Global number of museums 2021, by UNESCO regional classification

According to UNESCO, the current estimated total number of museums worldwide is around 104 thousand. However, such institutions are not evenly distributed globally, with Western Europe and North America recording around 61 percent of museums as of March 2021. Overall, the United States alone accounted for nearly one-third of all organizations, topping the list of the leading countries worldwide ranked by the number of museums.

根据联合国教科文组织的数据，目前全球博物馆的总数估计约为十万余家。然而，此类机构在全球的分布并不均匀，截至2021年3月，西欧和北美地区的博物馆数量约占全球总数的61%。总体而言，仅美国一国就占据了所有博物馆组织近三分之一的份额，位居全球博物馆数量排名首位的国家之列。

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背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集统计了2021年3月全球博物馆数量，按UNESCO区域分类展示。数据来源权威，包括UNESCO报告、OCLC目录和IMLS数据，并反映了COVID-19对博物馆运营的影响。