About how many UNESCO World Heritage Sites exist worldwide?
Answer1,248 (July 2025)
Sites are spread across 170 countries and split between cultural, natural and mixed categories.
Source: Wikipedia, World Heritage Site (2025) en.wikipedia.org
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About what share of World Heritage Sites are classified as 'cultural' rather than natural or mixed?
Answerabout 78% (972 of 1,248)
Cultural sites, like historic cities, monuments and archaeological sites, far outnumber natural ones on the list.
Source: Wikipedia, World Heritage Site (2025) en.wikipedia.org
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How many World Heritage Sites have ever been removed from the list (delisted)?
Answer3 sites
Delisting is extremely rare and usually follows major damage or loss of the qualities that earned a site its status.
Source: Wikipedia, World Heritage Site (2024) en.wikipedia.org
About what share of forested natural World Heritage Sites have lost some forest cover since 2000?
Answer91%
Even protected, globally significant natural sites haven't been immune to deforestation pressures.
Source: Wikipedia, World Heritage Site (2024) en.wikipedia.org
Roughly how many countries have 15 or more World Heritage Sites?
Answer23 countries
Italy leads the list, with many other European countries also home to a large number of sites.
Source: Wikipedia, World Heritage Site (2024) en.wikipedia.org
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