Countries with Most UNESCO World Heritage Sites
About This Dataset
Countries with Most UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Nations ranked by the total number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites within their borders. Italy leads the world with 59 inscribed sites, followed closely by China and Germany.
Analysis
Italy heads the table on 59, ahead of China (57) and Germany (54) in UNESCO Heritage Sites in 2024. 26 separates the highest figure (59) from the lowest (33) in UNESCO Heritage Sites. First and second are separated by 2, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 54 to 33 UNESCO Heritage Sites.
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Italy leads in UNESCO Heritage Sites with 59 in 2024.
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Average UNESCO Heritage Sites in 2024: 48 · median: 52.
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Gap in 2024: Italy is 1.8× larger than United Kingdom.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- UNESCO Heritage Sites
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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