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

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Countries reporting
148
Highest
118,146 km2
Brazil
Lowest
0 km2
Saudi Arabia
Median
197.8 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,236

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value is currently reported for 148 countries. The highest value is 118,146 km2 in Brazil; the lowest is 0 km2 in Saudi Arabia.

The median across all reporting countries is 197.8 km2, and the mean is 3,629 km2.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 71 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: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 118,146 km2 2021 down 2.7% falling
2 South Africa 104,745 km2 2021 down 12.5% falling
3 Spain 49,386 km2 2021 down 1.4% rising
4 Russian Federation 34,875 km2 2021 down 5.2% flat
5 Sweden 21,254 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
6 Ethiopia 16,434 km2 2021 down 3.5% flat
7 Greece 15,207 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
8 Iceland 14,009 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
9 China, mainland 12,567 km2 2021 down 26.3% falling
10 Mozambique 10,815 km2 2021 up 18.5% rising
11 Mexico 8,935 km2 2021 down 4.2% flat
12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,931 km2 2021 up 0.4% falling
13 Colombia 6,994 km2 2021 up 9.5% rising
14 Italy 6,841 km2 2021 down 1.5% flat
15 Madagascar 5,651 km2 2021 up 12.7% rising
16 Guinea 5,511 km2 2021 up 42.8% rising
17 France 5,113 km2 2021 up 1.7% rising
18 Portugal 5,024 km2 2021 up 8.8% rising
19 Myanmar 4,911 km2 2021 up 10.4% rising
20 Zimbabwe 4,584 km2 2021 down 4.4% flat
21 Angola 4,268 km2 2021 down 12.4% flat
22 Zambia 4,086 km2 2021 up 5.3% rising
23 Australia and New Zealand 4,070 km2 2021 up 64.0% rising
24 Indonesia 3,679 km2 2021 up 36.2% rising
25 Cameroon 3,317 km2 2021 up 6.6% flat
26 Uganda 3,235 km2 2021 down 12.5% falling
27 Australia 3,080 km2 2021 up 119.7% rising
28 Malawi 3,034 km2 2021 up 9.1% rising
29 Chile 2,664 km2 2021 down 5.9% flat
30 Kenya 2,636 km2 2021 down 6.6% falling
31 India 2,445 km2 2021 up 14.0% rising
32 Albania 2,381 km2 2021 up 1.8% flat
33 South Sudan 2,200 km2 2021 up 4.7% rising
34 Nigeria 2,124 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
35 Peru 2,122 km2 2021 up 8.2% rising
36 Thailand 2,073 km2 2021 down 18.5% flat
37 Ecuador 2,060 km2 2021 up 2.0% rising
38 Austria 1,966 km2 2021 down 4.1% falling
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,938 km2 2021 up 23.5% rising
40 Honduras 1,897 km2 2021 up 86.1% rising
41 Philippines 1,400 km2 2021 up 36.5% rising
42 Switzerland 1,375 km2 2021 up 8.4% rising
43 Mongolia 1,201 km2 2021 down 9.1% rising
44 Finland 1,085 km2 2021 up 7.3% rising
45 Burundi 1,056 km2 2021 down 10.0% falling
46 Papua New Guinea 1,002 km2 2021 up 10.5% rising
47 New Zealand 990.4 km2 2021 down 8.3% falling
48 Nicaragua 809.8 km2 2021 up 18.9% rising
49 Romania 700.2 km2 2021 down 1.8% falling
50 Cyprus 662.1 km2 2021 down 1.8% flat
51 Guatemala 651.8 km2 2021 up 18.3% rising
52 Rwanda 639.6 km2 2021 down 19.9% falling
53 Kazakhstan 636.4 km2 2021 down 13.4% flat
54 Malaysia 615.4 km2 2021 up 0.2% rising
55 Sudan 541.7 km2 2021 down 14.4% flat
56 Algeria 507.1 km2 2021 down 30.1% flat
57 Japan 494.4 km2 2021 up 28.1% rising
58 Eswatini 471.1 km2 2021 down 20.0% falling
59 Ireland 450.7 km2 2021 up 13.9% rising
60 Croatia 439.3 km2 2021 down 4.6% falling
61 Sierra Leone 423.3 km2 2021 up 75.8% rising
62 Costa Rica 390.4 km2 2021 up 20.9% rising
63 Panama 382.9 km2 2021 up 20.6% rising
64 Congo 318 km2 2021 up 17.3% rising
65 Dominican Republic 314.3 km2 2021 up 13.7% rising
66 Togo 301.9 km2 2021 up 16.9% rising
67 Azerbaijan 290.5 km2 2021 down 10.5% rising
68 North Macedonia 285.5 km2 2021 down 9.1% falling
69 Ghana 264 km2 2021 up 20.5% rising
70 Central African Republic 246.7 km2 2021 up 27.8% rising
71 Nepal 237.3 km2 2021 down 46.7% falling
72 Morocco 230.4 km2 2021 down 46.1% falling
73 Bulgaria 230.1 km2 2021 down 5.2% falling
74 Haiti 199.5 km2 2021 down 7.6% flat
75 Slovenia 196.1 km2 2021 down 4.8% falling
76 Georgia 192.5 km2 2021 down 40.0% falling
77 Chad 181.2 km2 2021 down 9.8% flat
78 Mali 165.1 km2 2021 up 2.4% flat
79 Ukraine 162.7 km2 2021 down 23.0% falling
80 New Caledonia 161.6 km2 2021 up 3.6% rising
81 Slovakia 152.9 km2 2021 up 0.5% rising
82 Republic of Korea 133.5 km2 2021 up 10.2% falling
83 El Salvador 131.4 km2 2021 up 24.9% rising
84 Pakistan 129.9 km2 2021 down 40.4% flat
85 Cambodia 121.9 km2 2021 up 147.3% volatile
86 Guyana 101.7 km2 2021 up 15.4% rising
87 Paraguay 93.7 km2 2021 up 4.6% rising
88 Kyrgyzstan 87.9 km2 2021 down 48.1% falling
89 Armenia 82.3 km2 2021 down 15.9% flat
90 Tunisia 80.1 km2 2021 down 5.7% flat
91 Liberia 73.9 km2 2021 up 459.8% volatile
92 Serbia 63.7 km2 2021 up 5.3% rising
93 Comoros 62.8 km2 2021 up 11.5% rising
94 Bangladesh 57.2 km2 2021 up 41.2% rising
95 Afghanistan 54.4 km2 2021 down 2.9% rising
96 Bhutan 50.3 km2 2021 down 36.4% falling
97 Cuba 45.5 km2 2021 up 34.2% rising
97 Sri Lanka 45.5 km2 2021 up 20.7% rising
99 Poland 35.6 km2 2021 unchanged falling
100 Isle of Man 33.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
101 Jamaica 27.4 km2 2021 up 29.2% rising
102 Benin 26.8 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
103 Tajikistan 26.4 km2 2021 down 37.1% flat
104 Lesotho 25.2 km2 2021 down 34.2% falling
105 Gabon 24.9 km2 2021 up 45.6% rising
106 Montenegro 23.5 km2 2021 up 1.3% rising
107 Czechia 22.6 km2 2021 up 7.1% rising
108 Solomon Islands 22.3 km2 2021 up 265.6% volatile
109 Belize 21.3 km2 2021 up 217.9% volatile
110 Vanuatu 21.1 km2 2021 up 8.2% rising
111 Botswana 20.1 km2 2021 down 8.2% flat
112 Puerto Rico 18 km2 2021 up 46.3% rising
113 Lebanon 17.5 km2 2021 down 51.9% falling
114 Uzbekistan 16.7 km2 2021 down 60.0% falling
115 Faroe Islands 13.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
116 Burkina Faso 12.7 km2 2021 down 6.6% flat
117 Libya 12.1 km2 2021 down 16.0% flat
118 Senegal 8.9 km2 2021 up 2.3% flat
119 Equatorial Guinea 7.1 km2 2021 up 24.6% rising
120 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 5.7 km2 2021 down 3.4% flat
121 Yemen 3.6 km2 2021 down 85.0% volatile
122 Namibia 3.1 km2 2021 down 80.3% volatile
123 Suriname 2.5 km2 2021 up 25.0% rising
124 Somalia 2.2 km2 2021 down 56.9% falling
125 Iraq 2 km2 2021 down 89.6% volatile
126 Liechtenstein 1.9 km2 2021 up 216.7% volatile
126 Turkmenistan 1.9 km2 2021 down 17.4% flat
128 Andorra 1.2 km2 2021 down 20.0% falling
129 Guadeloupe 1 km2 2021 up 150.0% rising
130 Jordan 0.9 km2 2021 down 62.5% rising
131 Uruguay 0.8 km2 2021 down 38.5% falling
131 Martinique 0.8 km2 2021 up 100.0% rising
133 Belgium 0.6 km2 2021 unchanged flat
133 Eritrea 0.6 km2 2021 down 98.3% volatile
133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.6 km2 2021 up 50.0% rising
136 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5 km2 2021 up 25.0% rising
136 Mayotte 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged falling
138 Saint Lucia 0.3 km2 2021 up 200.0% rising
138 Oman 0.3 km2 2021 down 84.2% volatile
138 Palestine, State of 0.3 km2 2021 down 93.0% volatile
138 French Guiana 0.3 km2 2021 down 25.0% falling
138 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.3 km2 2021 down 40.0% falling
143 Montserrat 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
144 Barbados 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
144 Grenada 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged volatile
146 United Arab Emirates 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% volatile
146 Niger 0 km2 2021 down 100.0% volatile
146 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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Indicator
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — 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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