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

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Countries reporting
96
Highest
41,014 km2
Spain
Lowest
0 km2
Uruguay
Median
67.8 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
852

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 41,014 km2 in Spain; the lowest is 0 km2 in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 67.8 km2, and the mean is 1,842 km2.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Spain 41,014 km2 2021 down 1.3% rising
2 South Africa 31,387 km2 2021 down 22.4% falling
3 Russian Federation 26,773 km2 2021 up 4.6% rising
4 Greece 10,362 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
5 Sweden 10,306 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,818 km2 2021 up 0.4% falling
7 France 4,971 km2 2021 up 1.7% rising
8 Italy 4,872 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
9 China, mainland 4,824 km2 2021 down 36.2% falling
10 Portugal 4,580 km2 2021 up 9.5% rising
11 Australia and New Zealand 3,638 km2 2021 up 68.8% rising
12 Australia 2,681 km2 2021 up 142.8% volatile
13 Albania 2,330 km2 2021 up 1.8% flat
14 Brazil 2,123 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,929 km2 2021 up 23.5% rising
16 Chile 1,903 km2 2021 down 6.5% falling
17 Austria 1,415 km2 2021 down 3.9% falling
18 Mongolia 1,192 km2 2021 down 9.1% rising
19 Colombia 1,162 km2 2021 down 6.0% flat
20 New Zealand 956.9 km2 2021 down 9.0% falling
21 Mexico 952.4 km2 2021 down 19.2% falling
22 Ethiopia 738.1 km2 2021 down 10.8% falling
23 Finland 666.8 km2 2021 up 11.9% rising
24 Switzerland 642.2 km2 2021 up 4.0% rising
25 Iceland 639.1 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
26 Romania 630.7 km2 2021 down 1.6% falling
27 Kazakhstan 626.6 km2 2021 down 12.4% flat
28 Ecuador 578.7 km2 2021 down 9.8% flat
29 Kenya 449.7 km2 2021 up 7.8% flat
30 Ireland 445.6 km2 2021 up 14.1% rising
31 Japan 435.1 km2 2021 up 29.0% rising
32 Croatia 421.1 km2 2021 down 4.4% falling
33 Azerbaijan 290.4 km2 2021 down 10.4% rising
34 North Macedonia 283.1 km2 2021 down 9.2% falling
35 Peru 225.3 km2 2021 down 53.8% falling
36 Georgia 188.7 km2 2021 down 39.9% falling
37 Papua New Guinea 185.2 km2 2021 down 0.8% falling
38 Slovenia 178.5 km2 2021 down 5.3% falling
39 Algeria 170.3 km2 2021 down 36.8% flat
40 Ukraine 162.7 km2 2021 down 23.0% falling
41 Indonesia 159.9 km2 2021 down 0.4% falling
42 Bulgaria 142.5 km2 2021 down 7.5% falling
43 Slovakia 92.7 km2 2021 up 0.7% rising
44 Morocco 88.7 km2 2021 down 51.2% flat
45 Kyrgyzstan 84.7 km2 2021 down 46.2% flat
46 Nepal 82.7 km2 2021 down 34.6% falling
47 Armenia 82.2 km2 2021 down 15.7% flat
48 Myanmar 67.9 km2 2021 up 15.3% rising
49 Republic of Korea 67.7 km2 2021 up 9.5% falling
50 India 63.2 km2 2021 down 17.9% flat
51 Serbia 57.3 km2 2021 up 7.1% rising
52 Pakistan 53.7 km2 2021 unchanged rising
53 Madagascar 52.4 km2 2021 down 0.9% falling
54 Uganda 50.7 km2 2021 up 12.2% flat
55 Afghanistan 45.5 km2 2021 down 1.5% rising
56 Cyprus 44.1 km2 2021 up 0.9% flat
57 Zimbabwe 42.7 km2 2021 up 7.0% rising
58 Rwanda 33.9 km2 2021 down 13.7% falling
59 Isle of Man 33.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
60 Bhutan 31 km2 2021 down 27.9% falling
61 Cameroon 25.9 km2 2021 up 1.6% rising
62 Lesotho 24.2 km2 2021 down 33.0% falling
63 Guatemala 23.6 km2 2021 down 45.2% falling
64 Tajikistan 23.4 km2 2021 down 34.6% flat
65 Czechia 22.6 km2 2021 up 7.1% rising
66 Montenegro 20.8 km2 2021 up 1.5% rising
67 Malawi 19.4 km2 2021 down 11.0% falling
68 Poland 17.8 km2 2021 down 0.6% falling
69 Tunisia 16.5 km2 2021 up 4.4% rising
70 Uzbekistan 16 km2 2021 down 52.2% falling
71 Dominican Republic 9.7 km2 2021 down 22.4% flat
72 Costa Rica 9.2 km2 2021 down 7.1% flat
73 Burundi 6.9 km2 2021 down 4.2% falling
74 Comoros 5.8 km2 2021 up 5.5% rising
75 Haiti 5.5 km2 2021 down 8.3% rising
76 Lebanon 4.4 km2 2021 down 53.2% falling
77 Malaysia 2.4 km2 2021 up 700.0% volatile
78 Mozambique 2.3 km2 2021 down 8.0% falling
79 Panama 1.4 km2 2021 up 16.7% rising
80 Honduras 1.3 km2 2021 up 62.5% rising
80 Eswatini 1.3 km2 2021 up 116.7% rising
82 Andorra 0.9 km2 2021 down 18.2% falling
83 Libya 0.7 km2 2021 down 12.5% flat
83 Liechtenstein 0.7 km2 2021 up 16.7% volatile
83 Turkmenistan 0.7 km2 2021 down 30.0% flat
86 Belgium 0.6 km2 2021 unchanged flat
86 Philippines 0.6 km2 2021 up 20.0% rising
88 South Sudan 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
89 Iraq 0.4 km2 2021 down 91.7% volatile
90 Equatorial Guinea 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged falling
91 Faroe Islands 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
91 Guyana 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
91 El Salvador 0.1 km2 2021 — rising
91 Yemen 0.1 km2 2021 down 93.8% volatile
95 Saudi Arabia 0 km2 2021 — volatile
95 Uruguay 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: Montane; 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
142 places, 852 data points, 2000–2021
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