Country profiles

Below you can find key information about each the Convention on Wetlands Contracting Party (Member State).

Click here for a list of the Contracting Parties and the date of the entry into force of the Convention.

Click here for UNESCO's official list of accessions, ratifications and reservations (UNESCO Web site).

Albania
Entry into force 29 February 1996
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Algeria
Entry into force 4 March 1984
Ramsar sites 50
Surface area 83,062 ha
Andorra
Entry into force 23 November 2012
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Angola
Entry into force 10 October 2021
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Antigua and Barbuda
Entry into force 2 October 2005
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Argentina
Entry into force 4 September 1992
Ramsar sites 23
Surface area 83,062 ha
Armenia
Entry into force 6 November 1993
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Australia
Entry into force 21 December 1975
Ramsar sites 67
Surface area 83,062 ha
Austria
Entry into force 16 April 1983
Ramsar sites 23
Surface area 83,062 ha
Azerbaijan
Entry into force 21 September 2001
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Bahamas
Entry into force 7 June 1997
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Bahrain
Entry into force 27 February 1998
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Bangladesh
Entry into force 21 September 1992
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Barbados
Entry into force 12 April 2006
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Belarus
Entry into force 25 August 1991
Ramsar sites 26
Surface area 83,062 ha
Belgium
Entry into force 4 July 1986
Ramsar sites 9
Surface area 83,062 ha
Belize
Entry into force 22 August 1998
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Benin
Entry into force 24 May 2000
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Bhutan
Entry into force 7 September 2012
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Entry into force 27 October 1990
Ramsar sites 11
Surface area 83,062 ha
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entry into force 1 March 1992
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Botswana
Entry into force 9 April 1997
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Brazil
Entry into force 24 September 1993
Ramsar sites 27
Surface area 83,062 ha
Bulgaria
Entry into force 24 January 1976
Ramsar sites 11
Surface area 83,062 ha
Burkina Faso
Entry into force 27 October 1990
Ramsar sites 25
Surface area 83,062 ha
Burundi
Entry into force 5 October 2002
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Cabo Verde
Entry into force 18 November 2005
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Cambodia
Entry into force 23 October 1999
Ramsar sites 5
Surface area 83,062 ha
Cameroon
Entry into force 20 July 2006
Ramsar sites 7
Surface area 83,062 ha
Canada
Entry into force 15 May 1981
Ramsar sites 37
Surface area 83,062 ha
Central African Republic
Entry into force 5 April 2006
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Chad
Entry into force 13 October 1990
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Chile
Entry into force 27 November 1981
Ramsar sites 16
Surface area 83,062 ha
China
Entry into force 31 July 1992
Ramsar sites 82
Surface area 83,062 ha
Colombia
Entry into force 18 October 1998
Ramsar sites 11
Surface area 83,062 ha
Comoros
Entry into force 9 June 1995
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Congo
Entry into force 18 October 1998
Ramsar sites 14
Surface area 83,062 ha
Costa Rica
Entry into force 27 April 1992
Ramsar sites 12
Surface area 83,062 ha
Côte d'Ivoire
Entry into force 27 June 1996
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Croatia
Entry into force 25 June 1991
Ramsar sites 5
Surface area 83,062 ha
Cuba
Entry into force 12 August 2001
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Cyprus
Entry into force 11 November 2001
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Czechia
Entry into force 1 January 1993
Ramsar sites 14
Surface area 83,062 ha
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Entry into force 16 May 2018
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Entry into force 18 May 1996
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Denmark
Entry into force 2 January 1978
Ramsar sites 43
Surface area 83,062 ha
Djibouti
Entry into force 22 March 2003
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Dominican Republic
Entry into force 15 September 2002
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Ecuador
Entry into force 7 January 1991
Ramsar sites 19
Surface area 83,062 ha
Egypt
Entry into force 9 September 1988
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
El Salvador
Entry into force 22 May 1999
Ramsar sites 8
Surface area 83,062 ha
Equatorial Guinea
Entry into force 2 October 2003
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Estonia
Entry into force 29 July 1994
Ramsar sites 17
Surface area 83,062 ha
Eswatini
Entry into force 15 June 2013
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Fiji
Entry into force 11 August 2006
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Finland
Entry into force 21 December 1975
Ramsar sites 49
Surface area 83,062 ha
France
Entry into force 1 December 1986
Ramsar sites 53
Surface area 83,062 ha
Gabon
Entry into force 30 April 1987
Ramsar sites 9
Surface area 83,062 ha
Gambia
Entry into force 16 January 1997
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Georgia
Entry into force 7 June 1997
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Germany
Entry into force 26 June 1976
Ramsar sites 35
Surface area 83,062 ha
Ghana
Entry into force 22 June 1988
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Greece
Entry into force 21 December 1975
Ramsar sites 10
Surface area 83,062 ha
Grenada
Entry into force 22 September 2012
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Guatemala
Entry into force 26 October 1990
Ramsar sites 7
Surface area 83,062 ha
Guinea
Entry into force 18 March 1993
Ramsar sites 16
Surface area 83,062 ha
Guinea-Bissau
Entry into force 14 May 1990
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Honduras
Entry into force 23 October 1993
Ramsar sites 12
Surface area 83,062 ha
Hungary
Entry into force 11 August 1979
Ramsar sites 29
Surface area 83,062 ha
Iceland
Entry into force 2 April 1978
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
India
Entry into force 1 February 1982
Ramsar sites 75
Surface area 83,062 ha
Indonesia
Entry into force 8 August 1992
Ramsar sites 7
Surface area 83,062 ha
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Entry into force 21 December 1975
Ramsar sites 25
Surface area 83,062 ha
Iraq
Entry into force 17 February 2008
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Ireland
Entry into force 15 March 1985
Ramsar sites 45
Surface area 83,062 ha
Israel
Entry into force 12 March 1997
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Italy
Entry into force 14 April 1977
Ramsar sites 57
Surface area 83,062 ha
Jamaica
Entry into force 7 February 1998
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Japan
Entry into force 17 October 1980
Ramsar sites 53
Surface area 83,062 ha
Jordan
Entry into force 10 May 1977
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Kazakhstan
Entry into force 2 May 2007
Ramsar sites 10
Surface area 83,062 ha
Kenya
Entry into force 5 October 1990
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Kiribati
Entry into force 3 August 2013
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Kuwait
Entry into force 5 September 2015
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Kyrgyzstan
Entry into force 12 March 2003
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Entry into force 28 September 2010
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Latvia
Entry into force 25 November 1995
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Lebanon
Entry into force 16 August 1999
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Lesotho
Entry into force 1 November 2004
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Liberia
Entry into force 2 November 2003
Ramsar sites 5
Surface area 83,062 ha
Libya
Entry into force 5 August 2000
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Liechtenstein
Entry into force 6 December 1991
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Lithuania
Entry into force 20 December 1993
Ramsar sites 7
Surface area 83,062 ha
Luxembourg
Entry into force 15 August 1998
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Madagascar
Entry into force 25 January 1999
Ramsar sites 21
Surface area 83,062 ha
Malawi
Entry into force 14 March 1997
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Malaysia
Entry into force 10 March 1995
Ramsar sites 7
Surface area 83,062 ha
Mali
Entry into force 25 September 1987
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Malta
Entry into force 30 January 1989
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Marshall Islands
Entry into force 13 November 2004
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Mauritania
Entry into force 22 February 1983
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Mauritius
Entry into force 30 September 2001
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Mexico
Entry into force 4 November 1986
Ramsar sites 144
Surface area 83,062 ha
Monaco
Entry into force 20 December 1997
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Mongolia
Entry into force 8 April 1998
Ramsar sites 11
Surface area 83,062 ha
Montenegro
Entry into force 3 June 2006
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Morocco
Entry into force 20 October 1980
Ramsar sites 38
Surface area 83,062 ha
Mozambique
Entry into force 3 December 2004
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Myanmar
Entry into force 17 March 2005
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Namibia
Entry into force 23 December 1995
Ramsar sites 5
Surface area 83,062 ha
Nepal
Entry into force 17 April 1988
Ramsar sites 10
Surface area 83,062 ha
Netherlands
Entry into force 23 September 1980
Ramsar sites 54
Surface area 83,062 ha
New Zealand
Entry into force 13 December 1976
Ramsar sites 7
Surface area 83,062 ha
Nicaragua
Entry into force 30 November 1997
Ramsar sites 9
Surface area 83,062 ha
Niger
Entry into force 30 August 1987
Ramsar sites 14
Surface area 83,062 ha
Nigeria
Entry into force 2 February 2001
Ramsar sites 11
Surface area 83,062 ha
North Macedonia
Entry into force 8 September 1991
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Norway
Entry into force 21 December 1975
Ramsar sites 63
Surface area 83,062 ha
Oman
Entry into force 19 August 2013
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Pakistan
Entry into force 23 November 1976
Ramsar sites 19
Surface area 83,062 ha
Palau
Entry into force 18 February 2003
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Panama
Entry into force 26 November 1990
Ramsar sites 5
Surface area 83,062 ha
Papua New Guinea
Entry into force 16 July 1993
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Paraguay
Entry into force 7 October 1995
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Peru
Entry into force 30 March 1992
Ramsar sites 14
Surface area 83,062 ha
Philippines
Entry into force 8 November 1994
Ramsar sites 8
Surface area 83,062 ha
Poland
Entry into force 22 March 1978
Ramsar sites 19
Surface area 83,062 ha
Portugal
Entry into force 24 March 1981
Ramsar sites 31
Surface area 83,062 ha
Republic of Korea
Entry into force 28 July 1997
Ramsar sites 24
Surface area 83,062 ha
Republic of Moldova
Entry into force 20 October 2000
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Romania
Entry into force 21 September 1991
Ramsar sites 20
Surface area 83,062 ha
Russian Federation
Entry into force 11 February 1977
Ramsar sites 35
Surface area 83,062 ha
Rwanda
Entry into force 1 April 2006
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Saint Lucia
Entry into force 19 June 2002
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Samoa
Entry into force 6 February 2005
Ramsar sites 2
Surface area 83,062 ha
Sao Tome and Principe
Entry into force 21 December 2006
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Senegal
Entry into force 11 November 1977
Ramsar sites 9
Surface area 83,062 ha
Serbia
Entry into force 27 April 1992
Ramsar sites 11
Surface area 83,062 ha
Seychelles
Entry into force 22 March 2005
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Sierra Leone
Entry into force 13 April 2000
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Slovakia
Entry into force 1 January 1993
Ramsar sites 14
Surface area 83,062 ha
Slovenia
Entry into force 25 June 1991
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
South Africa
Entry into force 21 December 1975
Ramsar sites 29
Surface area 83,062 ha
South Sudan
Entry into force 10 October 2013
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Spain
Entry into force 4 September 1982
Ramsar sites 76
Surface area 83,062 ha
Sri Lanka
Entry into force 15 October 1990
Ramsar sites 6
Surface area 83,062 ha
Sudan
Entry into force 7 May 2005
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Suriname
Entry into force 22 November 1985
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Sweden
Entry into force 5 April 1975
Ramsar sites 68
Surface area 83,062 ha
Switzerland
Entry into force 16 May 1976
Ramsar sites 11
Surface area 83,062 ha
Syrian Arab Republic
Entry into force 5 July 1998
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Tajikistan
Entry into force 18 November 2001
Ramsar sites 5
Surface area 83,062 ha
Thailand
Entry into force 13 September 1998
Ramsar sites 15
Surface area 83,062 ha
Togo
Entry into force 4 November 1995
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
Trinidad and Tobago
Entry into force 21 April 1993
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Tunisia
Entry into force 24 March 1981
Ramsar sites 42
Surface area 83,062 ha
Türkiye
Entry into force 13 November 1994
Ramsar sites 14
Surface area 83,062 ha
Turkmenistan
Entry into force 3 July 2009
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Uganda
Entry into force 4 July 1988
Ramsar sites 12
Surface area 83,062 ha
Ukraine
Entry into force 1 December 1991
Ramsar sites 50
Surface area 83,062 ha
United Arab Emirates
Entry into force 29 December 2007
Ramsar sites 10
Surface area 83,062 ha
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Entry into force 5 May 1976
Ramsar sites 175
Surface area 83,062 ha
United Republic of Tanzania
Entry into force 13 August 2000
Ramsar sites 4
Surface area 83,062 ha
United States of America
Entry into force 18 December 1986
Ramsar sites 41
Surface area 83,062 ha
Uruguay
Entry into force 22 September 1984
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Uzbekistan
Entry into force 8 February 2002
Ramsar sites 3
Surface area 83,062 ha
Vanuatu
Entry into force 4 November 2019
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Entry into force 23 November 1988
Ramsar sites 5
Surface area 83,062 ha
Viet Nam
Entry into force 20 January 1989
Ramsar sites 9
Surface area 83,062 ha
Yemen
Entry into force 8 February 2008
Ramsar site 1
Surface area 83,062 ha
Zambia
Entry into force 28 December 1991
Ramsar sites 8
Surface area 83,062 ha
Zimbabwe
Entry into force 3 May 2013
Ramsar sites 7
Surface area 83,062 ha