15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Grassland β Value by country
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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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 10.96 million km2
- Eastern Asia 2.23 million km2
- Northern America and Europe 3.82 million km2
- Europe 1.96 million km2
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 2.31 million km2
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.63 million km2
- Northern America 1.86 million km2
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.34 million km2
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.72 million km2
- United States of America 1.27 million km2
- Southern Asia 828,864 km2
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 1.22 million km2
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