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Statistics on States Parties

Number of World Heritage properties inscribed by each State Party

States Parties Properties inscribed
Afghanistan 2
Albania 2
Algeria 7
Andorra 1
Argentina 8
Armenia 3
Australia 17
Austria 8
Azerbaijan 2
Bahrain 1
Bangladesh 3
Belarus 4
Belgium 10
Belize 1
Benin 1
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
Botswana 1
Brazil 17
Bulgaria 9
Burkina Faso 1
Cambodia 2
Cameroon 1
Canada 15
Cape Verde 1
Central African Republic 1
Chile 5
China 38
Colombia 6
Costa Rica 3
Côte d'Ivoire 3
Croatia 7
Cuba 9
Cyprus 3
Czech Republic 12
Democratic Republic of the Congo 5
Denmark 4
Dominica 1
Dominican Republic 1
Ecuador 4
Egypt 7
El Salvador 1
Estonia 2
Ethiopia 8
Finland 7
France 33
Gabon 1
Gambia 2
Georgia 3
Germany 33
Ghana 2
Greece 17
Guatemala 3
Guinea 1
Haiti 1
Holy See 2
Honduras 2
Hungary 8
Iceland 2
India 27
Indonesia 7
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10
Iraq 3
Ireland 2
Israel 6
Italy 44
Japan 14
Jordan 3
Kazakhstan 3
Kenya 4
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1
Korea, Republic of 9
Kyrgyzstan 1
Lao People's Democratic Republic 2
Latvia 2
Lebanon 5
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5
Lithuania 4
Luxembourg 1
Madagascar 3
Malawi 2
Malaysia 3
Mali 4
Malta 3
Mauritania 2
Mauritius 2
Mexico 29
Moldova, Republic of 1
Mongolia 2
Montenegro 2
Morocco 8
Mozambique 1
Namibia 1
Nepal 4
Netherlands 8
New Zealand 3
Nicaragua 1
Niger 2
Nigeria 2
Norway 7
Oman 4
Pakistan 6
Panama 5
Papua New Guinea 1
Paraguay 1
Peru 11
Philippines 5
Poland 13
Portugal 13
Romania 7
Russian Federation 23
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
Saint Lucia 1
San Marino 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Senegal 5
Serbia 4
Seychelles 2
Slovakia 7
Slovenia 1
Solomon Islands 1
South Africa 8
Spain 41
Sri Lanka 7
Sudan 1
Suriname 2
Sweden 14
Switzerland 10
Syrian Arab Republic 5
Tanzania, United Republic of 7
Thailand 5
the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1
Togo 1
Tunisia 8
Turkey 9
Turkmenistan 3
Uganda 3
Ukraine 4
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 28
United States of America 20
Uruguay 1
Uzbekistan 4
Vanuatu 1
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3
Viet Nam 5
Yemen 4
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 5

States Parties with no properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (38)

States Parties Properties inscribed
Angola 0
Antigua and Barbuda 0
Barbados 0
Bhutan 0
Burundi 0
Chad 0
Comoros 0
Congo 0
Cook islands 0
Djibouti 0
Eritrea 0
Fiji 0
Grenada 0
Guinea-Bissau 0
Guyana 0
Jamaica 0
Kiribati 0
Kuwait 0
Lesotho 0
Liberia 0
Maldives 0
Marshall Islands 0
Micronesia (Federated States of) 0
Monaco 0
Myanmar 0
Niue 0
Palau 0
Qatar 0
Rwanda 0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0
Samoa 0
Sao Tome and Principe 0
Sierra Leone 0
Swaziland 0
Tajikistan 0
Tonga 0
Trinidad and Tobago 0
United Arab Emirates 0

Total number of States Parties that have ratified the World Heritage Convention, by Year

Year Total of States Parties Total of States Parties to ratify the World Heritage Convention each Year
1973 1 1
1974 10 9
1975 20 10
1976 26 6
1977 34 8
1978 42 8
1979 48 6
1980 55 7
1981 60 5
1982 69 9
1983 77 8
1984 82 5
1985 87 5
1986 90 3
1987 98 8
1988 105 7
1989 108 3
1990 113 5
1991 121 8
1992 130 9
1993 136 6
1994 139 3
1995 145 6
1996 146 1
1997 151 5
1998 155 4
1999 157 2
2000 161 4
2001 167 6
2002 175 8
2003 177 2
2004 178 1
2005 181 3
2006 184 3
2007 185 1
2009 186 1