World Heritage Sites Map

In order to qualify as a UNESCO World Heritage site, a place or structure must have great cultural, historical, and/or natural significance. There are about 51 heritage sites in Italy which is the highest number in the world. Italy is followed by China having 50 heritage sites and Spain with 45.

Description : Map shows the number of heritage sites by the countries of the World.

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World Heritage List

Sr no.	Countries	No. of Heritage Site
1	Italy	51
2	China	50
3	Spain	45
4	France	42
5	Germany	41
6	India	35
7	Mexico	34
8	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	30
9	Russian Federation	26
10	United States of America	23
11	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	21
12	Brazil	20
13	Japan	20
14	Australia	19
15	Canada	18
16	Greece	18
17	Turkey	16
18	Portugal	15
19	Sweden	15
20	Poland	14
21	Belgium	12
22	Czechia	12
23	Peru	12
24	Republic of Korea	12
25	Switzerland	12
26	Argentina	10
27	Netherlands	10
28	Austria	9
29	Bulgaria	9
30	Cuba	9
31	Ethiopia	9
32	Israel	9
33	Morocco	9
34	Colombia	8
35	Croatia	8
36	Denmark	8
37	Hungary	8
38	Indonesia	8
39	Norway	8
40	South Africa	8
41	Sri Lanka	8
42	Tunisia	8
43	Viet Nam	8
44	Algeria	7
45	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	7
46	Egypt	7
47	Finland	7
48	Romania	7
49	Senegal	7
50	Slovakia	7
51	Ukraine	7
52	United Republic of Tanzania	7
53	Chile	6
54	Kenya	6
55	Pakistan	6
56	Philippines	6
57	Syrian Arab Republic	6
58	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5
59	Ecuador	5
60	Iraq	5
61	Jordan	5
62	Kazakhstan	5
63	Lebanon	5
64	Libya	5
65	Panama	5
66	Serbia	5
67	Thailand	5
68	Uzbekistan	5
69	Zimbabwe	5
70	Belarus	4
71	Costa Rica	4
72	Côte d'Ivoire	4
73	Lithuania	4
74	Malaysia	4
75	Mali	4
76	Mongolia	4
77	Nepal	4
78	Oman	4
79	Saudi Arabia	4
80	Yemen	4
81	Armenia	3
82	Bangladesh	3
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
84	Cyprus	3
85	Georgia	3
86	Guatemala	3
87	Kyrgyzstan	3
88	Madagascar	3
89	Malta	3
90	Montenegro	3
91	New Zealand	3
92	Niger	3
93	Slovenia	3
94	Sudan	3
95	Turkmenistan	3
96	Uganda	3
97	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3
98	Afghanistan	2
99	Albania	2
100	Azerbaijan	2
101	Bahrain	2
102	Botswana	2
103	Cambodia	2
104	Cameroon	2
105	Central African Republic	2
106	Chad	2
107	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2
108	Estonia	2
109	Gambia (the)	2
110	Ghana	2
111	Holy See	2
112	Honduras	2
113	Iceland	2
114	Ireland	2
115	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2
116	Latvia	2
117	Malawi	2
118	Mauritania	2
119	Mauritius	2
120	Namibia	2
121	Nicaragua	2
122	Nigeria	2
123	Palestine	2
124	Seychelles	2
125	Suriname	2
126	Tajikistan	2
127	Uruguay	2
128	Andorra	1
129	Antigua and Barbuda	1
130	Barbados	1
131	Belize	1
132	Benin	1
133	Burkina Faso	1
134	Cabo Verde	1
135	Congo	1
136	Dominica	1
137	Dominican Republic	1
138	El Salvador	1
139	Fiji	1
140	Gabon	1
141	Guinea	1
142	Haiti	1
143	Jamaica	1
144	Kiribati	1
145	Lesotho	1
146	Luxembourg	1
147	Marshall Islands	1
148	Micronesia (Federated States of)	1
149	Mozambique	1
150	Myanmar	1
151	Palau	1
152	Papua New Guinea	1
153	Paraguay	1
154	Qatar	1
155	Republic of Moldova	1
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1
157	Saint Lucia	1
158	San Marino	1
159	Singapore	1
160	Solomon Islands	1
161	the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	1
162	Togo	1
163	United Arab Emirates	1
164	Vanuatu	1
165	Zambia	1

Source: http://whc.unesco.org/

Top 50 UNESCO World Heritage sites

Name	Year	category	Country
The Taj Mahal	1983	Cultural	India
Grand Canyon National Park	1979	Natural	United States of America
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae	1979	Cultural	Egypt
Prambanan Temple Compounds	1991	Cultural	Indonesia
Petra	1985	Cultural	Jordan
Historic Centre of Siena	1995	Cultural	Italy
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls	1981	Cultural	Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Vatican City	1984	Cultural	Holy See
Angkor	1992	Cultural	Cambodia
Historic Centre of Český Krumlov	1992	Cultural	Czechia
Royal Domain of Drottningholm	1991	Cultural	Sweden
Lord Howe Island Group	1982	Natural	Australia
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn	1996	Cultural	Austria
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	2000	Cultural	Belgium
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	1984	Cultural	Spain
Everglades National Park	1979	Natural	United States of America
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments	1990	Cultural	Russian Federation
Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur	1979	Cultural	Egypt
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza	1988	Cultural	Mexico
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	1986	Cultural	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu	1983	Mixed	Peru
Great Barrier Reef	1981	Natural	Australia
Iguazu National Park	1984	Natural	Argentina
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site	1978	Cultural	Canada
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang	1987	Cultural	China
Acropolis, Athens	1987	Cultural	Greece
Fraser Island	1992	Natural	Australia
Purnululu National Park	2003	Natural	Australia
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens	2004	Cultural	Australia
Sydney Opera House	2007	Cultural	Australia
Historic Centre of Vienna	2001	Cultural	Austria
La Grand-Place, Brussels	1998	Cultural	Belgium
Historic Centre of Brugge	2000	Cultural	Belgium
Historic District of Old Québec	1985	Cultural	Canada
The Great Wall	1987	Cultural	China
Old Town of Lijiang	1997	Cultural	China
Mount Huangshan	1990	Mixed	China
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa	1994	Cultural	China
Classical Gardens of Suzhou	1997	Cultural	China
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing	1998	Cultural	China
Historic Centre of Macao	2005	Cultural	China
West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou	2011	Cultural	China
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing	1998	Cultural	China
Historic Centre of Prague	1992	Cultural	Czechia
City of Quito	1978	Cultural	Ecuador
Galápagos Islands	1978	Natural	Ecuador
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)	1985	Cultural	France
Chartres Cathedral	1979	Cultural	France
Palace and Park of Versailles	1979	Cultural	France
The Loire Valley	2000	Cultural	France

Source : http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/

Last Updated on: December 17th, 2017