The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage. Zambia accepted the convention on June 4, 1984, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. , there is only one World Heritage Site in Zambia, Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls, which is shared with Zimbabwe. Zambia has served on the World Heritage Committee once, from 2021 to 2025.

World Heritage Sites UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through vi are cultural, and vii through x are natural.

+ Site Image Location (province) Year listed DescriptionMosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria FallsSouthern Province1989 509; vii, viii (natural)

Tentative List In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage List are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list. Zambia maintains 7 properties on its tentative list.

+ Site Image Location (province) Year listed UNESCO criteria DescriptionDag Hammarskjoeld Memorial (Crash site)Copperbelt Province1997i, ii (cultural)Kalambo falls archaeological site (prehistoric settlement site)Northern Province1997i, ii (cultural)Chirundu Fossil ForestSouthern Province2009vii, viii (natural)Mwela Rock PaintingsNorthern Province2009iii, v, vi (cultural)Kalambo FallsNorthern Province2009iii, iv, vii, viii (mixed)Zambezi SourceNorth-Western Province2009x (natural)The Barotse Cultural LandscapeWestern Province2009iii, v (cultural)

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