15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Tree-covered areas — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Tree-covered areas — Value is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 538,292 km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 km2 in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 70.75 km2, and the mean is 10,991 km2.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 33.3%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 100.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Tree-covered: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 538,292 km2 | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Chile | 25,129 km2 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | China, mainland | 10,508 km2 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Australia and New Zealand | 3,822 km2 | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2,287 km2 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 1,535 km2 | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 7 | Ecuador | 1,449 km2 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 8 | Peru | 1,432 km2 | 2021 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 9 | Sweden | 1,244 km2 | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Colombia | 1,173 km2 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Austria | 1,010 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 12 | Italy | 838.7 km2 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Japan | 692.4 km2 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 14 | Switzerland | 644.4 km2 | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 15 | France | 545.4 km2 | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 16 | Mongolia | 467.5 km2 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Georgia | 356.8 km2 | 2021 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 18 | Nepal | 301.5 km2 | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 240.9 km2 | 2021 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 185.4 km2 | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 21 | Bhutan | 181 km2 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | India | 152.3 km2 | 2021 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 23 | Spain | 116.9 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 113.2 km2 | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 25 | Indonesia | 108.4 km2 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Tajikistan | 100.8 km2 | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 27 | Uganda | 90.3 km2 | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 51.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Slovakia | 45.2 km2 | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 30 | Iceland | 34.7 km2 | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 34.3 km2 | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 32.8 km2 | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 33 | Lesotho | 30.6 km2 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Pakistan | 29.8 km2 | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 27.6 km2 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 36 | Myanmar | 26.9 km2 | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 26.4 km2 | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 38 | Kenya | 24.8 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 39 | Andorra | 22.8 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Serbia | 18.5 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 16.7 km2 | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 42 | Poland | 15.3 km2 | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 43 | Finland | 14.7 km2 | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 44 | Faroe Islands | 12.6 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 4.8 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 3.3 km2 | 2021 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 48 | Slovenia | 3.2 km2 | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 48 | Cameroon | 3.2 km2 | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 50 | Liechtenstein | 2.3 km2 | 2021 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 51 | Armenia | 0.4 km2 | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 52 | Montenegro | 0.3 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Ireland | 0.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | 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.
- Northern America and Europe 727,664 km2
- Northern America 177,825 km2
- United States of America 53,865 km2
- Latin America and the Caribbean 32,724 km2
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 11,821 km2
- Eastern Asia 11,686 km2
- Oceania 3,822 km2
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,752 km2
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 1,241 km2
- Southern Asia 681.3 km2
- Central Asia 559.9 km2
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 360.4 km2
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