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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces — Value by country

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Countries reporting
132
Highest
74,400 km2
China, mainland
Lowest
0.1 km2
British Virgin Islands
Median
316.65 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,080

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces — Value is currently reported for 132 countries. The highest value is 74,400 km2 in China, mainland; the lowest is 0.1 km2 in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 316.65 km2, and the mean is 1,923 km2.

Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 37.5%).

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 74,400 km2 2021 up 96.2% rising
2 Mexico 22,382 km2 2021 up 23.8% rising
3 South Africa 15,484 km2 2021 up 17.7% rising
4 India 14,228 km2 2021 up 41.5% rising
5 Indonesia 11,541 km2 2021 up 51.2% rising
6 Colombia 7,734 km2 2021 up 47.9% rising
7 Ethiopia 6,448 km2 2021 up 107.5% rising
8 Nepal 6,439 km2 2021 up 47.1% rising
9 Myanmar 4,260 km2 2021 up 77.4% rising
10 Thailand 3,709 km2 2021 up 28.9% rising
11 Guatemala 3,670 km2 2021 up 31.8% rising
12 Kenya 3,618 km2 2021 up 32.6% rising
13 Pakistan 3,469 km2 2021 up 45.3% rising
14 Honduras 3,435 km2 2021 up 36.2% rising
15 Cameroon 3,294 km2 2021 up 13.4% rising
16 Peru 3,175 km2 2021 up 69.4% rising
17 Algeria 3,115 km2 2021 up 39.8% rising
18 Saudi Arabia 3,098 km2 2021 up 65.5% rising
19 Morocco 2,578 km2 2021 up 46.8% rising
20 Malawi 2,413 km2 2021 up 52.5% rising
21 Rwanda 2,212 km2 2021 up 30.6% rising
22 Philippines 2,188 km2 2021 up 52.3% rising
23 Brazil 2,122 km2 2021 up 7.1% rising
24 Ecuador 2,108 km2 2021 up 51.8% rising
25 Japan 2,010 km2 2021 up 6.0% rising
26 Zimbabwe 1,920 km2 2021 up 27.0% rising
27 Uganda 1,782 km2 2021 up 39.3% rising
28 Madagascar 1,622 km2 2021 up 59.2% rising
29 Costa Rica 1,535 km2 2021 up 14.4% rising
30 Malaysia 1,474 km2 2021 up 25.7% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 1,465 km2 2021 up 26.8% rising
32 El Salvador 1,440 km2 2021 up 25.8% rising
33 Tajikistan 1,262 km2 2021 up 30.3% rising
34 Republic of Korea 1,220 km2 2021 up 21.7% rising
35 Mozambique 1,207 km2 2021 up 52.4% rising
36 Lebanon 1,202 km2 2021 up 29.1% rising
37 Sri Lanka 1,166 km2 2021 up 50.9% rising
38 Papua New Guinea 1,148 km2 2021 up 47.1% rising
39 Jordan 1,145 km2 2021 up 34.4% rising
40 Kazakhstan 1,128 km2 2021 up 18.8% rising
41 Iraq 1,119 km2 2021 up 157.1% rising
42 Nigeria 1,085 km2 2021 up 38.5% rising
43 Angola 1,084 km2 2021 up 49.9% rising
44 Burundi 1,076 km2 2021 up 27.9% rising
45 Uzbekistan 1,047 km2 2021 up 28.9% rising
46 Yemen 1,006 km2 2021 up 59.1% rising
47 Afghanistan 946.6 km2 2021 up 55.3% rising
48 Chile 932.7 km2 2021 up 34.4% rising
49 Australia and New Zealand 919.3 km2 2021 up 14.6% rising
50 Australia 916.4 km2 2021 up 14.5% rising
51 Tunisia 868.7 km2 2021 up 33.1% rising
52 Palestine 867.5 km2 2021 up 31.3% rising
53 Eswatini 844.9 km2 2021 up 21.7% rising
54 Spain 844 km2 2021 up 3.6% rising
55 Oman 756.9 km2 2021 up 75.4% rising
56 Nicaragua 695.3 km2 2021 up 43.4% rising
57 Dominican Republic 622.2 km2 2021 up 21.1% rising
58 Zambia 618.2 km2 2021 up 41.2% rising
59 Haiti 606.9 km2 2021 up 29.8% rising
60 Namibia 584.4 km2 2021 up 15.2% rising
61 Jamaica 563.8 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
62 Guinea 558.9 km2 2021 up 40.6% rising
63 Bhutan 533.8 km2 2021 up 60.8% rising
64 Puerto Rico 459.6 km2 2021 up 4.5% rising
65 Libya 337.4 km2 2021 up 34.7% rising
66 Italy 324.8 km2 2021 up 1.5% rising
67 Panama 308.5 km2 2021 up 38.0% rising
68 Greece 255.7 km2 2021 up 8.2% rising
69 Botswana 202.9 km2 2021 up 14.8% rising
70 Ghana 189.6 km2 2021 up 19.8% rising
71 Sudan 188.9 km2 2021 up 88.7% rising
72 Cuba 183.8 km2 2021 up 9.3% rising
73 Armenia 172.7 km2 2021 up 13.2% rising
74 Eritrea 171.2 km2 2021 up 61.7% rising
75 New Caledonia 158.6 km2 2021 up 17.7% rising
76 Lesotho 136.2 km2 2021 up 18.2% rising
77 Turkmenistan 134.5 km2 2021 up 49.9% rising
78 Togo 127.6 km2 2021 up 33.5% rising
79 Somalia 111.4 km2 2021 up 33.3% rising
80 Azerbaijan 107.7 km2 2021 up 27.8% rising
81 Congo 107 km2 2021 up 88.7% rising
82 South Sudan 96.3 km2 2021 up 51.7% rising
83 Portugal 96.1 km2 2021 up 1.5% rising
84 Egypt 90.2 km2 2021 up 42.7% rising
85 Chad 89.1 km2 2021 up 47.0% rising
86 Cambodia 79 km2 2021 up 75.6% rising
87 Cyprus 77.9 km2 2021 up 0.9% rising
88 United Arab Emirates 75.9 km2 2021 up 82.0% rising
89 Sierra Leone 57.6 km2 2021 up 73.5% rising
90 Central African Republic 57.2 km2 2021 up 12.6% rising
91 Mali 57.1 km2 2021 up 47.5% rising
92 Paraguay 55.6 km2 2021 up 62.1% rising
93 Solomon Islands 51.6 km2 2021 up 251.0% volatile
94 Gabon 42.8 km2 2021 up 30.1% rising
95 Liberia 39.3 km2 2021 up 51.7% rising
96 Equatorial Guinea 31.9 km2 2021 up 82.3% rising
97 Comoros 27.5 km2 2021 up 27.9% rising
98 Djibouti 26.3 km2 2021 up 42.9% rising
99 Guyana 18.3 km2 2021 up 120.5% rising
100 Belize 17.8 km2 2021 up 8.5% rising
101 Vanuatu 16.5 km2 2021 up 52.8% rising
102 Benin 12.8 km2 2021 up 88.2% rising
103 Uruguay 8.2 km2 2021 up 18.8% rising
104 Burkina Faso 8.1 km2 2021 up 84.1% rising
104 Martinique 8.1 km2 2021 up 14.1% rising
106 Guadeloupe 7.8 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
107 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 6.3 km2 2021 up 16.7% rising
108 Albania 5.4 km2 2021 up 3.8% flat
109 China, Hong Kong SAR 5.2 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
110 Trinidad and Tobago 5.1 km2 2021 up 21.4% rising
111 Bangladesh 4.4 km2 2021 up 91.3% rising
111 Niger 4.4 km2 2021 up 33.3% rising
113 Mayotte 3.9 km2 2021 up 14.7% rising
114 Saint Lucia 3.1 km2 2021 up 14.8% rising
114 Russian Federation 3.1 km2 2021 up 14.8% rising
116 New Zealand 2.9 km2 2021 up 45.0% rising
117 Mongolia 2.8 km2 2021 up 133.3% rising
118 Mauritania 2.7 km2 2021 up 17.4% rising
119 Grenada 2.6 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
120 Croatia 2.2 km2 2021 unchanged rising
121 France 2.1 km2 2021 unchanged rising
121 Montserrat 2.1 km2 2021 unchanged rising
123 United States Virgin Islands 2 km2 2021 unchanged rising
124 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8 km2 2021 up 20.0% rising
125 Barbados 1.6 km2 2021 unchanged rising
126 Suriname 0.8 km2 2021 up 700.0% volatile
127 Senegal 0.6 km2 2021 up 500.0% volatile
128 Montenegro 0.5 km2 2021 down 37.5% rising
129 Western Sahara 0.4 km2 2021 unchanged rising
130 Brunei Darussalam 0.2 km2 2021 up 100.0% volatile
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
131 British Virgin Islands 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat

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Indicator
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces — Value
Unit
km2
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
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Coverage
180 places, 1,080 data points, 2000–2021
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