15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 61,660 km2 in China, mainland; the lowest is 0.1 km2 in Andorra.
The median across all reporting countries is 204.3 km2, and the mean is 2,644 km2.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 33.1%).
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Sparsely: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 61,660 km2 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 38,008 km2 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 21,424 km2 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Chile | 13,045 km2 | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Italy | 5,947 km2 | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 6 | Morocco | 4,875 km2 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Pakistan | 4,491 km2 | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,977 km2 | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Spain | 3,610 km2 | 2021 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 10 | France | 2,940 km2 | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 2,334 km2 | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Algeria | 2,229 km2 | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 13 | Peru | 2,003 km2 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,885 km2 | 2021 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 15 | Greece | 1,851 km2 | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 1,285 km2 | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 17 | Albania | 1,151 km2 | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 18 | India | 1,135 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 19 | Namibia | 922.1 km2 | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Cabo Verde | 0.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 820.1 km2 | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 21 | Montenegro | 785.5 km2 | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 22 | Yemen | 774.6 km2 | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 23 | Switzerland | 649.7 km2 | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 479.7 km2 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 25 | Nepal | 474.8 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | Portugal | 450.5 km2 | 2021 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 27 | Sweden | 385.5 km2 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 28 | Serbia | 348.4 km2 | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 29 | Croatia | 275.6 km2 | 2021 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 274.8 km2 | 2021 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 31 | Iceland | 227.4 km2 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 32 | Ireland | 215.1 km2 | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 211.8 km2 | 2021 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 34 | Jordan | 205 km2 | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 204.3 km2 | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 36 | Slovenia | 97 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 87.1 km2 | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 38 | Turkmenistan | 85.9 km2 | 2021 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 39 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 73.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Australia and New Zealand | 65.6 km2 | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 41 | New Zealand | 65.5 km2 | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 42 | Finland | 64.2 km2 | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 43 | Romania | 59.7 km2 | 2021 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 44 | Lebanon | 48.6 km2 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 47 km2 | 2021 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 37.8 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Oman | 28.3 km2 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 48 | Mexico | 21.6 km2 | 2021 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 49 | Slovakia | 16.4 km2 | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 50 | Bhutan | 13.6 km2 | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 51 | Egypt | 10.3 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Chad | 8.7 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Iraq | 8 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Liechtenstein | 5.5 km2 | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 55 | Poland | 4 km2 | 2021 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Myanmar | 3.8 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 57 | Czechia | 3.5 km2 | 2021 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 58 | Georgia | 2.7 km2 | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 59 | Armenia | 2.6 km2 | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 60 | Cyprus | 2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 60 | Tunisia | 2 km2 | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 62 | Faroe Islands | 0.9 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Ethiopia | 0.6 km2 | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 64 | Ecuador | 0.3 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Eritrea | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Lesotho | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Australia | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | — | rising |
| 65 | Andorra | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 343,926 km2
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 39,271 km2
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 86,536 km2
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 35,600 km2
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 84,296 km2
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 17,415 km2
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 83,088 km2
- Syrian Arab Republic 460.1 km2
- Eastern Asia 83,084 km2
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.2 km2
- Southern Asia 79,722 km2
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 73,069 km2
- Western Asia 65,953 km2
- Latin America and the Caribbean 51,344 km2
- Northern America and Europe 48,818 km2
- Europe 40,536 km2
- Northern America 8,282 km2
- United States of America 7,898 km2
- Northern Africa 7,116 km2
- Central Asia 6,814 km2
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1,005 km2
- Oceania 65.6 km2
- South-Eastern Asia 3.8 km2
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