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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value by country

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Countries reporting
53
Highest
10,844 km2
Sweden
Lowest
0 km2
South Africa
Median
8.6 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
492

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 10,844 km2 in Sweden; the lowest is 0 km2 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.6 km2, and the mean is 593.41 km2.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 46.3%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 100.0%).

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrub-covered: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sweden 10,844 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
2 Iceland 9,330 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
3 Russian Federation 7,955 km2 2021 down 27.9% falling
4 Chile 680.3 km2 2021 down 3.3% flat
5 Austria 484.9 km2 2021 down 4.5% falling
6 Finland 418.2 km2 2021 up 0.7% flat
7 Switzerland 407 km2 2021 up 14.1% rising
8 Italy 210.9 km2 2021 up 3.7% rising
9 Australia and New Zealand 129.4 km2 2021 up 5.5% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 113.2 km2 2021 up 0.7% falling
11 Spain 108.1 km2 2021 down 0.1% rising
12 Australia 101.4 km2 2021 up 4.5% flat
13 Bulgaria 87.6 km2 2021 down 1.1% falling
14 China, mainland 84.9 km2 2021 down 33.3% flat
15 France 82.7 km2 2021 up 0.4% rising
16 Ecuador 79.5 km2 2021 down 15.9% falling
17 Romania 69.5 km2 2021 down 3.6% rising
18 Slovakia 54.6 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
19 Colombia 48.8 km2 2021 down 4.1% flat
20 New Zealand 28 km2 2021 up 9.4% rising
21 Poland 17.8 km2 2021 unchanged rising
22 Slovenia 17.6 km2 2021 unchanged flat
23 Faroe Islands 13 km2 2021 unchanged flat
24 Japan 10 km2 2021 up 7.5% flat
25 Peru 9.7 km2 2021 down 70.0% falling
25 Mongolia 9.7 km2 2021 down 13.4% flat
27 Kenya 8.6 km2 2021 down 3.4% flat
28 Serbia 6.3 km2 2021 down 11.3% flat
29 Uganda 6 km2 2021 up 46.3% rising
30 Ireland 5.1 km2 2021 down 1.9% volatile
31 Nepal 4 km2 2021 down 20.0% rising
32 Georgia 3.8 km2 2021 down 44.1% falling
33 Indonesia 3.5 km2 2021 down 5.4% flat
34 Cameroon 2.8 km2 2021 down 3.4% rising
35 North Macedonia 2.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
36 Bhutan 2.3 km2 2021 down 28.1% flat
37 Kazakhstan 1.9 km2 2021 down 54.8% falling
38 Kyrgyzstan 1.8 km2 2021 down 48.6% falling
39 Liechtenstein 1.2 km2 2021 — volatile
40 Tajikistan 1.1 km2 2021 down 42.1% flat
41 India 0.7 km2 2021 down 50.0% falling
42 Ethiopia 0.6 km2 2021 down 45.5% falling
43 Albania 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
44 Myanmar 0.4 km2 2021 down 33.3% flat
45 Uzbekistan 0.3 km2 2021 down 70.0% falling
45 Lesotho 0.3 km2 2021 down 25.0% falling
45 Afghanistan 0.3 km2 2021 unchanged rising
45 Andorra 0.3 km2 2021 unchanged flat
49 Mexico 0.2 km2 2021 down 71.4% falling
49 Pakistan 0.2 km2 2021 down 33.3% rising
49 Costa Rica 0.2 km2 2021 down 50.0% falling
52 Azerbaijan 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
53 South Africa 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value
Unit
km2
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
82 places, 492 data points, 2000–2021
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