State of Conservation
Category of site
Cultural site 
Natural site 
Mixed site
Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site 
Natural site 
Mixed site
States Parties
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 489 Housing 259 Management activities 167 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 128 Legal framework 111 Ground transport infrastructure 105 Water (rain/water table) 87 Human resources 77 Financial resources 73 Deliberate destruction of heritage 59 Illegal activities 57 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 55 Commercial development 54 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 50 Relative humidity 45 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 44 Solid waste 44 Interpretative and visitation facilities 43 Storms 43 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 42 Land conversion 41 Earthquake 40 Flooding 22 Air pollution 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 17 Marine transport infrastructure 16 Major linear utilities 16 Wind 16 Localised utilities 13 Water infrastructure 13 Governance 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 13 Avalanche/ landslide 11 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Underground transport infrastructure 9 Quarrying 9 Temperature 9 Mining 7 Micro-organisms 7 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 7 Desertification 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 6 Civil unrest 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Surface water pollution 5 Industrial areas 4 Input of excess energy 4 Oil and gas 4 Terrorism 4 War 4 Radiation/light 3 Crop production 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Pests 2 Temperature change 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Pollution of marine waters 1 Military training 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1
* :
The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).
** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.
