Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Number of Contracting Parties: 159
Number of sites designated for the List of
Wetlands of International Importance: 1847
Total surface area of designated sites: 181,365,679 hectares
| Country | | Ramsar sites | Surface area |
| Albania | | 3 | 83,062 |
| Algeria | | 42 | 2,959,615 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | 1 | 3,600 |
| Argentina | | 18 | 5,315,376 |
| Armenia | | 2 | 492,239 |
| Australia | | 65 | 7,510,177 |
| Austria | | 19 | 119,962 |
| Azerbaijan | | 2 | 99,560 |
| Bahamas | | 1 | 32,600 |
| Bahrain | | 2 | 6,810 |
| Bangladesh | | 2 | 611,200 |
| Barbados | | 1 | 33 |
| Belarus | | 8 | 285,807 |
| Belgium | | 9 | 42,938 |
| Belize | | 2 | 23,592 |
| Benin | | 4 | 1,179,354 |
| Bolivia | | 8 | 6,518,073 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | | 3 | 56,779 |
| Botswana | | 1 | 5,537,400 |
| Brazil | | 8 | 6,434,086 |
| Bulgaria | | 10 | 20,306 |
| Burkina Faso | | 3 | 299,200 |
| Burundi | | 1 | 1,000 |
| Cambodia | | 3 | 54,600 |
| Cameroon | | 3 | 606,615 |
| Canada | | 37 | 13,066,675 |
| Cape Verde | | 3 | ... |
| Central African Republic | | 1 | 101,300 |
| Chad | | 6 | 12,405,068 |
| Chile | | 9 | 159,154 |
| China | | 36 | 3,168,210 |
| Colombia | | 5 | 458,525 |
| Comoros | | 3 | 16,030 |
| Congo | | 7 | 8,454,259 |
| Costa Rica | | 11 | 510,050 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | | 6 | 127,344 |
| Croatia | | 4 | 86,579 |
| Cuba | | 6 | 1,188,411 |
| Cyprus | | 1 | 1,107 |
| Czech Republic | | 12 | 54,656 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | | 3 | 7,435,624 |
| Denmark | | 38 | 2,078,823 |
| Djibouti | | 1 | 3,000 |
| Dominican Republic | | 1 | 20,000 |
| Ecuador | | 13 | 201,126 |
| Egypt | | 2 | 105,700 |
| El Salvador | | 3 | 125,769 |
| Equatorial Guinea | | 3 | 136,000 |
| Estonia | | 12 | 225,960 |
| Fiji | | 1 | 615 |
| Finland | | 49 | 799,518 |
| France | | 36 | 3,314,275 |
| Gabon | | 9 | 2,818,469 |
| Gambia | | 3 | 31,244 |
| Georgia | | 2 | 34,480 |
| Germany | | 34 | 868,226 |
| Ghana | | 6 | 178,410 |
| Greece | | 10 | 163,501 |
| Guatemala | | 7 | 628,592 |
| Guinea | | 16 | 6,422,361 |
| Guinea-Bissau | | 1 | 39,098 |
| Honduras | | 6 | 223,320 |
| Hungary | | 28 | 235,430 |
| Iceland | | 3 | 58,970 |
| India | | 25 | 677,131 |
| Indonesia | | 3 | 656,510 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | | 22 | 1,481,147 |
| Iraq | | 1 | 137,700 |
| Ireland | | 45 | 66,994 |
| Israel | | 2 | 366 |
| Italy | | 51 | 60,052 |
| Jamaica | | 3 | 37,765 |
| Japan | | 37 | 131,027 |
| Jordan | | 1 | 7,372 |
| Kazakhstan | | 4 | 531,141 |
| Kenya | | 5 | 101,849 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | | 2 | 639,700 |
| Latvia | | 6 | 148,718 |
| Lebanon | | 4 | ?1075 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 434 | |
| Liberia | 5 | 95,879 | |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | | 2 | 83 |
| Liechtenstein | | 1 | 101 |
| Lithuania | | 5 | 50,451 |
| Luxembourg | | 2 | 17,213 |
| Madagascar | | 6 | 787,555 |
| Malawi | | 1 | 224,800 |
| Malaysia | | 6 | 134,158 |
| Mali | | 1 | 4,119,500 |
| Malta | | 2 | 16 |
| Marshall Islands | | 1 | 69,000 |
| Mauritania | | 4 | 1,240,600 |
| Mauritius | | 2 | 379 |
| Mexico | | 113 | 8,161,357 |
| Moldova | | 3 | 94,705 |
| Monaco | | 1 | 23 |
| Mongolia | | 11 | 1,439,530 |
| Montenegro | | 1 | 20,000 |
| Morocco | | 24 | 272,010 |
| Mozambique | | 1 | 688,000 |
| Myanmar | | 1 | 256 |
| Namibia | | 4 | 629,600 |
| Nepal | | 9 | 34,455 |
| Netherlands | | 49 | 818,908 |
| New Zealand | | 6 | 55,512 |
| Nicaragua | | 8 | 405,691 |
| Niger | | 12 | 4,317,869 |
| Nigeria | | 11 | 1,076,728 |
| Norway | | 37 | 116,369 |
| Pakistan | | 19 | 1,343,627 |
| Palau | | 1 | 493 |
| Panama | | 4 | 159,903 |
| Papua New Guinea | | 2 | 594,924 |
| Paraguay | | 6 | 785,970 |
| Peru | | 13 | 6,784,042 |
| Philippines | | 4 | 68,404 |
| Poland | | 13 | 145,075 |
| Portugal | | 28 | 86,581 |
| Republic of Korea | | 11 | 8,215 |
| Romania | | 4 | 682,166 |
| Russian Federation | | 35 | 10,323,767 |
| Rwanda | | 1 | ... |
| Saint Lucia | | 2 | 85 |
| Samoa | | 1 | 01.04.06 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | 1 | 23 |
| Senegal | | 4 | 99,720 |
| Serbia | | 9 | 55,627 |
| Seychelles | | 1 | 121 |
| Sierra Leone | | 1 | 295,000 |
| Slovakia | | 14 | 40,697 |
| Slovenia | | 3 | 8,205 |
| South Africa | | 19 | 543,978 |
| Spain | | 63 | 281,768 |
| Sri Lanka | | 3 | 8,522 |
| Sudan | | 4 | 8,189,600 |
| Suriname | | 1 | 12,000 |
| Sweden | | 51 | 514,506 |
| Switzerland | | 11 | 8,676 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | | 1 | 10,000 |
| Tajikistan | | 5 | 94,600 |
| Thailand | | 10 | 370,600 |
| The FYR of Macedonia | | 2 | 21,616 |
| Togo | | 4 | 1,210,400 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | | 3 | 15,919 |
| Tunisia | | 20 | 726,541 |
| Turkey | | 12 | 179,482 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 267,124 | |
| Uganda | | 12 | 454,303 |
| Ukraine | | 33 | 744,651 |
| United Arab Emirates | | 1 | 620 |
| United Kingdom | | 166 | 917,988 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | | 4 | 4,868,424 |
| United States of America | | 24 | 1,312,319 |
| Uruguay | | 2 | 424,904 |
| Uzbekistan | | 2 | 558,400 |
| Venezuela | | 5 | 263,636 |
| Viet Nam | | 2 | 25,759 |
| Yemen | | 1 | ??? |
| Zambia | | 8 | 4,030,500 |
| former USSR | | 3 | 669,200 |
as of 29 May 2009
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