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

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Countries reporting
156
Highest
1.87 million km2
Russian Federation
Lowest
0 km2
Brunei Darussalam
Median
3,295 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,230

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Grassland β€” Value is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 1.87 million km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 km2 in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,295 km2, and the mean is 51,041 km2.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 98 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: Total; Land Cover: Grassland: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 1.87 million km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
2 China, mainland 1.84 million km2 2021 down 2.3% flat
3 Mexico 456,203 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
4 Mongolia 378,186 km2 2021 up 0.1% flat
5 Peru 328,467 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
6 Ethiopia 266,407 km2 2021 down 2.6% flat
7 Afghanistan 201,176 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
8 Kazakhstan 145,558 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
9 South Africa 141,123 km2 2021 up 22.0% rising
10 Madagascar 139,854 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
11 Kyrgyzstan 126,647 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
12 Australia and New Zealand 121,892 km2 2021 up 1.4% flat
13 Chile 116,250 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
14 India 112,791 km2 2021 down 4.5% falling
15 Pakistan 98,316 km2 2021 down 2.0% flat
16 Morocco 93,222 km2 2021 down 2.5% flat
17 Angola 92,200 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
18 Kenya 92,028 km2 2021 down 2.2% flat
19 Namibia 90,336 km2 2021 down 2.9% flat
20 Yemen 75,554 km2 2021 down 2.5% flat
21 Australia 74,469 km2 2021 up 3.1% flat
22 Algeria 67,360 km2 2021 down 4.7% falling
23 Tajikistan 56,085 km2 2021 down 2.0% flat
24 Colombia 55,024 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
25 Zimbabwe 53,732 km2 2021 down 3.8% falling
26 New Zealand 47,423 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
26 Montserrat 7.7 km2 2021 down 26.7% falling
27 Uzbekistan 42,883 km2 2021 down 2.8% falling
27 Mayotte 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged falling
28 Eritrea 42,838 km2 2021 down 2.4% flat
29 Sudan 42,716 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
30 Somalia 42,004 km2 2021 down 3.2% flat
31 Nepal 38,421 km2 2021 down 4.7% falling
32 Mozambique 34,092 km2 2021 up 10.0% rising
33 Iraq 28,027 km2 2021 down 7.7% falling
34 Ecuador 26,240 km2 2021 down 2.9% falling
35 Azerbaijan 24,995 km2 2021 down 4.5% flat
36 Uganda 23,526 km2 2021 down 6.3% falling
37 Saudi Arabia 21,720 km2 2021 down 6.8% falling
38 Spain 21,422 km2 2021 down 2.4% rising
39 Georgia 21,280 km2 2021 down 1.8% flat
40 Myanmar 20,792 km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
41 Lesotho 20,570 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
42 South Sudan 20,052 km2 2021 up 0.5% flat
43 Nigeria 20,029 km2 2021 down 10.1% falling
44 Turkmenistan 18,981 km2 2021 down 2.9% flat
45 Armenia 16,923 km2 2021 down 4.5% falling
46 Zambia 16,464 km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
47 Chad 14,793 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
48 Cameroon 14,270 km2 2021 down 6.3% falling
49 Malawi 13,923 km2 2021 down 5.9% falling
50 Indonesia 13,215 km2 2021 down 4.2% falling
51 Tunisia 12,268 km2 2021 down 4.0% flat
52 France 10,638 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
53 Philippines 9,907 km2 2021 down 4.2% falling
54 Honduras 9,052 km2 2021 up 0.7% flat
55 Thailand 8,952 km2 2021 up 2.3% flat
56 Guinea 8,031 km2 2021 up 13.9% rising
57 Papua New Guinea 7,759 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
58 Bhutan 6,802 km2 2021 down 2.1% flat
59 Greece 6,749 km2 2021 down 1.4% falling
60 Italy 6,746 km2 2021 down 22.3% falling
61 Guatemala 6,393 km2 2021 down 6.4% falling
62 Austria 6,169 km2 2021 up 0.8% flat
63 Oman 6,073 km2 2021 down 3.9% flat
64 Eswatini 5,720 km2 2021 down 3.0% flat
65 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,604 km2 2021 down 0.1% falling
66 Haiti 5,580 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
67 Nicaragua 5,553 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
68 Lebanon 5,397 km2 2021 down 6.1% falling
69 Romania 5,056 km2 2021 down 1.7% rising
70 Burundi 4,864 km2 2021 down 7.2% falling
71 Djibouti 4,744 km2 2021 down 11.1% falling
72 Rwanda 4,356 km2 2021 down 12.5% falling
73 Switzerland 4,136 km2 2021 down 2.7% falling
74 Congo 4,136 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
75 Mali 3,767 km2 2021 down 5.0% falling
76 Botswana 3,719 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
77 Japan 3,466 km2 2021 up 4.8% flat
78 Ukraine 3,457 km2 2021 down 3.2% falling
79 Libya 3,133 km2 2021 down 1.9% falling
80 Bulgaria 3,022 km2 2021 down 0.0% rising
81 Jordan 2,871 km2 2021 down 12.9% falling
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,845 km2 2021 down 1.2% rising
83 Albania 2,680 km2 2021 down 0.0% rising
84 Panama 2,349 km2 2021 up 4.8% flat
85 Dominican Republic 2,307 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
86 Serbia 2,178 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
87 State of Palestine 2,071 km2 2021 down 8.8% falling
88 North Macedonia 1,884 km2 2021 down 0.7% rising
89 Sweden 1,865 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
90 Costa Rica 1,845 km2 2021 up 0.9% flat
91 El Salvador 1,689 km2 2021 down 2.4% flat
92 Croatia 1,576 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
93 Niger 1,340 km2 2021 down 13.9% falling
94 Paraguay 1,085 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
95 Guyana 1,057 km2 2021 up 1.6% flat
96 Republic of Korea 1,037 km2 2021 down 3.0% falling
97 Montenegro 989.7 km2 2021 up 0.3% falling
98 Mauritania 847.4 km2 2021 down 12.2% falling
99 Malaysia 652.6 km2 2021 up 20.6% rising
100 Gabon 619.9 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
101 Iceland 577.4 km2 2021 up 3.8% rising
102 Central African Republic 536.4 km2 2021 up 7.7% rising
103 Ghana 535.6 km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
104 Togo 486 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
105 Portugal 409.9 km2 2021 down 32.1% volatile
106 New Caledonia 404.6 km2 2021 up 0.1% flat
107 Sierra Leone 330.4 km2 2021 up 11.9% rising
108 Cuba 277.5 km2 2021 up 2.3% flat
109 Sri Lanka 251.6 km2 2021 down 5.2% falling
110 Slovak Republic 238 km2 2021 down 1.2% falling
111 Jamaica 233 km2 2021 down 3.4% falling
112 Cambodia 226.5 km2 2021 up 49.3% rising
113 Andorra 215 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
114 Benin 193.6 km2 2021 down 4.8% falling
115 Slovenia 191.9 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
116 Faroe Islands 191.8 km2 2021 up 0.1% flat
117 Czechia 167.3 km2 2021 down 2.4% falling
118 Ireland 158.1 km2 2021 up 9.7% falling
119 Uruguay 145.8 km2 2021 down 1.4% falling
120 Finland 131.8 km2 2021 up 36.4% rising
121 Egypt 111.3 km2 2021 down 6.5% falling
122 Puerto Rico 100.3 km2 2021 down 2.1% falling
123 Burkina Faso 82.2 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
124 Cyprus 77.1 km2 2021 up 1.2% rising
125 Poland 71.4 km2 2021 down 6.4% falling
126 Comoros 60.8 km2 2021 up 2.7% flat
127 Senegal 50.3 km2 2021 up 3.1% flat
128 Bangladesh 43.6 km2 2021 up 131.9% rising
129 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 37.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
130 United Arab Emirates 32.1 km2 2021 up 7.0% rising
131 Vanuatu 29.2 km2 2021 down 20.4% falling
132 Northern Mariana Islands 28.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
133 Hungary 28.1 km2 2021 down 3.8% falling
133 Liberia 28.1 km2 2021 up 260.3% volatile
135 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 22.6 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
136 Liechtenstein 22.3 km2 2021 unchanged flat
137 Isle of Man 18 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
138 Belize 17.3 km2 2021 up 30.1% rising
139 Solomon Islands 16 km2 2021 up 25.0% rising
140 Guam 10.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
141 Suriname 7.9 km2 2021 up 17.9% rising
142 Equatorial Guinea 7.8 km2 2021 up 11.4% rising
143 China, Hong Kong SAR 4.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.8 km2 2021 down 3.4% falling
145 Belgium 2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
145 Martinique 2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
147 Barbados 1.9 km2 2021 down 9.5% falling
148 Guadeloupe 1.6 km2 2021 up 6.7% rising
149 Trinidad and Tobago 1.3 km2 2021 up 8.3% falling
150 Western Sahara 0.8 km2 2021 up 100.0% volatile
151 Saint Lucia 0.4 km2 2021 unchanged falling
152 French Guiana 0.3 km2 2021 down 25.0% volatile
153 Grenada 0.1 km2 2021 down 50.0% falling
154 Brunei Darussalam 0 km2 2021 β€” 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: Total; Land Cover: Grassland β€” Value
Unit
km2
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
205 places, 1,230 data points, 2000–2021
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