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| Biodiversity and Protected Areas — Protected Areas: Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar sites), number Units: Number |
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| World | ||
| World {1} | 1,702 | |
| 2007 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 178 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 133 | |
| Europe | 861 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 137 | |
| North America | 70 | |
| Oceania | 76 | |
| South America | 83 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 164 | |
| Developed Countries | 1,069 | |
| Developing Countries | 640 | |
| High Income Countries | 857 | |
| Low Income Countries | 213 | |
| Middle Income Countries | 631 | |
| ISO | 2007 | |
| Country | ||
| Albania | ALB | 3 |
| Algeria | DZA | 42 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 1 |
| Argentina | ARG | 15 |
| Armenia | ARM | 2 |
| Aruba | ABW | 1 |
| Australia | AUS | 64 |
| Austria | AUT | 19 |
| Azerbaijan {2} | AZE | 3 |
| Bahamas | BHS | 1 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 2 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 2 |
| Barbados | BRB | 1 |
| Belarus | BLR | 8 |
| Belgium | BEL | 9 |
| Belize | BLZ | 2 |
| Benin | BEN | 4 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 8 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 2 |
| Botswana | BWA | 1 |
| Brazil | BRA | 8 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 10 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 3 |
| Burundi | BDI | 1 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 3 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 2 |
| Canada | CAN | 37 |
| Cape Verde | CPV | 3 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 6 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 1 |
| Chad | TCD | 5 |
| Chile | CHL | 9 |
| China | CHN | 30 |
| Colombia | COL | 3 |
| Comoros | COM | 3 |
| Congo | COG | 1 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 2 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 11 |
| Croatia | HRV | 4 |
| Cuba | CUB | 6 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 1 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 12 |
| Denmark | DNK | 27 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 1 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 1 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 12 |
| Egypt | EGY | 2 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 3 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 3 |
| Estonia | EST | 11 |
| Fiji | FJI | 1 |
| Finland | FIN | 49 |
| France | FRA | 21 |
| French Guiana | GUF | 2 |
| Gabon | GAB | 6 |
| Gambia | GMB | 2 |
| Georgia | GEO | 2 |
| Germany | DEU | 33 |
| Ghana | GHA | 6 |
| Greece | GRC | 10 |
| Greenland | GRL | 11 |
| Guadeloupe | GLP | 1 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 7 |
| Guinea | GIN | 16 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 1 |
| Honduras | HND | 6 |
| Hungary | HUN | 26 |
| Iceland | ISL | 3 |
| India | IND | 25 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 3 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 22 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 1 |
| Ireland | IRL | 45 |
| Israel | ISR | 2 |
| Italy | ITA | 50 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 3 |
| Japan | JPN | 33 |
| Jordan | JOR | 1 |
| Kazakhstan {3} | KAZ | 2 |
| Kenya | KEN | 5 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 5 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 2 |
| Latvia | LVA | 6 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 4 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 1 |
| Liberia | LBR | 5 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 2 |
| Liechtenstein | LIE | 1 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 5 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 2 |
| Macedonia, FYR | MKD | 1 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 6 |
| Malawi | MWI | 1 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 5 |
| Mali | MLI | 1 |
| Malta | MLT | 2 |
| Marshall Islands | MHL | 1 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 3 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 1 |
| Mexico | MEX | 67 |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | 3 |
| Monaco | MCO | 1 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 11 |
| Montenegro | MNE | 1 |
| Morocco | MAR | 24 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 1 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 1 |
| Namibia | NAM | 4 |
| Nepal | NPL | 4 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 43 |
| Netherlands Antilles | ANT | 5 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 6 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 8 |
| Niger | NER | 12 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 1 |
| Norway {4} | NOR | 37 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 19 |
| Palau | PLW | 1 |
| Panama | PAN | 4 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 2 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 6 |
| Peru | PER | 12 |
| Philippines | PHL | 4 |
| Poland | POL | 13 |
| Portugal | PRT | 17 |
| Romania | ROU | 5 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 35 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 1 |
| Samoa | WSM | 1 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | STP | 1 |
| Senegal | SEN | 4 |
| Serbia | SRB | 6 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 1 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 14 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 3 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 19 |
| Spain | ESP | 63 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 3 |
| St. Lucia | LCA | 2 |
| Sudan | SDN | 2 |
| Suriname | SUR | 1 |
| Sweden | SWE | 51 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 11 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 1 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 5 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 4 |
| Thailand | THA | 10 |
| Togo | TGO | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 3 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 20 |
| Turkey | TUR | 12 |
| Turkmenistan {5} | TKM | 1 |
| Uganda | UGA | 11 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 33 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 1 |
| United Kingdom {6} | GBR | 166 |
| United States | USA | 22 |
| Uruguay | URY | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 1 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 5 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 2 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 8 |
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| Footnotes |
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| 1 - World |
| Transboundary sites may be counted more than once in regional totals. |
| 2 - Azerbaijan |
| Site was designated as part of the former U.S.S.R. |
| 3 - Kazakhstan |
| Site was designated as part of the former U.S.S.R. |
| 4 - Norway |
| Includes Spitzbergen |
| 5 - Turkmenistan |
| Site was designated as part of the former U.S.S.R. |
| 6 - United Kingdom |
| Includes Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, UK Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands |
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| The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands. 2007. The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. Available on-line at: http://ramsar.org/sitelist.pdf. Convention on Wetlands: Gland, Switzerland. |
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