World Heritage Site - Statistics

Statistics

See also: List of World Heritage Sites See also: Table of World Heritage Sites by country

There are 962 World Heritage Sites located in 157 States Party. Of these, 745 are cultural, 188 are natural and 29 are mixed properties. The World Heritage Committee has divided the countries into five geographic zones: Africa, Arab States (composed of most of the Middle East and North Africa), Asia and Oceania, Europe & North America (includes Canada and the United States) and Latin America & Caribbean.

Russia and the Caucasus states are classified as European, while Mexico is classified as belonging to the Latin America & Caribbean zone, despite its location in North America. The UNESCO geographic zones also give greater emphasis on administrative, rather than geographic associations. Hence, Gough Island, located in the South Atlantic, is part of the Europe & North America region because the government of the United Kingdom nominated the site.

The table below includes a breakdown of the sites according to these zones and their classification:

Zone Natural Cultural Mixed Total
North America and Europe 68 417 11 496
Asia and Oceania 55 148 10 213
Africa 39 48 4 91
Arab States 5 67 2 74
Latin America and the Caribbean 36 91 3 130
Sub-Total 203 771 30 1004
less duplicates* 15 26 1 42
Total 188 745 29 962

* Because many sites belong to more than one country, duplicates exist when counting them by country and within a region. For a table with by-country statistics, see: Table of World Heritage Sites by country.

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