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158
Properties
8
Transboundary
72
States Parties with properties out of 195
0
Delisted
18
In Danger
101
Cultural
49
Natural
8
Mixed

Africa

Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
South Africa
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Zimbabwe

Arab States

Algeria
Egypt
Iraq
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia
Yemen

Asia and the Pacific

Australia
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Kazakhstan
Malaysia

Europe and North America

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Israel
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Türkiye
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Latin America and the Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Barbados
Brazil
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Suriname
Notes

  1. (renomination under cultural criteria)

  2. The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.

  3. The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.

  4. Extension of "Jaú National Park".

*: transboundary property

#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1

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Category of property

Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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