2 | Africa | |||
![]() | 1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 6 [note 8] | 2 [note 1] [note 31] | 8 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 3 [note 44] [note 7] | 2 [note 1] | 5 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 7 | 4 | 1 [note 37] | 12 | 1 | Africa |
![]() | 14 | 2 | 16 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
![]() | 44 [note 43] [note 44] | 4 [note 1] | 2 [note 25] | 50 | 4 | Europe and North America |
![]() | 6 | 2 | 8 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
![]() | 13 [note 9] | 1 [note 20] | 1 | 15 | 2 | Europe and North America |
![]() | 9 [note 33] [note 4] [note 7] | 4 [note 1] [note 34] | 13 | 5 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 6 | 6 | Arab States | |||
![]() | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Africa | |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 8 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
![]() | 8 | 1 | 9 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 19 | 2 | 21 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | Africa | ||
![]() | 7 [note 9] [note 42] | 1 [note 1] | 8 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
![]() | 29 [note 27] | 5 | 1 | 35 | 3 | Europe and North America |
![]() | 13 | 12 [note 15] | 1 | 26 | 3 | Europe and North America |
![]() | 3 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | |||
![]() | 5 | 2 [note 36] | 7 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
![]() | 2 [note 32] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | Latin America & the Caribbean | ||
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Asia and the Pacific | |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 | Arab States | ||
![]() | 1 [note 45] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
![]() | 3 | 2 [note 45] | 5 | 1 | Africa | |
Total | 952 | 231 | 40 | 1,223 | 49 | 168 states parties |
This overview lists the 23 countries with 15 or more World Heritage Sites: