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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces β€” Value by country

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Countries reporting
182
Highest
139,978 km2
China, mainland
Lowest
0 km2
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
470.65 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,236

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces β€” Value is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 139,978 km2 in China, mainland; the lowest is 0 km2 in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

The median across all reporting countries is 470.65 km2, and the mean is 2,481 km2.

Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 5,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 6.8%).

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Artificial: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 139,978 km2 2021 up 92.4% rising
2 Mexico 28,088 km2 2021 up 23.6% rising
3 Japan 18,448 km2 2021 up 5.3% rising
4 India 15,936 km2 2021 up 39.6% rising
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14,601 km2 2021 up 41.6% rising
6 Russian Federation 12,345 km2 2021 up 26.4% rising
7 Indonesia 11,615 km2 2021 up 51.4% rising
8 Colombia 10,164 km2 2021 up 44.4% rising
9 Peru 8,219 km2 2021 up 65.6% rising
10 Ethiopia 8,037 km2 2021 up 110.6% rising
11 Nepal 7,590 km2 2021 up 50.2% rising
12 Australia and New Zealand 6,551 km2 2021 up 18.5% rising
13 Algeria 5,546 km2 2021 up 39.9% rising
14 Guatemala 4,659 km2 2021 up 30.9% rising
15 Chile 4,580 km2 2021 up 40.0% rising
16 Pakistan 4,529 km2 2021 up 43.9% rising
17 Myanmar 4,407 km2 2021 up 77.5% rising
18 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,254 km2 2021 up 55.8% rising
19 Kenya 4,090 km2 2021 up 33.1% rising
20 Ecuador 3,944 km2 2021 up 43.2% rising
21 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,885 km2 2021 up 15.2% rising
22 Viet Nam 3,844 km2 2021 up 67.0% rising
23 Thailand 3,709 km2 2021 up 28.9% rising
24 Australia 3,620 km2 2021 up 15.5% rising
24 RΓ©union 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
25 Honduras 3,441 km2 2021 up 36.2% rising
26 United Republic of Tanzania 3,328 km2 2021 up 42.7% rising
27 Cameroon 3,302 km2 2021 up 13.4% rising
28 Morocco 3,242 km2 2021 up 46.7% rising
29 Georgia 3,132 km2 2021 up 11.3% rising
30 France 3,121 km2 2021 up 5.1% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 3,102 km2 2021 up 26.5% rising
32 Saudi Arabia 3,102 km2 2021 up 65.4% rising
33 New Zealand 2,931 km2 2021 up 22.4% rising
34 Italy 2,861 km2 2021 up 2.1% rising
35 Republic of Korea 2,782 km2 2021 up 21.4% rising
36 Kazakhstan 2,602 km2 2021 up 18.7% rising
37 Austria 2,580 km2 2021 up 5.2% rising
38 Tajikistan 2,578 km2 2021 up 35.5% rising
39 Spain 2,559 km2 2021 up 4.7% rising
40 Romania 2,433 km2 2021 up 2.8% falling
41 Malawi 2,413 km2 2021 up 52.5% rising
42 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,382 km2 2021 up 35.1% rising
43 Rwanda 2,284 km2 2021 up 30.3% rising
44 Philippines 2,194 km2 2021 up 52.4% rising
45 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,159 km2 2021 up 83.7% rising
46 Uzbekistan 2,139 km2 2021 up 36.8% rising
47 Brazil 2,127 km2 2021 up 7.1% rising
48 Afghanistan 2,124 km2 2021 up 56.5% rising
49 Azerbaijan 2,095 km2 2021 up 20.2% rising
50 Switzerland 2,025 km2 2021 up 1.6% rising
51 Zimbabwe 1,941 km2 2021 up 26.9% rising
52 Uganda 1,787 km2 2021 up 39.3% rising
53 Madagascar 1,630 km2 2021 up 59.2% rising
54 Ukraine 1,604 km2 2021 up 10.5% rising
55 Costa Rica 1,559 km2 2021 up 14.6% rising
56 Syrian Arab Republic 1,531 km2 2021 up 23.0% rising
57 Lebanon 1,484 km2 2021 up 31.9% rising
58 Malaysia 1,476 km2 2021 up 25.9% rising
59 El Salvador 1,442 km2 2021 up 25.8% rising
60 Bulgaria 1,382 km2 2021 up 0.5% flat
61 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,289 km2 2021 up 37.8% rising
62 Armenia 1,262 km2 2021 up 10.9% rising
63 Papua New Guinea 1,221 km2 2021 up 46.1% rising
64 Mozambique 1,208 km2 2021 up 52.5% rising
65 Jordan 1,196 km2 2021 up 34.9% rising
66 Sri Lanka 1,166 km2 2021 up 50.9% rising
67 Iraq 1,160 km2 2021 up 158.8% rising
68 Nigeria 1,085 km2 2021 up 38.5% rising
69 Angola 1,084 km2 2021 up 49.9% rising
70 Yemen 1,081 km2 2021 up 60.9% rising
71 Burundi 1,079 km2 2021 up 27.9% rising
72 Mongolia 1,027 km2 2021 up 71.0% rising
73 Slovakia 967.9 km2 2021 up 2.5% rising
74 Bhutan 940.3 km2 2021 up 52.4% rising
75 Tunisia 919.9 km2 2021 up 33.1% rising
76 Czechia 903.6 km2 2021 up 1.5% rising
77 Greece 901.6 km2 2021 up 12.2% rising
78 Poland 892.5 km2 2021 up 4.4% rising
79 Palestine 867.5 km2 2021 up 31.3% rising
80 Eswatini 845.1 km2 2021 up 21.7% rising
81 Oman 759.6 km2 2021 up 75.4% rising
82 Nicaragua 695.3 km2 2021 up 43.4% rising
83 Serbia 653.4 km2 2021 up 9.9% rising
84 Dominican Republic 630.1 km2 2021 up 20.9% rising
85 Zambia 618.2 km2 2021 up 41.2% rising
86 Haiti 611 km2 2021 up 30.2% rising
87 Namibia 596.8 km2 2021 up 15.0% rising
88 Jamaica 563.8 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
89 Guinea 558.9 km2 2021 up 40.6% rising
90 Portugal 496.9 km2 2021 up 4.0% rising
91 Lesotho 481.7 km2 2021 up 27.5% rising
92 Puerto Rico 459.6 km2 2021 up 4.5% rising
93 Timor-Leste 456.1 km2 2021 up 52.5% rising
94 Libya 348.7 km2 2021 up 35.2% rising
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 344 km2 2021 up 4.5% rising
96 Panama 312.8 km2 2021 up 37.8% rising
97 North Macedonia 272.3 km2 2021 up 8.2% rising
98 Slovenia 269.6 km2 2021 up 9.2% rising
99 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 220.5 km2 2021 up 47.0% rising
100 Croatia 205.1 km2 2021 up 5.0% rising
101 Botswana 202.9 km2 2021 up 14.8% rising
102 Ghana 189.6 km2 2021 up 19.8% rising
103 Sudan 188.9 km2 2021 up 88.7% rising
104 Cuba 183.8 km2 2021 up 9.3% rising
105 Eritrea 171.2 km2 2021 up 61.7% rising
106 Turkmenistan 170.1 km2 2021 up 49.7% rising
107 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 168.2 km2 2021 up 80.3% rising
108 New Caledonia 158.6 km2 2021 up 17.7% rising
109 Albania 133.4 km2 2021 up 0.8% flat
110 Togo 127.6 km2 2021 up 33.5% rising
111 Sweden 120 km2 2021 up 11.3% rising
112 Somalia 111.5 km2 2021 up 33.4% rising
113 Congo 107 km2 2021 up 88.7% rising
114 South Sudan 96.3 km2 2021 up 51.7% rising
115 Montenegro 95.4 km2 2021 up 14.3% rising
116 Egypt 92.2 km2 2021 up 41.6% rising
117 Cyprus 90.8 km2 2021 up 2.1% rising
118 Chad 89.4 km2 2021 up 47.0% rising
119 Hungary 84.5 km2 2021 up 1.4% flat
120 Cambodia 79 km2 2021 up 75.6% rising
121 United Arab Emirates 75.9 km2 2021 up 82.0% rising
122 Sierra Leone 57.6 km2 2021 up 73.5% rising
123 Mali 57.1 km2 2021 up 47.5% rising
124 Paraguay 55.6 km2 2021 up 62.1% rising
125 Solomon Islands 51.6 km2 2021 up 251.0% volatile
126 Andorra 48.3 km2 2021 up 2.8% rising
127 Belgium 44.2 km2 2021 up 0.5% flat
128 Gabon 42.8 km2 2021 up 30.1% rising
129 Liberia 39.3 km2 2021 up 51.7% rising
130 Equatorial Guinea 32.2 km2 2021 up 80.9% rising
131 Comoros 27.5 km2 2021 up 27.9% rising
132 Djibouti 26.3 km2 2021 up 42.9% rising
133 Liechtenstein 21.3 km2 2021 up 2.9% rising
134 Guyana 18.3 km2 2021 up 120.5% rising
135 Belize 17.8 km2 2021 up 8.5% rising
136 Vanuatu 16.5 km2 2021 up 52.8% rising
137 Benin 12.8 km2 2021 up 88.2% rising
138 Iceland 10.9 km2 2021 down 6.8% rising
139 Uruguay 10.6 km2 2021 up 19.1% rising
140 Burkina Faso 8.1 km2 2021 up 84.1% rising
140 Martinique 8.1 km2 2021 up 14.1% rising
142 Guadeloupe 7.8 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
143 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 6.3 km2 2021 up 16.7% rising
144 Finland 5.3 km2 2021 up 5,200.0% volatile
145 China, Hong Kong SAR 5.2 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
145 Republic of Moldova 5.2 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
147 Trinidad and Tobago 5.1 km2 2021 up 21.4% rising
148 Bangladesh 4.4 km2 2021 up 91.3% rising
148 Niger 4.4 km2 2021 up 33.3% rising
150 San Marino 4.3 km2 2021 unchanged rising
151 Mayotte 3.9 km2 2021 up 14.7% rising
152 Saint Lucia 3.1 km2 2021 up 14.8% rising
153 Mauritania 2.7 km2 2021 up 17.4% rising
154 Grenada 2.6 km2 2021 up 8.3% rising
155 Ireland 2.1 km2 2021 up 16.7% rising
155 Montserrat 2.1 km2 2021 unchanged rising
157 United States Virgin Islands 2 km2 2021 unchanged rising
158 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8 km2 2021 up 20.0% rising
159 Barbados 1.6 km2 2021 unchanged rising
160 Luxembourg 1 km2 2021 unchanged rising
161 Suriname 0.8 km2 2021 up 700.0% volatile
162 Senegal 0.6 km2 2021 up 500.0% volatile
163 Western Sahara 0.4 km2 2021 unchanged rising
164 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
164 Brunei Darussalam 0.2 km2 2021 up 100.0% volatile
166 British Virgin Islands 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
167 Fiji 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Faroe Islands 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Guam 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Isle of Man 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Northern Mariana Islands 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Mauritius 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 French Polynesia 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Tonga 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Samoa 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 French Guiana 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Cook Islands 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Christmas Island 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Cabo Verde 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 km2 2021 β€” flat
167 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 km2 2021 β€” flat

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Indicator
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces β€” Value
Unit
km2
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
206 places, 1,236 data points, 2000–2021
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