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

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Countries reporting
137
Highest
409,110 km2
Mexico
Lowest
0 km2
Brunei Darussalam
Median
1,760 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,074

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Grassland — Value is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 409,110 km2 in Mexico; the lowest is 0 km2 in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,760 km2, and the mean is 18,537 km2.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 260.3%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 50.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mexico 409,110 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
2 Ethiopia 255,129 km2 2021 down 2.5% flat
3 China, mainland 151,070 km2 2021 down 10.9% falling
4 Madagascar 139,178 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 60,442 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
5 South Africa 92,303 km2 2021 up 19.3% rising
6 Angola 92,200 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
7 Kenya 90,492 km2 2021 down 2.2% flat
8 India 89,706 km2 2021 down 5.2% falling
8 Viet Nam 12,588 km2 2021 up 4.8% rising
9 Namibia 87,423 km2 2021 down 2.9% flat
10 Pakistan 73,685 km2 2021 down 2.3% flat
11 Yemen 72,058 km2 2021 down 2.6% flat
12 Zimbabwe 53,274 km2 2021 down 3.8% falling
12 Timor-Leste 1,289 km2 2021 down 3.5% falling
13 Peru 49,041 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
14 Morocco 45,146 km2 2021 down 4.1% falling
15 Eritrea 42,818 km2 2021 down 2.4% flat
16 Sudan 42,696 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
17 Somalia 41,946 km2 2021 down 3.2% flat
18 Australia and New Zealand 38,470 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
19 Australia 38,448 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
20 Mozambique 34,028 km2 2021 up 10.0% rising
20 Cabo Verde 1,343 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
21 Colombia 32,600 km2 2021 up 1.8% flat
22 Kazakhstan 30,478 km2 2021 down 2.1% flat
23 Algeria 28,972 km2 2021 down 6.7% falling
24 Iraq 24,645 km2 2021 down 8.5% falling
25 Afghanistan 23,883 km2 2021 down 4.8% falling
26 Uganda 23,371 km2 2021 down 6.4% falling
27 Saudi Arabia 21,686 km2 2021 down 6.8% falling
28 South Sudan 20,050 km2 2021 up 0.5% flat
29 Nigeria 20,029 km2 2021 down 10.1% falling
30 Myanmar 18,417 km2 2021 up 1.3% flat
31 Zambia 16,464 km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
32 Chad 14,789 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
33 Cameroon 14,173 km2 2021 down 6.3% falling
34 Malawi 13,690 km2 2021 down 6.0% falling
35 Turkmenistan 13,248 km2 2021 down 3.6% flat
36 Tunisia 11,354 km2 2021 down 4.3% flat
37 Indonesia 10,604 km2 2021 down 5.2% falling
38 Kyrgyzstan 10,113 km2 2021 down 2.2% falling
39 Philippines 9,903 km2 2021 down 4.2% falling
40 Nepal 9,808 km2 2021 down 13.3% falling
41 Uzbekistan 9,664 km2 2021 down 5.7% falling
42 Tajikistan 9,134 km2 2021 down 4.8% falling
43 Honduras 9,044 km2 2021 up 0.7% flat
44 Thailand 8,952 km2 2021 up 2.3% flat
45 Guinea 8,031 km2 2021 up 13.9% rising
46 Ecuador 6,924 km2 2021 down 2.0% falling
47 Chile 6,909 km2 2021 down 3.1% flat
48 Papua New Guinea 6,010 km2 2021 down 2.0% flat
49 Oman 5,900 km2 2021 down 3.9% flat
50 Eswatini 5,700 km2 2021 down 3.0% flat
51 Nicaragua 5,553 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
52 Guatemala 5,521 km2 2021 down 5.0% falling
53 Haiti 5,436 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
54 Burundi 4,835 km2 2021 down 7.3% falling
55 Djibouti 4,744 km2 2021 down 11.1% falling
56 Spain 4,650 km2 2021 down 5.2% rising
57 Rwanda 4,278 km2 2021 down 12.7% falling
58 Congo 4,136 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
59 Mali 3,767 km2 2021 down 5.0% falling
60 Botswana 3,719 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
61 Libya 3,035 km2 2021 down 1.7% falling
62 Jordan 2,679 km2 2021 down 13.4% falling
63 Panama 2,338 km2 2021 up 4.9% flat
64 Dominican Republic 2,260 km2 2021 up 0.7% flat
65 Palestine, State of 2,071 km2 2021 down 8.8% falling
66 Lebanon 2,010 km2 2021 down 10.7% falling
67 Costa Rica 1,760 km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
68 El Salvador 1,688 km2 2021 down 2.4% flat
69 Azerbaijan 1,446 km2 2021 down 6.2% falling
70 Greece 1,421 km2 2021 down 1.6% falling
71 Niger 1,340 km2 2021 down 13.9% falling
72 Lesotho 1,264 km2 2021 down 3.5% flat
73 Paraguay 1,085 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
74 Guyana 1,053 km2 2021 up 1.6% flat
75 Mauritania 847.4 km2 2021 down 12.2% falling
76 Armenia 732.7 km2 2021 down 2.6% flat
77 Malaysia 640.9 km2 2021 up 20.0% rising
78 Gabon 619.9 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
79 Central African Republic 536.4 km2 2021 up 7.7% rising
80 Ghana 535.6 km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
81 Republic of Korea 518.7 km2 2021 down 4.0% falling
82 Togo 486 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
83 Bhutan 430.6 km2 2021 down 15.2% falling
84 New Caledonia 404.6 km2 2021 up 0.1% flat
85 Sierra Leone 330.4 km2 2021 up 11.9% rising
86 Japan 304.3 km2 2021 up 3.2% falling
87 Italy 302.7 km2 2021 down 36.2% volatile
88 Cuba 277.5 km2 2021 up 2.3% flat
89 Sri Lanka 251.6 km2 2021 down 5.2% falling
90 Jamaica 233 km2 2021 down 3.4% falling
91 Cambodia 226.5 km2 2021 up 49.3% rising
92 Benin 193.6 km2 2021 down 4.8% falling
93 Uruguay 132.8 km2 2021 down 1.0% falling
94 Egypt 108.6 km2 2021 down 6.7% falling
95 Puerto Rico 100.3 km2 2021 down 2.1% falling
96 Mongolia 91.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
97 Burkina Faso 82.2 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
98 Cyprus 74.8 km2 2021 up 1.1% rising
99 Portugal 66.8 km2 2021 down 5.0% falling
100 Albania 52.2 km2 2021 up 1.0% rising
101 Senegal 50.3 km2 2021 up 3.1% flat
102 Comoros 50.1 km2 2021 up 3.1% flat
103 Bangladesh 43.6 km2 2021 up 131.9% rising
104 United Arab Emirates 32.1 km2 2021 up 7.0% rising
105 Vanuatu 29.2 km2 2021 down 20.4% falling
106 Northern Mariana Islands 28.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
107 Liberia 28.1 km2 2021 up 260.3% volatile
108 Croatia 26.3 km2 2021 up 3.1% rising
109 New Zealand 22.7 km2 2021 up 2.7% rising
110 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 22.6 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
111 Belize 17.3 km2 2021 up 30.1% rising
112 Solomon Islands 16 km2 2021 up 25.0% rising
113 Russian Federation 12.5 km2 2021 down 7.4% flat
114 Guam 10.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
115 Suriname 7.9 km2 2021 up 17.9% rising
116 Montserrat 7.7 km2 2021 down 26.7% falling
117 Equatorial Guinea 7.3 km2 2021 up 10.6% rising
118 China, Hong Kong SAR 4.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
119 France 2.9 km2 2021 down 27.5% falling
120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.8 km2 2021 down 3.4% falling
121 Martinique 2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
122 Barbados 1.9 km2 2021 down 9.5% falling
123 Montenegro 1.6 km2 2021 down 5.9% volatile
123 Guadeloupe 1.6 km2 2021 up 6.7% rising
125 Trinidad and Tobago 1.3 km2 2021 up 8.3% falling
126 Western Sahara 0.8 km2 2021 up 100.0% volatile
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7 km2 2021 down 22.2% falling
127 Georgia 0.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
129 Mayotte 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged falling
130 Saint Lucia 0.4 km2 2021 unchanged falling
131 French Guiana 0.3 km2 2021 down 25.0% volatile
132 Grenada 0.1 km2 2021 down 50.0% falling
133 Brunei Darussalam 0 km2 2021 — volatile

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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: Grassland — Value
Unit
km2
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
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Coverage
179 places, 1,074 data points, 2000–2021
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