Can you think of countries with similar World Heritage trends? I chose 10 categories to compare. For example, inscribed sites and tentative lists, country size, interaction with UNESCO (ratification, years as a committee member, hosted sessions), and how our community has visited/researched the country (connections, reviews, rating).

I found plenty of comparable trends between Portugal and Korea. I wonder which other well-represented countries have fairly similar trends? When I first pondered these trends, I was reminded of the 'sister city' relationship developed between places all over the World.

Portugal & Korea

Portugal (ratified convention in 1980)
- 109th largest country by size
- 17 WHS (1 natural)
- Nomination submitted for 2025: Yes
- Tentative List: 18
- Total Connections: 305
- Total Reviews: 212
- Average Rating 3.5
- Community Members who visited all WHS: 22
- Sessions Hosted: 0
- WHC Member: 18 yrs

Republic of Korea (ratified convention in 1988)
- 107th largest country by size
- 16 WHS (2 natural)
- Nomination submitted for 2025: Yes
- Tentative List: 14
- Total Connections: 391
- Total Reviews: 159
- Average Rating: 3.1
- Community Members who visited all WHS: 16
- Sessions Hosted: 0
- WHC Member: 14 yrs

Serbia & Azerbaijan

Serbia (succession of the convention 2001, first inscribed site in 1979)
- 111th largest country by size
- 5 WHS (0 natural)
- Nomination submitted for 2025: No
- Tentative List: 11
- Total Connections: 68
- Total Reviews: 45
- Average Rating 3
- Community Members who visited all WHS: 55
- Sessions Hosted: 0
- WHC Member: 11 yrs

Azerbaijan (ratified convention in 1993)
- 112th largest country by size
- 5 WHS (1 natural)
- Nomination submitted for 2025: No
- Tentative List: 10
- Total Connections: 80
- Total Reviews: 30
- Average Rating 2.9
- Community Members who visited all WHS: 7 (recent inscription lowered #)
- Sessions Hosted: 1
- WHC Member: 10 yrs

I believe closest to Turkey is Iran