15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 29,499 km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 km2 in Mexico.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.2 km2, and the mean is 1,461 km2.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 27.8%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 100.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 29,499 km2 | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 2 | China, mainland | 18,257 km2 | 2021 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 3 | Chile | 4,476 km2 | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 4 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,917 km2 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2,904 km2 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Iceland | 654.7 km2 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 305.5 km2 | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 8 | Peru | 284.3 km2 | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 9 | Sweden | 188.4 km2 | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.2 km2 | 2021 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 78.1 km2 | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 12 | Nepal | 55.7 km2 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | India | 37.3 km2 | 2021 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 14 | Ireland | 31 km2 | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 15 | Finland | 30.3 km2 | 2021 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Japan | 22.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 15.3 km2 | 2021 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 13 km2 | 2021 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 19 | Australia | 12.7 km2 | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 20 | Mongolia | 8.1 km2 | 2021 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 21 | Bhutan | 4.2 km2 | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 22 | Pakistan | 3.9 km2 | 2021 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 23 | Austria | 2.4 km2 | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 24 | France | 1.3 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Ecuador | 1.3 km2 | 2021 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Georgia | 0.9 km2 | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 29 | Faroe Islands | 0.5 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Colombia | 0.5 km2 | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 31 | Myanmar | 0.4 km2 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 31 | South Africa | 0.4 km2 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Italy | 0.4 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Andorra | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 34 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Switzerland | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Indonesia | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 0 km2 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 0 km2 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Armenia | 0 km2 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Mexico | 0 km2 | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 69,715 km2
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 299.5 km2
- Northern America and Europe 41,212 km2
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 69.7 km2
- Europe 32,000 km2
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.6 km2
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 18,287 km2
- Eastern Asia 18,287 km2
- Northern America 9,212 km2
- Latin America and the Caribbean 6,995 km2
- United States of America 5,344 km2
- Oceania 2,917 km2
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 568.1 km2
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 300.7 km2
- Central Asia 186.6 km2
- Southern Asia 114.2 km2
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 1.9 km2
- Western Asia 1.9 km2
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1 km2
- South-Eastern Asia 0.5 km2
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