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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value by country

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Countries reporting
109
Highest
2.22 million km2
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.5 km2
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
11,660 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
852

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 2.22 million km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.5 km2 in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

The median across all reporting countries is 11,660 km2, and the mean is 72,113 km2.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 8.6%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 5.3%).

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 2.22 million km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
2 China, mainland 1.88 million km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
3 Mongolia 435,452 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
4 Australia and New Zealand 261,104 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
5 Peru 180,725 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
6 Afghanistan 177,183 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
7 Spain 175,952 km2 2021 down 0.8% rising
8 Chile 148,670 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
9 Kazakhstan 140,261 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
10 Australia 139,784 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
11 Japan 139,208 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
12 Mexico 129,852 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
13 New Zealand 121,320 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
14 Kyrgyzstan 114,102 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
15 Italy 111,682 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
16 France 102,987 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
17 South Africa 94,515 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
18 Romania 75,467 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
19 Colombia 64,169 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
20 Algeria 57,117 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
21 Morocco 55,852 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
22 Ethiopia 50,818 km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
23 Georgia 49,146 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
24 Greece 46,896 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
25 Austria 46,148 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
26 Tajikistan 42,752 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
27 Bulgaria 41,173 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
28 India 40,263 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
29 Sweden 38,851 km2 2021 up 2.9% rising
30 Serbia 38,108 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
31 Azerbaijan 37,431 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
32 Nepal 36,784 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
33 Uzbekistan 36,502 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
34 Ecuador 35,603 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 33,954 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
36 Pakistan 29,987 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24,996 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
38 Slovakia 24,600 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
39 Indonesia 24,000 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
40 Lesotho 23,941 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
41 Armenia 22,194 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
42 Bhutan 22,171 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
43 Papua New Guinea 21,945 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
44 Switzerland 21,221 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
45 Ukraine 20,924 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
46 Myanmar 19,080 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
47 Czechia 18,794 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
48 Republic of Korea 17,871 km2 2021 down 1.5% flat
49 Portugal 17,570 km2 2021 down 5.3% falling
50 North Macedonia 16,725 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
51 Albania 14,740 km2 2021 down 1.5% flat
52 Croatia 14,510 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
53 Poland 13,182 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
54 Slovenia 13,172 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
55 Kenya 11,660 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
56 Montenegro 8,187 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
57 Brazil 6,041 km2 2021 unchanged flat
58 Turkmenistan 5,794 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
59 Guatemala 5,738 km2 2021 down 3.6% falling
60 Lebanon 3,738 km2 2021 down 2.3% flat
61 Iraq 3,650 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
62 Yemen 3,633 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
63 Namibia 2,913 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
64 Hungary 2,850 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
65 Ireland 2,474 km2 2021 down 1.4% falling
66 Costa Rica 2,451 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
67 Tunisia 1,497 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
68 Finland 1,497 km2 2021 up 8.6% rising
69 Uganda 1,458 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
70 Madagascar 1,435 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
71 Dominican Republic 1,387 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
72 Rwanda 1,041 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
73 Zimbabwe 931.9 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
74 Belgium 766.2 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
75 Iceland 692.1 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
76 Panama 551.1 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
77 Cyprus 382.1 km2 2021 down 2.7% flat
78 Malawi 326.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
79 Cameroon 310.5 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
80 Philippines 303.2 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
81 Honduras 271.1 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
82 Andorra 269.6 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
83 Haiti 258.4 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
84 Jordan 228.1 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
85 Oman 173.2 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
86 Réunion 150.9 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
87 Burundi 148.7 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
88 Libya 138.5 km2 2021 down 2.7% flat
89 Equatorial Guinea 126.9 km2 2021 unchanged flat
90 Liechtenstein 120.3 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
91 Mozambique 102.8 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
92 Malaysia 82.8 km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
93 Somalia 78.8 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
94 Isle of Man 55 km2 2021 unchanged flat
95 Luxembourg 47.1 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
96 South Sudan 42.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
97 Comoros 41.8 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
98 Saudi Arabia 34.4 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
99 Eswatini 32.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
100 El Salvador 29.5 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
101 Sudan 20.9 km2 2021 unchanged flat
102 Eritrea 20.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
103 San Marino 19.7 km2 2021 unchanged falling
104 Uruguay 14.5 km2 2021 down 2.7% falling
105 Faroe Islands 9.9 km2 2021 unchanged flat
106 Guyana 5.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
107 Chad 4.2 km2 2021 up 2.4% rising
108 Egypt 2.8 km2 2021 up 3.7% flat
109 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat

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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: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value
Unit
km2
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
142 places, 852 data points, 2000–2021
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