15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Grassland — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Grassland — Value is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 78,619 km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 1.3 km2 in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 260.1 km2, and the mean is 3,605 km2.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 60,476.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 3.7%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 55.9%).
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Grassland: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 78,619 km2 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 6,698 km2 | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | China, mainland | 6,148 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 3,250 km2 | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,361 km2 | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 6 | Nepal | 1,294 km2 | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 7 | Peru | 1,278 km2 | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 1,200 km2 | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 9 | Austria | 770.4 km2 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Chile | 613.9 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 11 | France | 529.1 km2 | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 457.9 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 13 | India | 405.6 km2 | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 14 | Georgia | 301.5 km2 | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 260.1 km2 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | New Zealand | 247.4 km2 | 2021 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 16 | Australia and New Zealand | 247.4 km2 | 2021 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 18 | Colombia | 213.3 km2 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 19 | Italy | 183.8 km2 | 2021 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Pakistan | 155.7 km2 | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 21 | Iceland | 146.2 km2 | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 22 | Sweden | 54.1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Spain | 40.2 km2 | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 24 | Ecuador | 39.2 km2 | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 9.7 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Japan | 9.2 km2 | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 27 | Slovakia | 2.4 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Bhutan | 2.4 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Finland | 1.3 km2 | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 160,897 km2
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 8,029 km2
- Northern America and Europe 136,641 km2
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 76.5 km2
- Europe 81,546 km2
- United Republic of Tanzania 37.9 km2
- Northern America 55,094 km2
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 13,884 km2
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 13,409 km2
- United States of America 8,889 km2
- Southern Asia 8,555 km2
- Eastern Asia 6,157 km2
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 6,157 km2
- Central Asia 5,329 km2
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3,618 km2
- Western Asia 311.2 km2
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 311.2 km2
- Oceania 247.4 km2
- Sub-Saharan Africa 37.9 km2
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