Mapping the intangible cultural heritage
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UNESCO regions
Europe and North America host 48% of the listed items, while these territories account for only 16% of the world population, a rate of 40 items listed for 100M inhabitants. By comparison, the rate is 5/100M in Asia, 10/100M in Africa, 20/100M in the Arab States and 21/100M in Latin America.
Representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of Humanity.