World Heritage Sites by Criteria


UNESCO uses ten criteria (i–x) to evaluate World Heritage Sites. Explore sites grouped by the criteria they satisfy.

Criterion (i) | Criterion (ii) | Criterion (iii) | Criterion (iv) | Criterion (v) | Criterion (vi) | Criterion (vii) | Criterion (viii) | Criterion (ix) | Criterion (x)

Criterion (i)

Masterpiece of human creative genius

Sites: 264

Criterion (ii)

Significant interchange of human values

Sites: 482

Criterion (iii)

Unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition

Sites: 528

Criterion (iv)

Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape

Sites: 648

Criterion (v)

Outstanding example of traditional human settlement

Sites: 173

Criterion (vi)

Directly associated with events or living traditions

Sites: 262

Criterion (vii)

Contains superlative natural phenomena or beauty

Sites: 153

Criterion (viii)

Outstanding example representing major earth stages

Sites: 100

Criterion (ix)

Outstanding example representing ecological and biological processes

Sites: 139

Criterion (x)

Contains most important habitats for biodiversity

Sites: 170

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