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

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Countries reporting
145
Highest
912,880 km2
China, mainland
Lowest
0.7 km2
British Virgin Islands
Median
8,324 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: MGCI — Value is currently reported for 145 countries. The highest value is 912,880 km2 in China, mainland; the lowest is 0.7 km2 in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 8,324 km2, and the mean is 54,259 km2.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Western Sahara (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 13.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 912,880 km2 2021 down 4.0% flat
2 Mexico 777,919 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
3 Indonesia 529,444 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
4 Brazil 488,909 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
5 Ethiopia 473,128 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
6 India 362,049 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
7 Myanmar 306,388 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
8 South Africa 289,675 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
9 Madagascar 232,954 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
10 Peru 223,994 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
11 Colombia 222,948 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
12 Papua New Guinea 181,486 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
13 Angola 154,143 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
14 Thailand 144,525 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
15 Mozambique 143,430 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
16 Kenya 123,118 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
17 Zimbabwe 108,389 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
18 Philippines 104,324 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
19 Cameroon 92,183 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
20 Malaysia 91,957 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
21 Australia and New Zealand 88,958 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
22 Australia 88,799 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
23 Pakistan 88,481 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
24 Namibia 87,699 km2 2021 down 2.8% flat
25 Yemen 74,936 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
26 Honduras 72,080 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
27 Zambia 69,007 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
28 Nigeria 65,028 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
29 Morocco 64,371 km2 2021 down 2.9% flat
30 Ecuador 63,986 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
31 Guinea 55,443 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
32 Nepal 50,796 km2 2021 down 4.0% falling
33 Algeria 50,609 km2 2021 down 4.5% falling
34 Sudan 49,225 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
35 Spain 46,123 km2 2021 down 1.1% rising
36 Uganda 45,241 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
37 Eritrea 45,022 km2 2021 down 2.1% flat
38 Somalia 42,606 km2 2021 down 3.1% flat
39 Guatemala 40,717 km2 2021 down 2.1% flat
40 Malawi 40,342 km2 2021 down 2.0% flat
41 South Sudan 37,303 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
42 Kazakhstan 35,065 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
43 Iraq 32,892 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
44 Nicaragua 30,348 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
45 Afghanistan 29,294 km2 2021 down 2.1% flat
46 Saudi Arabia 22,820 km2 2021 down 6.0% falling
47 Panama 22,682 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
48 Guyana 19,911 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
49 Costa Rica 19,736 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
50 Chad 19,456 km2 2021 up 0.9% flat
51 Tunisia 18,202 km2 2021 down 3.0% flat
52 Japan 16,683 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
53 Dominican Republic 15,944 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
54 Cambodia 15,682 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
55 Kyrgyzstan 14,264 km2 2021 down 2.1% flat
56 Turkmenistan 13,507 km2 2021 down 2.7% flat
57 Greece 13,277 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
58 Burundi 13,080 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
59 Haiti 12,962 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
60 Rwanda 12,374 km2 2021 down 4.4% falling
61 Tajikistan 12,235 km2 2021 down 3.7% falling
62 Uzbekistan 12,093 km2 2021 down 4.2% falling
63 Eswatini 11,901 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
64 Italy 11,887 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
65 Republic of Korea 11,180 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
66 Bhutan 10,967 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
67 El Salvador 10,403 km2 2021 down 2.8% flat
68 Solomon Islands 9,202 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
69 Gabon 9,105 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
70 Congo 8,630 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
71 Suriname 8,582 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
72 Sri Lanka 8,552 km2 2021 down 4.5% falling
73 Chile 8,324 km2 2021 down 2.4% flat
74 New Caledonia 8,277 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
75 Cuba 8,085 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
76 Sierra Leone 7,042 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
77 Mali 6,791 km2 2021 down 2.8% flat
78 Central African Republic 6,359 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
79 Oman 6,142 km2 2021 down 3.7% flat
80 Liberia 5,410 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
81 Ghana 5,075 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
82 Djibouti 4,789 km2 2021 down 11.0% falling
83 Vanuatu 4,610 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
84 Jamaica 4,384 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
85 Togo 4,290 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
86 Botswana 4,086 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
87 Fiji 3,780 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
88 Jordan 3,726 km2 2021 down 8.7% falling
89 Libya 3,520 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
90 Equatorial Guinea 3,493 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
91 Belize 3,490 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
92 Lebanon 3,250 km2 2021 down 7.8% falling
93 Portugal 3,046 km2 2021 down 7.4% falling
94 Cyprus 2,579 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
95 Paraguay 2,528 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
96 Palestine, State of 2,335 km2 2021 down 7.5% falling
97 Puerto Rico 2,192 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
98 Azerbaijan 1,664 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
99 Lesotho 1,562 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
100 Bangladesh 1,394 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
101 Niger 1,347 km2 2021 down 13.6% falling
102 Samoa 1,271 km2 2021 unchanged flat
103 French Polynesia 1,045 km2 2021 unchanged flat
104 Mauritania 847.5 km2 2021 down 12.2% falling
105 Comoros 833.6 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
106 Armenia 802.8 km2 2021 down 2.9% falling
107 Benin 629.1 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
108 French Guiana 620.6 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
109 Brunei Darussalam 488.2 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
110 Réunion 486.4 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
111 Mauritius 392.9 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
112 Guadeloupe 319.2 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
113 Senegal 286.1 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
114 Trinidad and Tobago 255.2 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
115 Burkina Faso 220 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
116 Albania 179.4 km2 2021 up 1.3% rising
117 Uruguay 165.8 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
118 Martinique 161.7 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
119 New Zealand 156.2 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 146.8 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
121 Mongolia 136.6 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
122 Egypt 111.2 km2 2021 down 5.8% falling
123 China, Hong Kong SAR 101.6 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
124 Saint Lucia 92.4 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
125 France 89.7 km2 2021 up 1.0% flat
125 Croatia 89.7 km2 2021 down 7.4% falling
127 Grenada 79.1 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
128 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 69.1 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
129 Russian Federation 48.3 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
130 Mayotte 43.3 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
131 Montenegro 38.4 km2 2021 up 1.1% falling
132 Northern Mariana Islands 34.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
133 United Arab Emirates 34.1 km2 2021 up 7.2% rising
134 American Samoa 33.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
135 Montserrat 25.5 km2 2021 down 8.9% falling
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 km2 2021 up 3.0% rising
137 Cook Islands 12.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
138 Guam 11.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
139 Tonga 6.9 km2 2021 unchanged flat
140 Barbados 4.1 km2 2021 down 2.4% falling
141 Christmas Island 2.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
142 United States Virgin Islands 1.2 km2 2021 unchanged falling
143 Western Sahara 0.8 km2 2021 up 100.0% volatile
144 Georgia 0.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
144 British Virgin Islands 0.7 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.

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Indicator
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: MGCI — 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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