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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value by country

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Countries reporting
83
Highest
17,776 km2
Australia and New Zealand
Lowest
0 km2
Tunisia
Median
19.4 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
852

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 17,776 km2 in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 0 km2 in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.4 km2, and the mean is 1,321 km2.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 86.7%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (down 100.0%).

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia and New Zealand 17,776 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 14,983 km2 2021 up 5.8% rising
2 New Zealand 17,574 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
3 Russian Federation 17,455 km2 2021 down 4.8% falling
3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 425 km2 2021 down 9.6% flat
4 China, mainland 16,194 km2 2021 down 12.8% falling
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,854 km2 2021 down 0.4% rising
5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 40.1 km2 2021 down 26.0% falling
6 Chile 3,839 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13.3 km2 2021 up 0.8% flat
7 Sweden 2,973 km2 2021 up 1.0% flat
7 Syrian Arab Republic 1.8 km2 2021 down 14.3% falling
8 Kyrgyzstan 1,714 km2 2021 up 0.3% flat
8 United Republic of Tanzania 0.4 km2 2021 unchanged falling
9 Afghanistan 1,438 km2 2021 down 4.4% falling
9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% volatile
9 Viet Nam 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% volatile
10 Ireland 1,348 km2 2021 down 5.3% falling
11 Mongolia 1,152 km2 2021 down 8.1% falling
12 South Africa 1,064 km2 2021 down 10.4% falling
13 Tajikistan 1,006 km2 2021 down 0.9% falling
14 Peru 743 km2 2021 down 3.8% falling
15 Australia 201.6 km2 2021 down 10.2% falling
16 Japan 200.9 km2 2021 down 6.9% falling
17 Réunion 150.9 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
18 Kazakhstan 145.6 km2 2021 down 16.8% falling
19 India 116.4 km2 2021 down 0.3% falling
20 Mexico 104.4 km2 2021 up 26.4% flat
20 Cabo Verde 24.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
21 Papua New Guinea 101.6 km2 2021 down 2.9% flat
22 Algeria 96.3 km2 2021 down 5.4% rising
23 Finland 73.9 km2 2021 up 1.0% rising
24 Austria 68.3 km2 2021 down 4.9% falling
25 France 68.1 km2 2021 down 1.6% falling
26 Georgia 65.5 km2 2021 down 0.3% falling
27 Czechia 60.2 km2 2021 up 0.2% rising
28 Pakistan 54.8 km2 2021 down 11.8% falling
29 Indonesia 46 km2 2021 down 6.5% falling
30 Switzerland 34.9 km2 2021 up 13.7% rising
31 Nepal 34.2 km2 2021 down 2.0% falling
32 Greece 32 km2 2021 down 3.6% falling
33 Portugal 29.5 km2 2021 down 9.2% falling
34 Colombia 24.6 km2 2021 down 36.1% falling
35 Slovenia 23.1 km2 2021 up 1.3% flat
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.6 km2 2021 unchanged rising
37 Iceland 20.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
38 Azerbaijan 19.4 km2 2021 down 1.5% falling
39 Bulgaria 18.3 km2 2021 unchanged rising
40 Lebanon 17.7 km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
41 Armenia 17.5 km2 2021 up 4.2% falling
41 Lesotho 17.5 km2 2021 up 27.7% falling
43 Spain 17.1 km2 2021 up 8.9% falling
44 Uzbekistan 14.7 km2 2021 down 15.0% falling
45 North Macedonia 11.7 km2 2021 up 12.5% rising
46 Italy 9.9 km2 2021 down 1.0% falling
47 Ukraine 8.6 km2 2021 down 18.1% falling
48 Morocco 8.4 km2 2021 up 86.7% falling
49 Belgium 6.6 km2 2021 up 6.5% rising
50 Bhutan 6.3 km2 2021 down 30.8% falling
51 Albania 5.4 km2 2021 down 1.8% flat
52 Romania 5.3 km2 2021 down 10.2% volatile
53 Myanmar 5 km2 2021 down 18.0% falling
54 Republic of Korea 4.1 km2 2021 down 34.9% falling
55 Iraq 3.8 km2 2021 down 9.5% falling
56 Ecuador 3.7 km2 2021 down 56.0% falling
57 Slovakia 3.3 km2 2021 unchanged rising
58 Yemen 3 km2 2021 unchanged flat
59 Poland 2.9 km2 2021 down 14.7% falling
60 Serbia 2.8 km2 2021 down 45.1% volatile
61 Madagascar 1.9 km2 2021 down 5.0% falling
62 Ethiopia 1.8 km2 2021 down 37.9% falling
63 Liechtenstein 1.6 km2 2021 unchanged rising
64 Costa Rica 1.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
65 Montenegro 1.3 km2 2021 unchanged rising
66 Comoros 0.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
67 Croatia 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged falling
68 Kenya 0.3 km2 2021 down 72.7% volatile
69 Panama 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
70 Andorra 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
70 Guatemala 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
70 Hungary 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
70 Turkmenistan 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged falling
74 Tunisia 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% 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: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — 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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