15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Tree-covered areas — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Tree-covered areas — Value is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 7,200 km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.2 km2 in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.45 km2, and the mean is 318.32 km2.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36,002.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 125.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 9.7%).
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Tree-covered: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 7,200 km2 | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Switzerland | 273.1 km2 | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 3 | Italy | 184.9 km2 | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 4 | Austria | 179.6 km2 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 5 | France | 113.6 km2 | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 77.3 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | New Zealand | 77.3 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Chile | 34.5 km2 | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 29.3 km2 | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 10 | China, mainland | 28.9 km2 | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.3 km2 | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 12 km2 | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 13 | Georgia | 9.7 km2 | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 7.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 15 | Colombia | 6.8 km2 | 2021 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 16 | Japan | 6 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Ecuador | 4.2 km2 | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 3.7 km2 | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 19 | Iceland | 2.8 km2 | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 19 | Sweden | 2.8 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Nepal | 1.9 km2 | 2021 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 1.8 km2 | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 1.8 km2 | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 24 | Slovakia | 1.3 km2 | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 25 | India | 0.9 km2 | 2021 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 26 | Pakistan | 0.2 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 15,059 km2
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.7 km2
- Northern America and Europe 14,818 km2
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2 km2
- Europe 8,671 km2
- Northern America 6,147 km2
- United States of America 4,844 km2
- Oceania 77.3 km2
- Latin America and the Caribbean 65.3 km2
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 53.8 km2
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 52.9 km2
- Central Asia 49.1 km2
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 34.9 km2
- Eastern Asia 34.9 km2
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 9.7 km2
- Western Asia 9.7 km2
- Southern Asia 4.8 km2
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