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

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Countries reporting
118
Highest
228,441 km2
Brazil
Lowest
0.1 km2
Martinique
Median
264.05 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: Croplands — Value is currently reported for 118 countries. The highest value is 228,441 km2 in Brazil; the lowest is 0.1 km2 in Martinique.

The median across all reporting countries is 264.05 km2, and the mean is 5,829 km2.

Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 1,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Korea (down 29.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 228,441 km2 2021 up 2.1% rising
2 Ethiopia 74,827 km2 2021 up 9.8% rising
3 China, mainland 58,871 km2 2021 down 4.7% falling
4 India 29,597 km2 2021 up 8.8% rising
5 South Africa 26,345 km2 2021 down 4.7% flat
6 Spain 25,397 km2 2021 up 0.7% flat
7 Zimbabwe 19,558 km2 2021 up 16.6% rising
8 Morocco 14,128 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
9 Kenya 13,824 km2 2021 up 13.4% rising
10 Algeria 13,726 km2 2021 down 1.5% flat
11 Indonesia 11,846 km2 2021 up 13.8% rising
12 Nigeria 11,444 km2 2021 up 30.8% rising
13 Mexico 11,349 km2 2021 up 6.6% rising
14 Myanmar 10,603 km2 2021 up 26.7% rising
15 Mozambique 9,180 km2 2021 up 66.3% rising
16 Uganda 8,237 km2 2021 up 41.7% rising
17 Iraq 8,056 km2 2021 up 31.2% rising
18 Italy 7,706 km2 2021 up 0.3% flat
19 Pakistan 7,037 km2 2021 up 2.7% rising
20 Malawi 6,923 km2 2021 up 13.0% rising
21 Thailand 5,650 km2 2021 up 8.6% rising
22 Tunisia 5,447 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
23 Angola 5,443 km2 2021 up 137.5% rising
24 Greece 5,141 km2 2021 up 0.1% flat
25 Cameroon 4,943 km2 2021 up 53.1% rising
26 Afghanistan 4,737 km2 2021 up 15.0% rising
27 Madagascar 4,386 km2 2021 up 28.5% rising
28 Rwanda 4,375 km2 2021 up 9.9% rising
29 Kazakhstan 4,238 km2 2021 up 10.4% rising
30 Kyrgyzstan 3,742 km2 2021 down 3.3% rising
31 Nepal 3,032 km2 2021 up 5.2% rising
32 Zambia 3,004 km2 2021 up 65.7% rising
33 Tajikistan 2,850 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
34 Philippines 2,779 km2 2021 up 19.6% rising
35 Australia and New Zealand 2,517 km2 2021 up 20.9% rising
36 Australia 2,516 km2 2021 up 20.9% rising
37 Uzbekistan 2,279 km2 2021 up 1.7% flat
38 Colombia 2,068 km2 2021 down 2.5% flat
39 Burundi 1,881 km2 2021 up 29.1% rising
40 Yemen 1,846 km2 2021 up 33.2% rising
41 Chad 1,652 km2 2021 up 29.4% rising
42 Eritrea 1,543 km2 2021 up 3.6% flat
43 Peru 1,459 km2 2021 up 18.3% rising
44 Portugal 1,408 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
45 Sudan 1,146 km2 2021 up 57.3% rising
46 Jordan 964.7 km2 2021 up 6.5% flat
47 Cyprus 911.9 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
48 Samoa 736.6 km2 2021 unchanged flat
49 Fiji 720.1 km2 2021 up 9.6% rising
50 French Polynesia 536.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
51 Lebanon 531.8 km2 2021 down 1.8% falling
52 Guinea 490.9 km2 2021 up 53.5% rising
53 Chile 485.5 km2 2021 up 3.4% falling
54 Eswatini 376.4 km2 2021 up 60.5% rising
55 South Sudan 365.1 km2 2021 up 95.9% rising
56 Libya 313.2 km2 2021 up 30.1% rising
57 Saudi Arabia 300.7 km2 2021 up 67.7% rising
58 Honduras 298.8 km2 2021 up 84.3% rising
59 Mali 279.6 km2 2021 up 27.7% rising
60 Paraguay 248.5 km2 2021 up 27.1% rising
61 Lesotho 240.9 km2 2021 up 11.1% rising
62 Turkmenistan 229.1 km2 2021 up 98.4% rising
63 Palestine 213.8 km2 2021 up 3.4% flat
64 Azerbaijan 209 km2 2021 up 49.2% rising
65 Dominican Republic 204.1 km2 2021 up 16.7% rising
66 Ecuador 177.8 km2 2021 up 37.8% rising
67 Guatemala 162.1 km2 2021 up 1.4% rising
68 Botswana 115.8 km2 2021 up 65.7% rising
69 El Salvador 112.2 km2 2021 up 17.4% rising
70 Japan 108.7 km2 2021 down 1.7% falling
71 Nicaragua 102.7 km2 2021 up 78.9% rising
72 Namibia 101.3 km2 2021 up 69.4% rising
73 Costa Rica 98.2 km2 2021 up 50.8% rising
74 Republic of Korea 89.7 km2 2021 down 29.4% falling
75 Papua New Guinea 85.2 km2 2021 up 2.3% rising
76 Sri Lanka 79.1 km2 2021 down 8.9% falling
77 Togo 65 km2 2021 up 84.7% rising
78 Bhutan 63.9 km2 2021 up 0.5% rising
79 Ghana 60.9 km2 2021 up 24.8% rising
80 Benin 60.3 km2 2021 up 25.1% rising
81 Armenia 59.4 km2 2021 unchanged falling
82 Albania 52.4 km2 2021 up 4.2% rising
83 Congo 49.2 km2 2021 up 70.8% rising
84 Central African Republic 43.5 km2 2021 up 443.8% volatile
85 Haiti 39.5 km2 2021 up 86.3% rising
86 Croatia 27.9 km2 2021 down 1.1% falling
87 Cambodia 27.7 km2 2021 up 166.3% rising
88 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 24.7 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
89 Burkina Faso 18.9 km2 2021 down 3.1% flat
90 Malaysia 18.2 km2 2021 down 15.7% falling
91 Oman 14.8 km2 2021 up 105.6% rising
92 American Samoa 14.3 km2 2021 unchanged flat
93 Somalia 12.7 km2 2021 up 24.5% rising
94 Russian Federation 12.5 km2 2021 up 5.0% flat
95 France 9 km2 2021 down 1.1% falling
96 Montenegro 7.6 km2 2021 up 8.6% rising
97 Jamaica 7.2 km2 2021 up 14.3% rising
98 Cook Islands 5.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
99 Northern Mariana Islands 2.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
100 Niger 2.6 km2 2021 up 4.0% rising
101 Tonga 2.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
102 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.2 km2 2021 up 4.8% flat
103 Egypt 1.9 km2 2021 up 533.3% volatile
104 Cuba 1.4 km2 2021 up 16.7% falling
105 Guyana 1.2 km2 2021 up 1,100.0% volatile
106 Guam 1.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
106 Senegal 1.1 km2 2021 up 175.0% volatile
108 Panama 1 km2 2021 — volatile
109 United Arab Emirates 0.9 km2 2021 up 28.6% rising
110 Christmas Island 0.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
111 Barbados 0.4 km2 2021 up 100.0% rising
111 Puerto Rico 0.4 km2 2021 up 300.0% volatile
113 Bangladesh 0.1 km2 2021 — volatile
113 New Caledonia 0.1 km2 2021 — volatile
113 Solomon Islands 0.1 km2 2021 — volatile
113 Sierra Leone 0.1 km2 2021 — volatile
113 Vanuatu 0.1 km2 2021 — volatile
113 Martinique 0.1 km2 2021 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Croplands — Value
Unit
km2
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
180 places, 1,080 data points, 2000–2021
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