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| Biodiversity and Protected Areas — Protected Areas: World heritage sites, number Units: Number |
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| World {1} | 1,034 | |
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| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 160 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 61 | |
| Europe | 479 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 98 | |
| North America | 36 | |
| Oceania | 21 | |
| South America | 70 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 109 | |
| Developed Countries | 600 | |
| Developing Countries | 437 | |
| High Income Countries | 445 | |
| Low Income Countries | 149 | |
| Middle Income Countries | 433 | |
| ISO | 2006 | |
| Country | ||
| Afghanistan | AFG | 2 |
| Albania | ALB | 2 |
| Algeria | DZA | 7 |
| Andorra | AND | 1 |
| Argentina | ARG | 9 |
| Armenia | ARM | 3 |
| Australia | AUS | 17 |
| Austria | AUT | 11 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 2 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 2 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 3 |
| Belarus | BLR | 8 |
| Belgium | BEL | 42 |
| Belize | BLZ | 1 |
| Benin | BEN | 2 |
| Bermuda | BMU | 1 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 1 |
| Botswana | BWA | 1 |
| Brazil | BRA | 19 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 9 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 1 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 1 |
| Canada | CAN | 13 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 3 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 1 |
| Chile | CHL | 5 |
| China | CHN | 35 |
| Colombia | COL | 8 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 6 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 4 |
| Croatia | HRV | 7 |
| Cuba | CUB | 8 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 3 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 13 |
| Denmark | DNK | 3 |
| Dominica | DMA | 1 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 2 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 5 |
| Egypt | EGY | 9 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 1 |
| Estonia | EST | 5 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 10 |
| Finland | FIN | 11 |
| France | FRA | 54 |
| Gabon | GAB | 2 |
| Gambia | GMB | 2 |
| Georgia | GEO | 3 |
| Germany, Fed Rep (former) | 32 | |
| Ghana | GHA | 3 |
| Greece | GRC | 17 |
| Greenland | GRL | 2 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 3 |
| Guinea | GIN | 1 |
| Haiti | HTI | 1 |
| Honduras | HND | 2 |
| Hungary | HUN | 8 |
| Iceland | ISL | 1 |
| India | IND | 29 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 9 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 8 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 2 |
| Ireland | IRL | 2 |
| Israel | ISR | 12 |
| Italy | ITA | 43 |
| Japan | JPN | 13 |
| Jordan | JOR | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 3 |
| Kenya | KEN | 5 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 1 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 7 |
| Lao People's Dem Rep | LAO | 3 |
| Latvia | LVA | 3 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 5 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 5 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 6 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 1 |
| Macedonia, FYR | MKD | 1 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 3 |
| Malawi | MWI | 4 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 3 |
| Mali | MLI | 6 |
| Malta | MLT | 3 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 2 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 1 |
| Mexico | MEX | 27 |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | 1 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 2 |
| Montenegro | MNE | 2 |
| Morocco | MAR | 9 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 1 |
| Nepal | NPL | 5 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 6 |
| Netherlands Antilles | ANT | 1 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 3 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 1 |
| Niger | NER | 2 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 2 |
| Norway | NOR | 11 |
| Oman | OMN | 6 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 7 |
| Panama | PAN | 5 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 2 |
| Peru | PER | 10 |
| Philippines | PHL | 6 |
| Poland | POL | 15 |
| Portugal | PRT | 15 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | 1 |
| Romania | ROU | 7 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 25 |
| Saint Helena | SHN | 2 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | KNA | 1 |
| Senegal | SEN | 5 |
| Serbia | SRB | 3 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | YUG | 1 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 2 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 6 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 1 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 1 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 21 |
| Spain | ESP | 46 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 7 |
| St. Lucia | LCA | 2 |
| Sudan | SDN | 2 |
| Suriname | SUR | 2 |
| Sweden | SWE | 17 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 7 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 5 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 7 |
| Thailand | THA | 5 |
| Togo | TGO | 2 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 8 |
| Turkey | TUR | 9 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 4 |
| Uganda | UGA | 3 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 6 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 26 |
| United States | USA | 20 |
| Uruguay | URY | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 4 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 3 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 5 |
| Yemen | YEM | 3 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 6 |
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| 1 - World |
| World total was calculated by WRI. |
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| United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2006. World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). Data set available on CD-ROM. Cambridge, U.K: UNEP-WCMC. Online at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/. |
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