Key
Documents of the Ramsar Convention
Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
(as of
6 October 2008) 
Number
of Contracting Parties: 158
Number of sites designated for the List of Wetlands of International Importance:
1782
Total surface area of designated sites: 161,862,148 hectares
|
Country |
Entry into force |
Ramsar sites |
Surface area |
|
Albania |
29.02.96 |
3 |
83,062 |
|
Algeria |
04.03.84 |
42 |
2,959,615 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
02.10.05
|
1
|
3,600
|
|
Argentina |
04.09.92 |
17 |
4,087,2011 |
|
Armenia |
06.11.93 |
2 |
492,239 |
|
Australia |
21.12.75 |
64 |
7,371,873 |
|
Austria |
16.04.83 |
19 |
119,962 |
|
Azerbaijan |
21.05.01 |
2 |
99,560 |
|
Bahamas |
07.06.97 |
1 |
32,600 |
|
Bahrain |
27.02.98 |
2 |
6,810 |
|
Bangladesh |
21.09.92 |
2 |
611,200 |
| Barbados |
12.04.06
|
1
|
33
|
|
Belarus |
25.08.91 |
8 |
285,807 |
|
Belgium |
04.07.86 |
9 |
42,938 |
|
Belize |
22.08.98 |
2 |
23,592 |
|
Benin |
24.05.00 |
4 |
1,179,354 |
|
Bolivia |
27.10.90 |
8 |
6,518,073 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
01.03.92 |
3 |
56,779 |
|
Botswana |
09.04.97 |
1 |
5,537,400 |
|
Brazil |
24.09.93 |
8 |
6,434,086 |
|
Bulgaria |
24.01.76 |
10 |
20,306 |
|
Burkina Faso |
27.10.90 |
3 |
299,200 |
| Burundi |
05.10.02
|
1
|
1,000
|
|
Cambodia |
23.10.99 |
3 |
54,600 |
| Cameroon |
20.07.06
|
3
|
606,615
|
|
Canada |
15.05.81 |
37 |
13,066,675 |
| Cape Verde |
18.11.05
|
3
|
...
|
| Central African Republic |
05.04.06
|
1
|
101,300
|
|
Chad |
13.10.90 |
5 |
9,879,068 |
|
Chile |
27.11.81 |
9 |
159,154 |
|
China |
31.07.92 |
30 |
2,937,481 |
|
Colombia |
18.10.98 |
5 |
458,525 |
|
Comoros |
09.06.95 |
3 |
16,030 |
|
Congo |
18.10.98 |
5 |
6,926,759 |
|
Costa Rica |
27.04.92 |
11 |
510,050 |
|
Côte d’Ivoire |
27.06.96 |
6 |
127,344 |
|
Croatia |
25.06.91 |
4 |
86,579 |
|
Cuba |
12.08.01 |
6 |
1,188,411 |
|
Cyprus |
11.11.01 |
1 |
1,107 |
|
Czech Republic |
01.01.93 |
12 |
54,656 |
|
Democratic Republic of Congo |
18.05.96 |
2 |
866,000 |
|
Denmark |
02.01.78 |
38 |
2,078,823 |
| Djibouti |
22.03.03
|
1
|
3,000
|
| Dominican Republic |
15.09.02
|
1
|
20,000
|
|
Ecuador |
07.01.91 |
13 |
201,126 |
|
Egypt |
09.09.88 |
2 |
105,700 |
|
El Salvador |
22.05.99 |
3 |
125,769 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
02.10.03
|
3
|
136,000
|
|
Estonia |
29.07.94 |
12 |
225,960 |
| Fiji |
11.08.06
|
1
|
615
|
|
Finland |
21.12.75 |
49 |
799,518 |
|
France |
01.12.86 |
24 |
828,803 |
|
Gabon |
30.04.87 |
6 |
1,763,769 |
|
Gambia |
16.01.97 |
2 |
26,304 |
|
Georgia |
07.06.97 |
2 |
34,480 |
|
Germany |
26.06.76 |
33 |
843,109 |
|
Ghana |
22.06.88 |
6 |
178,410 |
|
Greece |
21.12.75 |
10 |
163,501 |
|
Guatemala |
26.10.90 |
7 |
628,592 |
|
Guinea |
18.03.93 |
16 |
6,422,361 |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
14.05.90 |
1 |
39,098 |
|
Honduras |
23.10.93 |
6 |
223,320 |
|
Hungary |
11.08.79 |
28 |
235,430 |
|
Iceland |
02.04.78 |
3 |
58,970 |
|
India |
01.02.82 |
25 |
677,131 |
|
Indonesia |
08.08.92 |
3 |
656,510 |
|
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
21.12.75 |
22 |
1,481,147 |
| Iraq |
17.02.08
|
1
|
137,700
|
|
Ireland |
15.03.85 |
45 |
66,994 |
|
Israel |
12.03.97 |
2 |
366 |
|
Italy |
14.04.77 |
50 |
59,796 |
|
Jamaica |
07.02.98 |
3 |
37,765 |
|
Japan |
17.10.80 |
33 |
130,293 |
|
Jordan |
10.05.77 |
1 |
7,372 |
| Kazakhstan |
02.05.07
|
1
|
353,341
|
|
Kenya |
05.10.90 |
5 |
101,849 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
12.03.03
|
2
|
639,700
|
|
Latvia |
25.11.95 |
6 |
148,363 |
|
Lebanon |
16.08.99 |
4 |
?1075 |
| Lesotho | 01.11.04 | 1 | 434 |
| Liberia | 02.11.03 | 5 | 95,879 |
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
05.08.00 |
2 |
83 |
|
Liechtenstein |
06.12.91 |
1 |
101 |
|
Lithuania |
20.12.93 |
5 |
50,451 |
|
Luxembourg |
15.08.98 |
2 |
17,213 |
|
Madagascar |
25.01.99 |
6 |
787,555 |
|
Malawi |
14.03.97 |
1 |
224,800 |
|
Malaysia |
10.03.95 |
5 |
55,355 |
|
Mali |
25.09.87 |
1 |
4,119,500 |
|
Malta |
30.01.89 |
2 |
16 |
| Marshall Islands |
13.11.04
|
1
|
69,000
|
|
Mauritania |
22.02.83 |
3 |
1,231,100 |
|
Mauritius |
30.09.01 |
2 |
379 |
|
Mexico |
04.11.86 |
97 |
7,010,189 |
|
Moldova |
20.10.00 |
3 |
94,705 |
|
Monaco |
20.12.97 |
1 |
10 |
|
Mongolia |
08.04.98 |
11 |
1,439,530 |
| Montenegro |
03.06.06
|
1
|
20,000
|
|
Morocco |
20.10.80 |
24 |
272,010 |
| Mozambique |
03.12.04
|
1
|
688,000
|
| Myanmar |
17.03.05
|
1
|
256
|
|
Namibia |
23.12.95 |
4 |
629,600 |
|
Nepal |
17.04.88 |
8 |
34,365 |
|
Netherlands |
23.09.80 |
49 |
818,908 |
|
New Zealand |
13.12.76 |
6 |
39,068 |
|
Nicaragua |
30.11.97 |
8 |
405,691 |
|
Niger |
30.08.87 |
12 |
4,317,869 |
|
Nigeria |
02.02.01 |
11 |
1,076,728 |
|
Norway |
21.12.75 |
37 |
116,369 |
|
Pakistan |
23.11.76 |
19 |
1,343,627 |
| Palau |
18.02.03
|
1
|
493
|
|
Panama |
26.11.90 |
4 |
159,903 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
16.07.93 |
2 |
594,924 |
|
Paraguay |
07.10.95 |
6 |
785,970 |
|
Peru |
30.03.92 |
12 |
6,780,643 |
|
Philippines |
08.11.94 |
4 |
68,404 |
|
Poland |
22.03.78 |
13 |
145,075 |
|
Portugal |
24.03.81 |
28 |
86,581 |
|
Republic of Korea |
28.07.97 |
8 |
8,149 |
|
Romania |
21.09.91 |
4 |
682,166 |
|
Russian Federation |
11.02.77 |
35 |
10,323,767 |
| Rwanda |
01.04.06
|
1
|
...
|
| Saint Lucia |
19.06.02
|
2
|
85
|
| Samoa |
06.02.05
|
1
|
...
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
21.12.06
|
1
|
23
|
|
Senegal |
11.11.77 |
4 |
99,720 |
| Serbia |
27.04.92 |
9 |
55,627 |
| Seychelles |
22.03.05
|
1
|
121
|
|
Sierra Leone |
13.04.00 |
1 |
295,000 |
|
Slovakia |
01.01.93 |
14 |
40,697 |
|
Slovenia |
25.06.91 |
3 |
8,205 |
|
South Africa |
21.12.75 |
19 |
543,978 |
|
Spain |
04.09.82 |
63 |
281,768 |
|
Sri Lanka |
15.10.90 |
3 |
8,522 |
| Sudan |
07.05.05
|
2
|
6,784,600
|
|
Suriname |
22.11.85 |
1 |
12,000 |
|
Sweden |
21.12.75 |
51 |
514,506 |
|
Switzerland |
16.05.76 |
11 |
8,676 |
|
Syrian Arab Republic |
05.07.98 |
1 |
10,000 |
|
Tajikistan |
18.11.01 |
5 |
94,600 |
|
Thailand |
13.09.98 |
10 |
370,600 |
|
The FYR of Macedonia |
08.09.91 |
2 |
21,616 |
|
Togo |
04.11.95 |
4 |
1,210,400 |
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
21.04.93 |
3 |
15,919 |
|
Tunisia |
24.03.81 |
20 |
726,541 |
|
Turkey |
13.11.94 |
12 |
179,482 |
|
Uganda |
04.07.88 |
11 |
354,803 |
|
Ukraine |
01.12.91 |
33 |
744,651 |
| United Arab Emirates |
29.12.07
|
1
|