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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value by country

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Countries reporting
45
Highest
140,897 km2
China, mainland
Lowest
0 km2
Romania
Median
49.9 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
492

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 140,897 km2 in China, mainland; the lowest is 0 km2 in Romania.

The median across all reporting countries is 49.9 km2, and the mean is 4,130 km2.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 53.6%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 76.6%).

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Sparsely: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 140,897 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
2 Chile 11,741 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
3 Sweden 5,291 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
4 Peru 5,006 km2 2021 up 0.3% flat
5 Iceland 4,443 km2 2021 up 0.1% flat
6 Kyrgyzstan 3,067 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
7 Russian Federation 2,464 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
8 Afghanistan 2,110 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
9 Tajikistan 1,737 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
10 Italy 1,428 km2 2021 up 21.9% rising
11 Nepal 1,323 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
12 India 1,230 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
13 Mongolia 1,018 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
14 Austria 882.6 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
15 France 864.4 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
16 Kazakhstan 711.8 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
17 Switzerland 616.8 km2 2021 up 4.6% rising
18 Pakistan 350.1 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 171.5 km2 2021 up 0.4% rising
20 Uzbekistan 101.3 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
21 Spain 91.6 km2 2021 up 7.8% falling
22 Bulgaria 58.6 km2 2021 down 1.3% falling
23 Bhutan 49.9 km2 2021 down 0.6% rising
24 Finland 41.3 km2 2021 down 76.6% volatile
25 Slovakia 26.2 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
26 New Zealand 24 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
26 Australia and New Zealand 24 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
28 Faroe Islands 18.3 km2 2021 unchanged rising
29 Ecuador 10.6 km2 2021 up 53.6% rising
30 Montenegro 8.1 km2 2021 down 1.2% falling
31 Myanmar 8 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
32 Serbia 7.3 km2 2021 up 25.9% rising
33 Ireland 6.9 km2 2021 down 6.8% rising
34 Georgia 6.4 km2 2021 unchanged rising
35 Albania 6.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
36 Slovenia 4.7 km2 2021 down 2.1% falling
37 North Macedonia 4.5 km2 2021 up 2.3% rising
38 Poland 1.8 km2 2021 unchanged rising
39 Liechtenstein 1.2 km2 2021 down 25.0% falling
40 Colombia 1 km2 2021 up 11.1% rising
41 Azerbaijan 0.9 km2 2021 unchanged rising
42 Kenya 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
42 Andorra 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
44 Armenia 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
45 Romania 0 km2 2021 — volatile

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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: Sparsely natural vegetated 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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