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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value by country

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Countries reporting
136
Highest
116,023 km2
Brazil
Lowest
0 km2
Saudi Arabia
Median
95.45 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: Shrub-covered areas — Value is currently reported for 136 countries. The highest value is 116,023 km2 in Brazil; the lowest is 0 km2 in Saudi Arabia.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.45 km2, and the mean is 2,652 km2.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 459.8%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 116,023 km2 2021 down 2.7% falling
2 South Africa 73,358 km2 2021 down 7.5% falling
2 United Republic of Tanzania 11,816 km2 2021 up 3.6% rising
3 Ethiopia 15,695 km2 2021 down 3.1% flat
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,110 km2 2021 up 23.9% rising
4 Mozambique 10,813 km2 2021 up 18.5% rising
4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,482 km2 2021 up 88.1% rising
5 Spain 8,252 km2 2021 down 2.1% flat
5 Viet Nam 3,762 km2 2021 up 24.2% rising
6 Mexico 7,983 km2 2021 down 2.0% rising
6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,672 km2 2021 up 25.3% rising
7 China, mainland 7,657 km2 2021 down 18.3% falling
8 Colombia 5,784 km2 2021 up 13.3% rising
8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,598 km2 2021 up 4.3% rising
9 Madagascar 5,599 km2 2021 up 12.8% rising
9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 116.7 km2 2021 down 37.8% falling
10 Guinea 5,511 km2 2021 up 42.8% rising
10 Timor-Leste 97.2 km2 2021 up 9.1% flat
11 Greece 4,845 km2 2021 down 1.5% flat
11 Syrian Arab Republic 75 km2 2021 up 24.2% rising
12 Myanmar 4,843 km2 2021 up 10.4% rising
12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 26.6 km2 2021 down 33.0% rising
13 Zimbabwe 4,541 km2 2021 down 4.5% flat
14 Angola 4,268 km2 2021 down 12.4% flat
15 Zambia 4,086 km2 2021 up 5.3% rising
16 Indonesia 3,516 km2 2021 up 38.6% rising
17 Cameroon 3,288 km2 2021 up 6.7% flat
17 Côte d'Ivoire 883.3 km2 2021 up 45.7% rising
18 Uganda 3,178 km2 2021 down 12.9% falling
19 Malawi 3,015 km2 2021 up 9.3% rising
20 India 2,381 km2 2021 up 15.2% rising
21 South Sudan 2,200 km2 2021 up 4.7% rising
22 Kenya 2,178 km2 2021 down 9.2% falling
23 Nigeria 2,124 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
24 Thailand 2,073 km2 2021 down 18.5% flat
25 Honduras 1,896 km2 2021 up 86.1% rising
26 Peru 1,886 km2 2021 up 31.0% rising
27 Italy 1,661 km2 2021 down 4.2% flat
28 Ecuador 1,402 km2 2021 up 9.2% rising
29 Philippines 1,400 km2 2021 up 36.6% rising
30 Burundi 1,049 km2 2021 down 10.0% falling
31 Papua New Guinea 816.8 km2 2021 up 13.4% rising
32 Nicaragua 809.8 km2 2021 up 18.9% rising
33 Guatemala 628.2 km2 2021 up 23.7% rising
34 Cyprus 618.1 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
35 Malaysia 613 km2 2021 down 0.1% rising
36 Rwanda 605.7 km2 2021 down 20.2% falling
37 Sudan 541.7 km2 2021 down 14.4% flat
38 Eswatini 469.8 km2 2021 down 20.1% falling
39 Portugal 444.2 km2 2021 up 2.4% rising
40 Sierra Leone 423.3 km2 2021 up 75.8% rising
41 Panama 381.5 km2 2021 up 20.6% rising
42 Costa Rica 381 km2 2021 up 21.9% rising
43 Algeria 336.7 km2 2021 down 26.1% flat
44 Congo 318 km2 2021 up 17.3% rising
45 Dominican Republic 304.6 km2 2021 up 15.4% rising
46 Togo 301.9 km2 2021 up 16.9% rising
47 Australia and New Zealand 299 km2 2021 up 48.2% rising
48 Australia 297.3 km2 2021 up 48.3% rising
49 Ghana 264 km2 2021 up 20.5% rising
50 Central African Republic 246.7 km2 2021 up 27.8% rising
51 Haiti 194.1 km2 2021 down 7.6% flat
52 Chad 181.2 km2 2021 down 9.8% flat
53 Mali 165.1 km2 2021 up 2.4% flat
54 New Caledonia 161.6 km2 2021 up 3.6% rising
55 Nepal 150.6 km2 2021 down 51.9% falling
56 Morocco 141.7 km2 2021 down 42.3% falling
57 El Salvador 131.4 km2 2021 up 25.0% rising
58 Cambodia 121.9 km2 2021 up 147.3% volatile
59 Guyana 101.6 km2 2021 up 15.5% rising
60 Paraguay 93.7 km2 2021 up 4.6% rising
61 Chile 80.1 km2 2021 down 13.5% rising
62 Pakistan 76 km2 2021 down 53.7% falling
63 Liberia 73.9 km2 2021 up 459.8% volatile
64 Republic of Korea 65.8 km2 2021 up 11.0% flat
65 Tunisia 63.6 km2 2021 down 8.0% flat
66 Bangladesh 57.2 km2 2021 up 41.2% rising
67 Comoros 57.1 km2 2021 up 12.4% rising
68 Albania 50.6 km2 2021 up 3.5% flat
69 Japan 49.1 km2 2021 up 25.6% rising
70 Cuba 45.5 km2 2021 up 34.2% rising
70 Sri Lanka 45.5 km2 2021 up 20.7% rising
72 France 33.6 km2 2021 up 3.1% rising
73 Jamaica 27.4 km2 2021 up 29.2% rising
74 Benin 26.8 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
75 Gabon 24.9 km2 2021 up 45.6% rising
76 Solomon Islands 22.3 km2 2021 up 265.6% volatile
77 Belize 21.3 km2 2021 up 217.9% volatile
78 Vanuatu 21.1 km2 2021 up 8.2% rising
79 Botswana 20.1 km2 2021 down 8.2% flat
80 Croatia 18.2 km2 2021 down 8.5% falling
81 Puerto Rico 18 km2 2021 up 46.3% rising
82 Bhutan 17.1 km2 2021 down 47.9% falling
83 Lebanon 13.1 km2 2021 down 51.5% falling
84 Burkina Faso 12.7 km2 2021 down 6.6% flat
85 Libya 11.4 km2 2021 down 16.8% flat
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.1 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
87 Senegal 8.9 km2 2021 up 2.3% flat
88 Afghanistan 8.6 km2 2021 down 9.5% rising
89 Kazakhstan 7.8 km2 2021 down 49.0% flat
90 Equatorial Guinea 6.9 km2 2021 up 25.5% rising
91 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 5.7 km2 2021 down 3.4% flat
92 Yemen 3.5 km2 2021 down 84.4% volatile
93 Namibia 3.1 km2 2021 down 80.3% volatile
94 Montenegro 2.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
95 Suriname 2.5 km2 2021 up 25.0% rising
96 Somalia 2.2 km2 2021 down 56.0% falling
97 New Zealand 1.7 km2 2021 up 41.7% rising
97 Tajikistan 1.7 km2 2021 down 56.4% flat
99 Iraq 1.6 km2 2021 down 89.0% volatile
100 Kyrgyzstan 1.4 km2 2021 down 82.7% volatile
101 Turkmenistan 1.2 km2 2021 down 7.7% rising
102 Guadeloupe 1 km2 2021 up 150.0% rising
103 Jordan 0.9 km2 2021 down 62.5% rising
104 Lesotho 0.8 km2 2021 down 55.6% falling
104 Uruguay 0.8 km2 2021 down 38.5% falling
104 Martinique 0.8 km2 2021 up 100.0% rising
107 Eritrea 0.6 km2 2021 down 98.3% volatile
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.6 km2 2021 up 50.0% rising
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5 km2 2021 up 25.0% rising
109 Mayotte 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged falling
111 Uzbekistan 0.4 km2 2021 down 94.4% volatile
112 Saint Lucia 0.3 km2 2021 up 200.0% rising
112 Oman 0.3 km2 2021 down 84.2% volatile
112 Palestine, State of 0.3 km2 2021 down 93.0% volatile
112 French Guiana 0.3 km2 2021 down 25.0% falling
112 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.3 km2 2021 down 40.0% falling
117 Montserrat 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
118 Armenia 0.1 km2 2021 down 75.0% volatile
118 Barbados 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
118 Grenada 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged volatile
118 Russian Federation 0.1 km2 2021 down 50.0% volatile
122 United Arab Emirates 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Azerbaijan 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Niger 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Saudi Arabia 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% 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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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — 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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