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Countries with the Most Ski Resorts

United States has more ski areas than any other country — 960 — and also the most kilometres of slopes (9,674 km). The top 10 countries hold 72% of the world's 5,620 ski areas.

5,620

Ski areas worldwide

51,748 km

Downhill slopes

Countries with skiing

72%

Share of the top 10

Most kilometres of slopes

9,674 km

8,988 km

7,171 km

5,227 km

4,246 km

3,566 km

2,460 km

1,083 km

967 km

921 km

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All countries by number of ski resorts

Rank	Country	Ski areas	Slopes	Lifts	Highest point
1	United States	960	9,674 km	3,286	3,910 m
2	Japan	516	2,460 km	1,772	2,642 m
3	Canada	403	3,566 km	947	2,686 m
4	Switzerland	348	4,246 km	2,054	3,872 m
5	France	333	8,988 km	3,851	3,543 m
6	Austria	324	7,171 km	3,062	3,423 m
7	Germany	292	835 km	885	2,627 m
8	China	290	872 km	620	4,502 m
9	Czechia	283	565 km	817	1,441 m
10	Italy	277	5,227 km	2,368	3,355 m
11	Norway	269	1,083 km	622	2,179 m
12	Poland	223	340 km	674	1,957 m
13	Russia	166	713 km	529	3,841 m
14	Slovakia	131	363 km	447	2,182 m
15	Finland	114	362 km	339	754 m
16	Sweden	98	967 km	731	1,317 m
17	Romania	57	190 km	154	2,084 m
18	United Kingdom	45	71 km	149	1,190 m
19	Spain	42	921 km	372	3,300 m
20	Argentina	36	235 km	129	3,416 m
21	Chile	28	332 km	117	3,674 m
21	New Zealand	28	262 km	126	2,316 m
21	Slovenia	28	176 km	142	2,136 m
24	Iran	22	36 km	70	3,846 m
24	Türkiye	22	198 km	108	3,338 m
26	Ukraine	21	120 km	93	1,706 m
27	Belgium	19	7 km	20	694 m
28	South Korea	18	121 km	89	1,511 m
29	Netherlands	17	3 km	30	219 m
30	Australia	16	286 km	145	2,037 m
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16	80 km	54	2,056 m
32	Greece	15	118 km	84	2,469 m
33	Bulgaria	12	148 km	71	2,537 m
34	Hungary	11	18 km	49	1,016 m
34	Kyrgyzstan	11	57 km	28	3,017 m
34	Serbia	11	112 km	73	1,974 m
37	Iceland	10	67 km	43	942 m
37	Latvia	10	9 km	62	154 m
39	Georgia	8	113 km	44	3,246 m
40	Estonia	7	8 km	19	216 m
40	Kazakhstan	7	37 km	32	3,205 m
40	North Macedonia	7	37 km	33	2,375 m
43	Andorra	5	229 km	119	2,625 m
43	Lebanon	5	47 km	39	2,817 m
43	Montenegro	5	52 km	14	2,175 m
46	Belarus	4	7 km	13	323 m
46	Croatia	4	14 km	15	1,354 m
46	Lithuania	4	2 km	16	230 m
49	Armenia	3	34 km	10	2,817 m
49	Denmark	3	1 km	10	112 m
49	Greenland	3	6 km	5	413 m
49	India	3	12 km	6	3,941 m
49	Morocco	3	12 km	4	3,240 m
49	Uzbekistan	3	18 km	11	2,285 m
55	Azerbaijan	2	44 km	17	2,550 m
55	Brazil	2	0 km	1	1,016 m
55	Liechtenstein	2	17 km	8	1,990 m
55	North Korea	2	14 km	8	1,358 m
55	Pakistan	2	0 km	2	3,819 m
55	Portugal	2	5 km	5	1,986 m
61	Albania	1	1 km	2	1,677 m
61	Cyprus	1	6 km	4	1,936 m
61	Egypt	1	0 km	0	—
61	Ireland	1	0 km	4	208 m
61	Israel	1	14 km	10	2,037 m
61	Kosovo	1	7 km	8	2,260 m
61	Lesotho	1	1 km	2	3,223 m
61	Mexico	1	0 km	1	2,705 m
61	Mongolia	1	6 km	2	1,564 m
61	South Africa	1	1 km	6	2,918 m
61	Taiwan	1	0 km	0	—
61	Tajikistan	1	0 km	2	3,016 m

Number of resorts vs. size

Counting resorts favours countries with many small local hills: United States leads the count, but the biggest ski domains are in United States, France, Austria and Italy, which have the most kilometres of slopes.

How the numbers are counted

A ski area is every operating, named ski resort or ski hill mapped in OpenStreetMap. Slope length is measured along the mapped downhill runs, so it can differ from the figures resorts advertise.

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Frequently asked questions

Which country has the most ski resorts?

United States with 960 ski areas, followed by Japan (516), Canada (403), Switzerland (348) and France (333).

Which country has the most ski slopes?

United States with 9,674 km of mapped downhill runs.