UNESCO World Heritage Sites

This ranking compares how strongly countries are represented by UNESCO World Heritage sites. The raw value is the number of World Heritage properties attributed to a country; higher values indicate internationally recognized cultural and natural heritage. The rating rises with the number of sites but uses a logarithmic scale so countries with a few sites remain visible and large states do not dominate everything.
1 Italy58 heritage sites 58 heritage sites 100
2 China57 heritage sites 57 heritage sites 99
3 France52 heritage sites 52 heritage sites 96
3 Germany52 heritage sites 52 heritage sites 96
5 Spain50 heritage sites 50 heritage sites 94
6 India42 heritage sites 42 heritage sites 89
7 Mexico35 heritage sites 35 heritage sites 84
8 Russia30 heritage sites 30 heritage sites 79
9 United Kingdom29 heritage sites 29 heritage sites 78
10 Iran26 heritage sites 26 heritage sites 74
11 Japan25 heritage sites 25 heritage sites 73
12 United States24 heritage sites 24 heritage sites 72
13 Brazil23 heritage sites 23 heritage sites 71
14 Canada22 heritage sites 22 heritage sites 70
15 Turkey21 heritage sites 21 heritage sites 69
16 Australia20 heritage sites 20 heritage sites 68
17 Greece18 heritage sites 18 heritage sites 64
18 Poland17 heritage sites 17 heritage sites 62
18 Portugal17 heritage sites 17 heritage sites 62
20 Czech Republic16 heritage sites 16 heritage sites 60
20 Korea Republic16 heritage sites 16 heritage sites 60
22 Belgium15 heritage sites 15 heritage sites 58
22 Sweden15 heritage sites 15 heritage sites 58
24 Peru13 heritage sites 13 heritage sites 54
24 Switzerland13 heritage sites 13 heritage sites 54
26 Austria12 heritage sites 12 heritage sites 52
26 Iraq12 heritage sites 12 heritage sites 52
26 Netherlands12 heritage sites 12 heritage sites 52
29 Argentina11 heritage sites 11 heritage sites 50
30 Bulgaria10 heritage sites 10 heritage sites 48
30 Denmark10 heritage sites 10 heritage sites 48
30 Indonesia10 heritage sites 10 heritage sites 48
30 South Africa10 heritage sites 10 heritage sites 48
34 Colombia9 heritage sites 9 heritage sites 45
34 Cuba9 heritage sites 9 heritage sites 45
34 Ethiopia9 heritage sites 9 heritage sites 45
34 Israel9 heritage sites 9 heritage sites 45
34 Morocco9 heritage sites 9 heritage sites 45
34 Romania9 heritage sites 9 heritage sites 45
40 Croatia8 heritage sites 8 heritage sites 42
40 Hungary8 heritage sites 8 heritage sites 42
40 Norway8 heritage sites 8 heritage sites 42
40 Sri Lanka8 heritage sites 8 heritage sites 42
40 Tunisia8 heritage sites 8 heritage sites 42
40 Ukraine8 heritage sites 8 heritage sites 42
40 Vietnam8 heritage sites 8 heritage sites 42
47 Algeria7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
47 Chile7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
47 Egypt7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
47 Finland7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
47 Kenya7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
47 Saudi Arabia7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
47 Senegal7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
47 Slovakia7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
47 Tanzania7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
47 Uzbekistan7 heritage sites 7 heritage sites 38
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina6 heritage sites 6 heritage sites 35
57 Jordan6 heritage sites 6 heritage sites 35
57 Kazakhstan6 heritage sites 6 heritage sites 35
57 Mongolia6 heritage sites 6 heritage sites 35
57 Pakistan6 heritage sites 6 heritage sites 35
57 Philippines6 heritage sites 6 heritage sites 35
57 Syria6 heritage sites 6 heritage sites 35
57 Thailand6 heritage sites 6 heritage sites 35
65 Congo DR5 heritage sites 5 heritage sites 32
65 Ecuador5 heritage sites 5 heritage sites 32
65 Lebanon5 heritage sites 5 heritage sites 32
65 Libya5 heritage sites 5 heritage sites 32
65 Lithuania5 heritage sites 5 heritage sites 32
65 Oman5 heritage sites 5 heritage sites 32
65 Panama5 heritage sites 5 heritage sites 32
65 Turkmenistan5 heritage sites 5 heritage sites 32
65 Zimbabwe5 heritage sites 5 heritage sites 32
74 Albania4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Belarus4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Costa Rica4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Latvia4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Malaysia4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Mali4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Montenegro4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Nepal4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Serbia4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Slovenia4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
74 Yemen4 heritage sites 4 heritage sites 27
85 Armenia3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Bahamas3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Bahrain3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Bangladesh3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Burkina Faso3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Cambodia3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Comoros3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Cyprus3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Estonia3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Gabon3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Georgia3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Guatemala3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Iceland3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Kyrgyzstan3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Laos3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Madagascar3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Malta3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Moldova3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 New Zealand3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Niger3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Palestine3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Sudan3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Uganda3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Uruguay3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
85 Venezuela3 heritage sites 3 heritage sites 22
110 Afghanistan2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Azerbaijan2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Benin2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Botswana2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Cameroon2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Central African Republic2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Chad2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Congo2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Gambia2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Ghana2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Ireland2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Ivory Coast2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Korea DPR2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Liberia2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Luxembourg2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Malawi2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Mauritania2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Mauritius2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Myanmar2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Namibia2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Nigeria2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 North Macedonia2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Saint Kitts and Nevis2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Seychelles2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Suriname2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
110 Tajikistan2 heritage sites 2 heritage sites 16
136 Andorra1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Angola1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Antigua and Barbuda1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Barbados1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Belize1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Bhutan1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Bolivia1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Brunei1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Cape Verde1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Cook Islands1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Dominica1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Dominican Republic1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 El Salvador1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Equatorial Guinea1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Eritrea1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Faroe Islands1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Fiji1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Gibraltar1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Greenland1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Grenada1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Guinea1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Guinea-Bissau1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Guyana1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Haiti1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Honduras1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Jamaica1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Kosovo1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Kuwait1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Lesotho1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Mozambique1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 New Caledonia1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Nicaragua1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Niue1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Papua New Guinea1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Paraguay1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Puerto Rico1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Qatar1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Réunion1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Rwanda1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Saint Lucia1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Samoa1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 San Marino1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Sierra Leone1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Singapore1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Swaziland1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Timor-Leste1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Togo1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Tonga1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Trinidad and Tobago1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 U.S. Virgin Islands1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 United Arab Emirates1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Vanuatu1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Zambia1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
136 Zanzibar1 heritage site 1 heritage site 10
191 American Samoa0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Anguilla0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Aruba0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Bermuda0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 British Virgin Islands0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Burundi0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Cayman Islands0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Chinese Taipei0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Curacao0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Djibouti0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 French Guiana0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Guadeloupe0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Guam0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Hong Kong0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Kiribati0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Liechtenstein0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Macau0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Maldives0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Marshall Islands0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Martinique0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Mayotte0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Micronesia0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Monaco0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Montserrat0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Nauru0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Northern Mariana Islands0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Palau0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Saint Pierre and Miquelon0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Saint-Martin0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 São Tomé and Príncipe0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Sint Maarten0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Solomon Islands0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Somalia0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 South Sudan0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Tahiti0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Turks and Caicos Islands0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Tuvalu0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Wallis and Futuna0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0
191 Western Sahara0 heritage sites 0 heritage sites 0

Last rating: June 21st, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is the number of UNESCO World Heritage properties attributed to a country in the official World Heritage List. Cultural and natural properties are included; transboundary sites are attributed to each participating country where UNESCO lists them there.

The indicator measures internationally recognized heritage, not the entire cultural vitality of a country. A country without a World Heritage property can still have a strong contemporary culture; that is captured more by museums, music, nightlife, cinemas and cultural freedom.

The rating is deliberately not purely linear. A first World Heritage site matters for international cultural visibility, additional sites keep improving the rating, but with diminishing returns. This keeps countries with a few sites visible without letting the largest portfolios flatten the whole scale.

For countries and territories without their own UNESCO attribution, Nomadino uses maintained replacement values. It checks whether sites should be considered through the administering state, shared territories or clearly attributable historical areas.

The raw value remains the concrete site count. The rating only translates that count into a more comparable 0-100 scale.