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

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Countries reporting
104
Highest
1.68 million km2
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.1 km2
Oman
Median
3,584 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
852

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Tree-covered areas — Value is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 1.68 million km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.1 km2 in Oman.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,584 km2, and the mean is 38,969 km2.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 25.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 1.68 million km2 2021 down 1.5% flat
2 China, mainland 845,587 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
3 Australia and New Zealand 153,396 km2 2021 down 3.5% flat
4 Japan 134,996 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
5 Australia 96,522 km2 2021 down 5.2% falling
6 Mexico 78,562 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
7 Chile 69,688 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
8 Spain 69,044 km2 2021 down 1.5% rising
9 Mongolia 66,657 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
10 Italy 63,519 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
11 New Zealand 56,875 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
12 France 54,536 km2 2021 up 0.9% flat
13 Romania 49,631 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
14 Colombia 44,753 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
15 Peru 37,118 km2 2021 up 1.4% flat
16 Austria 29,422 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
17 Georgia 28,457 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
18 Kazakhstan 26,323 km2 2021 up 0.8% flat
19 Bulgaria 25,224 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
20 Sweden 25,136 km2 2021 up 4.4% rising
21 Serbia 22,649 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
22 India 22,376 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
23 Indonesia 21,301 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
24 Ecuador 20,850 km2 2021 up 0.1% flat
25 Greece 20,390 km2 2021 up 1.1% rising
26 Nepal 20,022 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20,016 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
28 Papua New Guinea 19,907 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
29 Bhutan 18,254 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
30 Ukraine 17,162 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
31 Republic of Korea 17,121 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
32 Myanmar 16,945 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
33 Slovakia 16,722 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
34 Ethiopia 10,508 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
35 Czechia 10,203 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
36 Croatia 9,911 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
37 Switzerland 9,890 km2 2021 down 1.4% falling
38 Slovenia 9,397 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
39 Azerbaijan 9,262 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
40 Kyrgyzstan 8,718 km2 2021 up 3.1% flat
41 South Africa 8,546 km2 2021 down 13.1% falling
42 North Macedonia 8,028 km2 2021 down 1.5% falling
43 Poland 7,730 km2 2021 unchanged flat
44 Pakistan 6,390 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
45 Albania 6,370 km2 2021 down 3.7% falling
46 Algeria 5,524 km2 2021 up 2.1% flat
47 Kenya 5,491 km2 2021 down 4.4% falling
48 Montenegro 5,398 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
49 Morocco 5,292 km2 2021 up 3.6% flat
50 Guatemala 4,821 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
51 Lesotho 4,018 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
52 Armenia 3,596 km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
53 Portugal 3,571 km2 2021 down 25.8% falling
54 Afghanistan 3,140 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
55 Brazil 2,900 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
56 Hungary 2,482 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
57 Costa Rica 2,360 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
58 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,110 km2 2021 down 10.8% falling
59 Tajikistan 1,370 km2 2021 up 3.7% flat
60 Dominican Republic 1,330 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
61 Uzbekistan 1,311 km2 2021 up 3.9% rising
62 Uganda 1,215 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
63 Finland 756.2 km2 2021 up 6.6% rising
64 Rwanda 675.9 km2 2021 up 1.8% flat
65 Madagascar 568.5 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
66 Panama 537.7 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
67 Belgium 531.3 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
68 Zimbabwe 403.5 km2 2021 down 5.8% falling
69 Ireland 330.6 km2 2021 down 6.9% flat
70 Philippines 276.4 km2 2021 down 1.5% flat
71 Tunisia 273.4 km2 2021 down 6.5% falling
72 Honduras 261.3 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
73 Cyprus 260.1 km2 2021 down 3.9% flat
74 Lebanon 236.3 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
75 Cameroon 198.8 km2 2021 down 2.7% flat
76 Andorra 174.9 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
77 Equatorial Guinea 126.2 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
78 Haiti 109.3 km2 2021 down 2.8% falling
79 Burundi 89 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
80 Malawi 74.5 km2 2021 down 2.5% falling
81 Malaysia 68.7 km2 2021 down 10.9% falling
82 Liechtenstein 66.3 km2 2021 down 1.6% rising
83 Iraq 54.9 km2 2021 up 21.5% rising
84 South Sudan 40.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
85 Yemen 36.9 km2 2021 up 9.2% rising
86 Mozambique 34.6 km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
87 El Salvador 28.9 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
88 Luxembourg 25.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
89 Comoros 24.4 km2 2021 down 2.0% flat
90 Somalia 20.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
91 Libya 13.9 km2 2021 unchanged flat
92 Turkmenistan 11.8 km2 2021 down 3.3% falling
93 Eswatini 11 km2 2021 down 9.1% falling
94 Iceland 3.8 km2 2021 up 5.6% rising
94 San Marino 3.8 km2 2021 down 2.6% falling
96 Guyana 2.3 km2 2021 up 4.5% flat
97 Isle of Man 1.4 km2 2021 down 12.5% rising
97 Saudi Arabia 1.4 km2 2021 up 7.7% flat
97 Uruguay 1.4 km2 2021 up 27.3% rising
100 Faroe Islands 0.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
101 Eritrea 0.3 km2 2021 unchanged rising
102 Sudan 0.2 km2 2021 up 100.0% rising
103 Jordan 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
103 Oman 0.1 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: Tree-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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