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Statistics on States Parties
Number of World Heritage properties inscribed by each State Party
States Parties with no Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List
Total number of States Parties that have ratified the World Heritage Convention, by year
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
9
Belize
1
Benin
1
Bolivia
6
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Botswana
1
Brazil
17
Bulgaria
9
Cambodia
2
Cameroon
1
Canada
15
Central African Republic
1
Chile
5
China
37
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)
9
Iraq
3
Ireland
2
Israel
6
Italy
43
Japan
14
Jordan
3
Kazakhstan
3
Kenya
4
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1
Korea, Republic of
8
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
7
New Zealand
3
Nicaragua
1
Niger
2
Nigeria
2
Norway
7
Oman
4
Pakistan
6
Panama
5
Papua New Guinea
1
Paraguay
1
Peru
10
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
40
Sri Lanka
7
Sudan
1
Suriname
2
Sweden
14
Switzerland
9
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
27
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 (40)
States Parties
Properties inscribed
Angola
0
Antigua and Barbuda
0
Barbados
0
Bhutan
0
Burkina Faso
0
Burundi
0
Cape Verde
0
Chad
0
Comoros
0
Congo
0
Djibouti
0
Eritrea
0
Fiji
0
Grenada
0
Guinea-Bissau
0
Guyana
0
Jamaica
0
Kiribati
0
Kuwait
0
Kyrgyzstan
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