15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 26,682 km2 in Pakistan; the lowest is 0 km2 in Mozambique.
The median across all reporting countries is 194.25 km2, and the mean is 2,306 km2.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 333.3%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 100.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 26,682 km2 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Yemen | 21,651 km2 | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 14,587 km2 | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 14,040 km2 | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 5 | Namibia | 11,210 km2 | 2021 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 6 | Somalia | 7,996 km2 | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 7 | Morocco | 6,524 km2 | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 8 | Algeria | 6,031 km2 | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 9 | Eritrea | 5,311 km2 | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 5,306 km2 | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 11 | Peru | 5,302 km2 | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 12 | Chile | 4,056 km2 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Sudan | 4,014 km2 | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | China, mainland | 2,812 km2 | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 15 | Mexico | 2,760 km2 | 2021 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 16 | Oman | 2,490 km2 | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 17 | Kenya | 1,875 km2 | 2021 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 18 | Spain | 1,684 km2 | 2021 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 1,425 km2 | 2021 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 20 | Djibouti | 1,198 km2 | 2021 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 21 | Niger | 1,174 km2 | 2021 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 22 | Tunisia | 1,086 km2 | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 1,076 km2 | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 24 | Tajikistan | 927.7 km2 | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 914.4 km2 | 2021 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 26 | Chad | 875.8 km2 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 27 | Jordan | 754.1 km2 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 28 | Libya | 580.3 km2 | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 29 | Italy | 463.6 km2 | 2021 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Iraq | 379.5 km2 | 2021 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 31 | Greece | 315.2 km2 | 2021 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 260.9 km2 | 2021 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 258.8 km2 | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 34 | Egypt | 258.6 km2 | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 35 | Mauritania | 129.9 km2 | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 36 | Mali | 112.7 km2 | 2021 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 37 | Palestine | 57.8 km2 | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 38 | Cyprus | 38.5 km2 | 2021 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 39 | Mongolia | 25.8 km2 | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 23.6 km2 | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 22.1 km2 | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 42 | French Polynesia | 13.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Albania | 12.1 km2 | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 44 | Croatia | 11.5 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 45 | Montenegro | 10.8 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Australia and New Zealand | 10.7 km2 | 2021 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 46 | Australia | 10.7 km2 | 2021 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 48 | Portugal | 10 km2 | 2021 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.4 km2 | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 50 | India | 6.6 km2 | 2021 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 51 | Lebanon | 6.3 km2 | 2021 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 52 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 5.8 km2 | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 53 | Fiji | 5 km2 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 54 | France | 4.1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Madagascar | 2.8 km2 | 2021 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 2.4 km2 | 2021 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 57 | South Sudan | 1.3 km2 | 2021 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 0.5 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 59 | Armenia | 0.3 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Western Sahara | 0.3 km2 | 2021 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 61 | Indonesia | 0.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Nigeria | 0.2 km2 | 2021 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Samoa | 0.2 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Botswana | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Nepal | 0.1 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Colombia | 0 km2 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Mozambique | 0 km2 | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 234,086 km2
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 62,891 km2
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 90,479 km2
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 45,963 km2
- Southern Asia 86,692 km2
- Syrian Arab Republic 1,918 km2
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 74,462 km2
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 218.1 km2
- Western Asia 55,967 km2
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 34.8 km2
- Sub-Saharan Africa 36,296 km2
- United Republic of Tanzania 1.1 km2
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 25,567 km2
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 km2
- Northern Africa 18,494 km2
- Latin America and the Caribbean 15,096 km2
- Northern America and Europe 14,886 km2
- Northern America 12,368 km2
- United States of America 12,368 km2
- Central Asia 3,787 km2
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 2,838 km2
- Eastern Asia 2,838 km2
- Europe 2,518 km2
- Oceania 29.2 km2
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 18.5 km2
- Cabo Verde 16.3 km2
- South-Eastern Asia 0.2 km2
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