Country rankings
World Heritage Sites by Country
Italy has the highest Total Heritage Sites (62), followed by China (61) and France (56). Palau has the lowest (1).
171 of 235 countries
Total Heritage Sites
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 171 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
4
Middle half 2 – 8.5
Average
8.01
171 countries
Highest
62
Italy
Lowest
1
Palau
Data
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171 countries · # = rank by Total Heritage Sites
What correlates with Total Heritage Sites?
Pearson r against 1,441 other country metrics sharing at least 103 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Total Heritage Sites tend to score higher on these
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Total Heritage Sites tend to score lower on these
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Total Heritage Sites?
- Italy has the highest Total Heritage Sites, at 62, followed by China (61) and France (56).
- Which country has the lowest Total Heritage Sites?
- Palau has the lowest Total Heritage Sites, at 1.
- What is the median Total Heritage Sites across countries?
- The median is 4 across the 171 countries with data.
- Where does this world heritage sites by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World Heritage List - Unesco.
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