WHC Statistics

This page presents an overview of the statistics of each WHC session. It includes the following parameters:
Year: the year the WHC meeting was held. 2021 and 2023 had a 'double session', to make up for skipping 2020 and 2022.
New Sites: number of new WHS inscribed at the session.
Not Inscribed: sites that were withdrawn right before the session and those with a Referral, Deferral and Not to Inscribe decision.
Extended: sites that have been extended at that session (the original inscription was at an earlier year).
European: newly inscribed sites from countries that belong to the region Europe and North America (one region within the WH setup). It also includes sites in Asian Russia, Asian Türkiye and Israel.
African: newly inscribed sites from countries that belong to the region Africa. Northern African states such as Algeria and Egypt belong to a different region (Arab States).
Transboundary: newly inscribed sites that are either transboundary (contiguous in 2 or more countries) or serial transnational.
1 crit: newly inscribed sites that have been inscribed on a single OUV criterion only.
Rating: average site rating of the newly inscribed sites, as given by our community members.

Statistics from all WHC meetings

Year New Sites
(avg 27)
Not Inscribed Extended European
(avg 13)
African
(avg 2)
Transboundary 1 crit Rating
(avg 3.38)
1978 12 21 0 7 3 0 5 4.07
1979 45 40 0 25 4 3 6 3.75
1980 27 41 1 10 7 1 7 3.55
1981 26 23 0 12 5 1 7 3.69
1982 24 11 1 3 3 0 1 3.9
1983 29 22 0 18 2 2 8 3.44
1984 22 21 1 10 3 0 0 3.9
1985 30 12 0 14 1 0 6 3.57
1986 30 6 1 17 2 0 2 3.73
1987 41 26 1 17 2 1 6 3.82
1988 27 24 0 12 3 0 2 3.58
1989 7 21 1 3 2 1 0 3.76
1990 15 22 4 8 1 0 0 3.87
1991 22 30 3 8 2 0 5 3.56
1992 20 12 5 12 0 0 9 3.71
1993 33 10 0 16 0 0 8 3.46
1994 28 16 6 15 2 0 7 3.53
1995 29 12 0 18 0 2 6 3.45
1996 37 14 1 25 2 1 5 3.42
1997 46 10 0 25 2 1 0 3.55
1998 30 12 1 21 0 1 3 3.25
1999 48 23 5 22 4 1 5 3.31
2000 61 13 5 34 3 3 11 3.25
2001 31 14 6 19 4 1 3 3.34
2002 9 5 2 4 0 0 0 3.55
2003 24 22 3 9 3 2 2 3.37
2004 32 12 6 14 3 2 4 3.2
2005 24 24 6 11 2 1 4 3.28
2006 18 23 2 5 5 1 4 3.05
2007 22 24 2 9 4 1 4 3.22
2008 27 22 4 12 2 1 8 3.21
2009 13 31 3 6 2 1 3 2.98
2010 21 27 8 5 0 0 1 3.13
2011 25 19 1 7 4 1 2 3.25
2012 26 18 0 10 4 2 7 3.17
2013 19 13 3 7 2 1 1 3.43
2014 26 16 4 10 1 2 7 3.09
2015 24 20 3 12 0 1 4 2.99
2016 21 17 0 7 1 3 3 3.4
2017 21 15 4 9 3 2 3 3.1
2018 19 13 1 8 2 0 7 2.99
2019 29 20 1 16 1 2 11 3.04
2021 34 16 3 17 2 4 12 2.99
2023 45 8 5 20 5 3 17 2.84
2024 24 4 2 8 5 0 8 2.78