“Total” has the highest value (103.8K) and “Holy See” the lowest (19).

Number of museums worldwide as of March 2021, by UNESCO regional classification
Number of museums	Value
Holy See	19
Israel²	226
Arab States	757
Africa	868
Latin America and the Caribbean	8,716
Eastern Europe	11,366
Asia Pacific	18,180
Western Europe and Canada¹	30,628
United States²	33,082
Total	103,842

Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian

About this data

The data on this page is global, collected by Namafar for comparison with Iran.

Iranian (Solar Hijri) years run from late March to March: 1404 = March 2025 to March 2026.

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Source: UNESCO; Various sources
Year: 1402 (2023/24)
Industry: Tourism
Published: Jan 7, 2024

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