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Countries by UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Complete ranking of 249 countries • sites • Data refreshed May 28, 2026

Leader

Italy

Field size

249 countries

Lowest rank

Mayotte

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Italy leads all 249 countries in UNESCO World Heritage Sites with a value of 61 sites, while Mayotte ranks last at 0 sites. The gap between top and bottom reflects meaningful global variation.

What UNESCO World Heritage Sites Measures

Count of Wikidata World Heritage Site records credited to the country, root-normalized by UNESCO ID to avoid counting component records as separate sites.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining UNESCO World Heritage Sites across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 0 sites (Mayotte) to 61 sites (Italy) — an infinitely large difference across 249 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries dominate this ranking, holding 10 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

The distribution is highly right-skewed — a few countries have exceptionally high values that pull the average well above the median. The median (2.00 sites) is far more representative than the mean (5.40 sites).

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Italy and China are separated by only 2%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Europe

Italy

61 sites

Asia

China

60 sites

North America

Mexico

35 sites

South America

Brazil

25 sites

Oceania

Australia

21 sites

Africa

Ethiopia

12 sites

Antarctica

0 sites

Highest UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The 5 strongest UNESCO World Heritage Sites reads.

Italy61 sites China60 sites Germany55 sites France55 sites Spain49 sites

Lowest UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The 5 lowest UNESCO World Heritage Sites reads.

Mayotte0 sites Samoa0 sites Wallis and Futuna0 sites U.S. Virgin Islands0 sites British Virgin Islands0 sites

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from Wikidata, covering 249 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

7thUnited Kingdom35 sites

8thMexico35 sites

9thRussia34 sites

10thIran29 sites

Country Ladder

UNESCO World Heritage Sites ranking for 249 countries
				Percentile
1st	Italy	61 sites	Europe	100%
2nd	China	60 sites	Asia	100%
3rd	Germany	55 sites	Europe	99%
4th	France	55 sites	Europe	99%
5th	Spain	49 sites	Europe	98%
6th	India	44 sites	Asia	98%
7th	United Kingdom	35 sites	Europe	98%
8th	Mexico	35 sites	North America	97%
9th	Russia	34 sites	Europe	97%
10th	Iran	29 sites	Asia	96%
11th	United States	27 sites	North America	96%
12th	Japan	26 sites	Asia	96%
13th	Brazil	25 sites	South America	95%
14th	Canada	23 sites	North America	95%
15th	Turkey	22 sites	Europe	94%
16th	Australia	21 sites	Oceania	94%
17th	Greece	20 sites	Europe	94%
18th	Czechia	17 sites	Europe	93%
19th	South Korea	17 sites	Asia	93%
20th	Poland	17 sites	Europe	92%
21st	Portugal	17 sites	Europe	92%
22nd	Belgium	16 sites	Europe	92%
23rd	Sweden	15 sites	Europe	91%
24th	Switzerland	13 sites	Europe	91%
25th	Peru	13 sites	South America	90%
26th	Argentina	12 sites	South America	90%
27th	Austria	12 sites	Europe	90%
28th	Ethiopia	12 sites	Africa	89%
29th	South Africa	12 sites	Africa	89%
30th	Romania	11 sites	Europe	88%
31st	Bulgaria	10 sites	Europe	88%
32nd	Croatia	10 sites	Europe	88%
33rd	Indonesia	10 sites	Asia	87%
34th	Israel	10 sites	Asia	87%
35th	Colombia	9.0 sites	North America	86%
36th	Cuba	9.0 sites	North America	86%
37th	Denmark	9.0 sites	Europe	86%
38th	Morocco	9.0 sites	Africa	85%
39th	Tunisia	9.0 sites	Africa	85%
40th	Ukraine	9.0 sites	Europe	84%
41st	Bolivia	8.0 sites	South America	84%
42nd	Hungary	8.0 sites	Europe	84%
43rd	Kenya	8.0 sites	Africa	83%
44th	Sri Lanka	8.0 sites	Asia	83%
45th	Norway	8.0 sites	Europe	82%
46th	Saudi Arabia	8.0 sites	Asia	82%
47th	Slovakia	8.0 sites	Europe	82%
48th	Thailand	8.0 sites	Asia	81%
49th	Vietnam	8.0 sites	Asia	81%
50th	Chile	7.0 sites	South America	80%
51st	Algeria	7.0 sites	Africa	80%
52nd	Egypt	7.0 sites	Africa	80%
53rd	Finland	7.0 sites	Europe	79%
54th	Jordan	7.0 sites	Asia	79%
55th	Senegal	7.0 sites	Africa	78%
56th	Tanzania	7.0 sites	Africa	78%
57th	Uzbekistan	7.0 sites	Asia	78%
58th	Iraq	6.0 sites	Asia	77%
59th	Kazakhstan	6.0 sites	Asia	77%
60th	Lebanon	6.0 sites	Asia	76%
61st	Mongolia	6.0 sites	Asia	76%
62nd	Malaysia	6.0 sites	Asia	76%
63rd	Oman	6.0 sites	Asia	75%
64th	Panama	6.0 sites	North America	75%
65th	Philippines	6.0 sites	Asia	74%
66th	Pakistan	6.0 sites	Asia	74%
67th	Syria	6.0 sites	Asia	73%
68th	Azerbaijan	5.0 sites	Europe	73%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.0 sites	Europe	73%
70th	Congo, Democratic Republic	5.0 sites	Africa	72%
71st	Côte d'Ivoire	5.0 sites	Africa	72%
72nd	Ecuador	5.0 sites	South America	71%
73rd	Cambodia	5.0 sites	Asia	71%
74th	Lithuania	5.0 sites	Europe	71%
75th	Libya	5.0 sites	Africa	70%
76th	Palestine	5.0 sites	Asia	70%
77th	Serbia	5.0 sites	Europe	69%
78th	Slovenia	5.0 sites	Europe	69%
79th	Tajikistan	5.0 sites	Asia	69%
80th	Turkmenistan	5.0 sites	Asia	68%
81st	Yemen	5.0 sites	Asia	68%
82nd	Zimbabwe	5.0 sites	Africa	67%
83rd	Albania	4.0 sites	Europe	67%
84th	Burkina Faso	4.0 sites	Africa	67%
85th	Belarus	4.0 sites	Europe	66%
86th	Costa Rica	4.0 sites	North America	66%
87th	Georgia	4.0 sites	Europe	65%
88th	Guatemala	4.0 sites	North America	65%
89th	Laos	4.0 sites	Asia	65%
90th	Montenegro	4.0 sites	Europe	64%
91st	Mali	4.0 sites	Africa	64%
92nd	Nepal	4.0 sites	Asia	63%
93rd	Armenia	3.0 sites	Europe	63%
94th	Bangladesh	3.0 sites	Asia	63%
95th	Bahrain	3.0 sites	Asia	62%
96th	Benin	3.0 sites	Africa	62%
97th	Cameroon	3.0 sites	Africa	61%
98th	Greenland	3.0 sites	North America	61%
99th	Iceland	3.0 sites	Europe	61%
100th	Kyrgyzstan	3.0 sites	Asia	60%
101st	North Korea	3.0 sites	Asia	60%
102nd	Latvia	3.0 sites	Europe	59%
103rd	Madagascar	3.0 sites	Africa	59%
104th	Malta	3.0 sites	Europe	59%
105th	Malawi	3.0 sites	Africa	58%
106th	Niger	3.0 sites	Africa	58%
107th	New Zealand	3.0 sites	Oceania	57%
108th	Sudan	3.0 sites	Africa	57%
109th	Suriname	3.0 sites	North America	57%
110th	Uganda	3.0 sites	Africa	56%
111st	Uruguay	3.0 sites	South America	56%
112nd	Venezuela	3.0 sites	North America	55%
113rd	United Arab Emirates	2.0 sites	Asia	55%
114th	Afghanistan	2.0 sites	Asia	55%
115th	Botswana	2.0 sites	Africa	54%
116th	Central African Republic	2.0 sites	Africa	54%
117th	Congo	2.0 sites	Africa	53%
118th	Estonia	2.0 sites	Europe	53%
119th	Gabon	2.0 sites	Africa	53%
120th	Ghana	2.0 sites	Africa	52%
121st	Gambia	2.0 sites	Africa	52%
122nd	Honduras	2.0 sites	North America	51%
123rd	Ireland	2.0 sites	Europe	51%
124th	Jamaica	2.0 sites	North America	51%
125th	North Macedonia	2.0 sites	Europe	50%
126th	Myanmar	2.0 sites	Asia	50%
127th	Mauritania	2.0 sites	Africa	49%
128th	Mauritius	2.0 sites	Africa	49%
129th	Mozambique	2.0 sites	Africa	49%
130th	Namibia	2.0 sites	Africa	48%
131st	Nigeria	2.0 sites	Africa	48%
132nd	Nicaragua	2.0 sites	North America	47%
133rd	Paraguay	2.0 sites	South America	47%
134th	Rwanda	2.0 sites	Africa	47%
135th	Seychelles	2.0 sites	Africa	46%
136th	Chad	2.0 sites	Africa	46%
137th	Holy See	2.0 sites	Europe	45%
138th	Andorra	1.0 sites	Europe	45%
139th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.0 sites	North America	45%
140th	Angola	1.0 sites	Africa	44%
141st	Barbados	1.0 sites	North America	44%
142nd	Belize	1.0 sites	North America	43%
143rd	Cabo Verde	1.0 sites	Africa	43%
144th	Curaçao	1.0 sites	North America	43%
145th	Dominica	1.0 sites	North America	42%
146th	Dominican Republic	1.0 sites	North America	42%
147th	Eritrea	1.0 sites	Africa	41%
148th	Fiji	1.0 sites	Oceania	41%
149th	Micronesia	1.0 sites	Oceania	41%
150th	Guinea	1.0 sites	Africa	40%
151st	Guinea-Bissau	1.0 sites	Africa	40%
152nd	Haiti	1.0 sites	North America	39%
153rd	Kiribati	1.0 sites	Oceania	39%
154th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.0 sites	North America	39%
155th	Saint Lucia	1.0 sites	North America	38%
156th	Lesotho	1.0 sites	Africa	38%
157th	Luxembourg	1.0 sites	Europe	37%
158th	Moldova	1.0 sites	Europe	37%
159th	Marshall Islands	1.0 sites	Oceania	37%
160th	Papua New Guinea	1.0 sites	Oceania	36%
161st	Palau	1.0 sites	Oceania	36%
162nd	Qatar	1.0 sites	Asia	35%
163rd	Solomon Islands	1.0 sites	Oceania	35%
164th	Singapore	1.0 sites	Asia	35%
165th	Sierra Leone	1.0 sites	Africa	34%
166th	San Marino	1.0 sites	Europe	34%
167th	El Salvador	1.0 sites	North America	33%
168th	Togo	1.0 sites	Africa	33%
169th	Vanuatu	1.0 sites	Oceania	33%
170th	Zambia	1.0 sites	Africa	32%
171st	Anguilla	0 sites	North America	32%
172nd	Antarctica	0 sites	Antarctica	31%
173rd	American Samoa	0 sites	Oceania	31%
174th	Aruba	0 sites	North America	31%
175th	Åland Islands	0 sites	Europe	30%
176th	Burundi	0 sites	Africa	30%
177th	Saint Barthélemy	0 sites	North America	29%
178th	Bermuda	0 sites	North America	29%
179th	Brunei	0 sites	Asia	29%
180th	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0 sites	North America	28%
181st	Bahamas	0 sites	North America	28%
182nd	Bhutan	0 sites	Asia	27%
183rd	Bouvet Island	0 sites	Africa	27%
184th	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0 sites	Oceania	27%
185th	Cook Islands	0 sites	Oceania	26%
186th	Christmas Island	0 sites	Oceania	26%
187th	Cyprus	0 sites	Europe	25%
188th	Djibouti	0 sites	Africa	25%
189th	Western Sahara	0 sites	Africa	24%
190th	Falkland Islands	0 sites	South America	24%
191st	Faroe Islands	0 sites	Europe	24%
192nd	Grenada	0 sites	North America	23%
193rd	French Guiana	0 sites	North America	23%
194th	Guernsey	0 sites	Europe	22%
195th	Gibraltar	0 sites	Europe	22%
196th	Guadeloupe	0 sites	North America	22%
197th	Equatorial Guinea	0 sites	Africa	21%
198th	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0 sites	South America	21%
199th	Guam	0 sites	Oceania	20%
200th	Guyana	0 sites	North America	20%
201st	Hong Kong	0 sites	Asia	20%
202nd	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0 sites	Oceania	19%
203rd	Isle of Man	0 sites	Europe	19%
204th	British Indian Ocean Territory	0 sites	Asia	18%
205th	Jersey	0 sites	Europe	18%
206th	Comoros	0 sites	Africa	18%
207th	Kuwait	0 sites	Asia	17%
208th	Cayman Islands	0 sites	North America	17%
209th	Liechtenstein	0 sites	Europe	16%
210th	Liberia	0 sites	Africa	16%
211st	Monaco	0 sites	Europe	16%
212nd	Saint Martin	0 sites	North America	15%
213rd	Macao	0 sites	Asia	15%
214th	Northern Mariana Islands	0 sites	Oceania	14%
215th	Martinique	0 sites	North America	14%
216th	Montserrat	0 sites	North America	14%
217th	Maldives	0 sites	Asia	13%
218th	New Caledonia	0 sites	Oceania	13%
219th	Norfolk Island	0 sites	Oceania	12%
220th	Netherlands	0 sites	Europe	12%
221st	Nauru	0 sites	Oceania	12%
222nd	Niue	0 sites	Oceania	11%
223rd	French Polynesia	0 sites	Oceania	11%
224th	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0 sites	North America	10%
225th	Pitcairn	0 sites	Oceania	10%
226th	Puerto Rico	0 sites	North America	10%
227th	Réunion	0 sites	Africa	9%
228th	Saint Helena	0 sites	Africa	9%
229th	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0 sites	Europe	8%
230th	Somalia	0 sites	Africa	8%
231st	South Sudan	0 sites	Africa	8%
232nd	Sao Tome and Principe	0 sites	Africa	7%
233rd	Sint Maarten	0 sites	North America	7%
234th	Eswatini	0 sites	Africa	6%
235th	Turks and Caicos Islands	0 sites	North America	6%
236th	French Southern Territories	0 sites	Antarctica	6%
237th	Tokelau	0 sites	Oceania	5%
238th	Timor-Leste	0 sites	Asia	5%
239th	Tonga	0 sites	Oceania	4%
240th	Trinidad and Tobago	0 sites	North America	4%
241st	Tuvalu	0 sites	Oceania	4%
242nd	Taiwan	0 sites	Asia	3%
243rd	United States Minor Outlying Islands	0 sites	Oceania	3%
244th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0 sites	North America	2%
245th	British Virgin Islands	0 sites	North America	2%
246th	U.S. Virgin Islands	0 sites	North America	2%
247th	Wallis and Futuna	0 sites	Oceania	1%
248th	Samoa	0 sites	Oceania	1%
249th	Mayotte	0 sites	Africa	0%

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