15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: MGCI — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: MGCI — Value is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 90,981 km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 1.3 km2 in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 477.1 km2, and the mean is 4,295 km2.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 69,986.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 0.5%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 32.7%).
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: MGCI — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 90,981 km2 | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 6,752 km2 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | China, mainland | 6,218 km2 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 4,520 km2 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 3,313 km2 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1,853 km2 | 2021 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,395 km2 | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Nepal | 1,306 km2 | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 9 | Peru | 1,294 km2 | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Austria | 1,034 km2 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | New Zealand | 972.4 km2 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand | 972.4 km2 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | France | 670.6 km2 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Chile | 663.5 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Italy | 477.1 km2 | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 462.5 km2 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | India | 413.5 km2 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 18 | Georgia | 311.6 km2 | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 264.3 km2 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 20 | Colombia | 221.2 km2 | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Sweden | 161.8 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Pakistan | 159.2 km2 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 58.7 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Ecuador | 43.6 km2 | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 25 | Japan | 15.5 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 10.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Slovakia | 9.3 km2 | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 28 | 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 193,029 km2
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 8,097 km2
- Northern America and Europe 167,660 km2
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 77.6 km2
- Europe 103,352 km2
- United Republic of Tanzania 39 km2
- Northern America 64,308 km2
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 14,068 km2
- United States of America 13,956 km2
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 13,583 km2
- Southern Asia 8,633 km2
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 6,233 km2
- Eastern Asia 6,233 km2
- Central Asia 5,435 km2
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3,734 km2
- Oceania 972.4 km2
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 321.7 km2
- Western Asia 321.7 km2
- Sub-Saharan Africa 39 km2
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