How many World Heritage sites?
World Heritage sites, 195 countries & territories. Properties inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List (cultural, natural and mixed), counted per State Party. A transboundary site counts once for every country it spans, so the national totals add up to more than the number of sites. Sovereign countries with no inscribed property count as 0.
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, via the UNESCO open data portal (whc001)· 2026
Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (0) to the highest value (62).
The ranking
- 1
Italy 62 2026
- 2
China 61 2026
- 3
France 56 2026
- 4
Germany 55 2026
- 5
Spain 50 2026
- 6
India 45 2026
- 7
Mexico 36 2026
- 8
United Kingdom 35 2026
- 9
Russia 33 2026
- 10
Iran 30 2026
- 11
Japan 27 2026
- 12
United States 27 2026
- 13
Brazil 26 2026
- 14
Canada 22 2026
- 15
Türkiye 22 2026
- 16
Australia 21 2026
- 17
Greece 21 2026
- 18
Poland 18 2026
- 19
Czechia 17 2026
- 20
South Korea 17 2026
- 21
Portugal 17 2026
- 22
Belgium 16 2026
- 23
Sweden 15 2026
- 24
Switzerland 13 2026
- 25
Denmark 13 2026
- 26
Netherlands 13 2026
- 27
Peru 13 2026
- 28
Argentina 12 2026
- 29
Austria 12 2026
- 30
Ethiopia 12 2026
- 31
South Africa 12 2026
- 32
Romania 11 2026
- 33
Bulgaria 10 2026
- 34
Croatia 10 2026
- 35
Indonesia 10 2026
- 36
Tunisia 10 2026
- 37
Colombia 9 2026
- 38
Cuba 9 2026
- 39
Israel 9 2026
- 40
Morocco 9 2026
- 41
Thailand 9 2026
- 42
Vietnam 9 2026
- 43
Finland 8 2026
- 44
Hungary 8 2026
- 45
Jordan 8 2026
- 46
Kenya 8 2026
- 47
Sri Lanka 8 2026
- 48
Norway 8 2026
- 49
Saudi Arabia 8 2026
- 50
Slovakia 8 2026