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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value by country

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Countries reporting
152
Highest
51,969 km2
Russian Federation
Lowest
0 km2
Palestine, State of
Median
36.15 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,236

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 51,969 km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 km2 in Palestine, State of.

The median across all reporting countries is 36.15 km2, and the mean is 1,237 km2.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 108.6%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 100.0%).

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 51,969 km2 2021 down 4.3% falling
2 China, mainland 39,717 km2 2021 down 15.7% falling
3 Australia and New Zealand 21,422 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
4 New Zealand 21,130 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
5 Chile 8,361 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,902 km2 2021 down 6.3% falling
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8,160 km2 2021 down 0.4% rising
7 South Africa 3,457 km2 2021 down 8.8% falling
8 Sweden 3,162 km2 2021 up 1.0% flat
9 Indonesia 2,772 km2 2021 down 7.5% falling
9 Viet Nam 90.5 km2 2021 down 72.2% volatile
10 Kyrgyzstan 1,959 km2 2021 up 2.6% flat
10 Timor-Leste 55.7 km2 2021 up 92.1% rising
11 Peru 1,744 km2 2021 down 12.9% falling
12 Madagascar 1,727 km2 2021 down 9.7% falling
13 Afghanistan 1,668 km2 2021 down 5.0% falling
14 Ireland 1,379 km2 2021 down 5.3% falling
15 Tajikistan 1,291 km2 2021 down 0.2% falling
16 Mongolia 1,205 km2 2021 down 7.9% falling
17 Ethiopia 1,092 km2 2021 down 17.6% falling
18 Iceland 1,003 km2 2021 up 0.5% flat
19 Papua New Guinea 881.1 km2 2021 down 8.4% falling
20 Mexico 735.1 km2 2021 up 9.2% falling
20 Cabo Verde 69.6 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
21 Saudi Arabia 673.8 km2 2021 down 1.8% falling
22 Réunion 637.3 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
23 Kenya 615.2 km2 2021 down 12.4% falling
24 Colombia 586.5 km2 2021 down 22.8% falling
25 Uganda 532.1 km2 2021 down 7.9% falling
26 Nigeria 416.4 km2 2021 down 5.5% falling
27 Mauritius 392.9 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
28 Rwanda 389.5 km2 2021 down 13.8% falling
29 India 378.9 km2 2021 down 37.5% falling
30 Angola 353.4 km2 2021 down 16.5% falling
31 New Caledonia 348.4 km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
32 Kazakhstan 327 km2 2021 down 9.4% falling
33 Australia 292.3 km2 2021 down 8.9% falling
34 Guyana 288.6 km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
35 Malaysia 260.3 km2 2021 down 40.6% falling
36 Zambia 255.3 km2 2021 up 7.4% flat
37 Ecuador 251.5 km2 2021 down 18.0% falling
38 Myanmar 238.7 km2 2021 down 31.8% falling
39 Japan 234.5 km2 2021 down 6.9% falling
40 Cameroon 186.7 km2 2021 down 17.8% falling
41 Vanuatu 172.6 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
42 Burundi 168.9 km2 2021 down 14.1% falling
43 Zimbabwe 157.2 km2 2021 up 24.5% rising
44 Malawi 154.9 km2 2021 up 11.4% flat
45 Brazil 154 km2 2021 up 5.5% rising
46 Pakistan 148.1 km2 2021 down 31.0% falling
47 South Sudan 142.7 km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
48 Nepal 130 km2 2021 down 15.2% falling
49 Algeria 121.1 km2 2021 up 0.7% falling
50 Mozambique 104.5 km2 2021 down 22.1% falling
51 Finland 104.2 km2 2021 up 7.5% rising
52 Gabon 93.7 km2 2021 down 2.9% flat
53 Congo 91.3 km2 2021 down 3.9% falling
54 Solomon Islands 87.5 km2 2021 down 4.1% falling
55 Philippines 84.3 km2 2021 down 29.8% falling
56 Panama 75.8 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
57 Austria 72 km2 2021 down 5.1% falling
58 France 69.4 km2 2021 down 1.6% falling
59 Georgia 66.7 km2 2021 down 0.3% falling
60 Thailand 66.1 km2 2021 down 24.0% falling
61 Namibia 65 km2 2021 up 89.5% falling
62 Equatorial Guinea 61.1 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
63 Morocco 60.5 km2 2021 up 108.6% falling
64 Czechia 60.2 km2 2021 up 0.2% rising
65 Guinea 51.5 km2 2021 down 16.7% falling
66 Portugal 47.4 km2 2021 down 4.0% falling
67 Djibouti 45 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
68 Costa Rica 44.4 km2 2021 down 16.9% falling
69 Honduras 40.2 km2 2021 down 27.0% falling
70 Uzbekistan 40 km2 2021 down 5.4% falling
71 Guatemala 39.6 km2 2021 down 12.2% falling
72 Switzerland 36.7 km2 2021 up 19.5% rising
73 Sudan 35.6 km2 2021 down 37.5% falling
74 Oman 33.9 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
75 Greece 32.2 km2 2021 down 3.3% falling
76 Bhutan 29.3 km2 2021 down 21.2% falling
77 Azerbaijan 28.9 km2 2021 down 3.3% falling
78 Chad 27.5 km2 2021 down 4.2% falling
79 Yemen 26.7 km2 2021 down 18.6% falling
80 Armenia 24.6 km2 2021 down 14.0% falling
81 Lesotho 24.3 km2 2021 up 3.0% falling
82 Slovenia 23.1 km2 2021 up 1.3% flat
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.6 km2 2021 unchanged rising
84 Iraq 21.7 km2 2021 down 58.8% falling
85 Eritrea 21.2 km2 2021 down 13.5% falling
86 Spain 20.5 km2 2021 up 5.1% falling
87 Bulgaria 18.3 km2 2021 unchanged rising
88 Lebanon 18.2 km2 2021 down 2.2% falling
89 Nicaragua 15.9 km2 2021 down 31.5% falling
90 Central African Republic 11.9 km2 2021 down 18.5% falling
91 North Macedonia 11.7 km2 2021 up 12.5% rising
92 Italy 10.7 km2 2021 down 0.9% falling
93 Eswatini 9.8 km2 2021 up 36.1% falling
94 Tunisia 9.7 km2 2021 down 7.6% falling
95 Ukraine 8.6 km2 2021 down 18.1% falling
96 Cambodia 7.9 km2 2021 down 43.2% falling
97 Republic of Korea 7.7 km2 2021 down 36.4% falling
98 Belgium 6.6 km2 2021 up 6.5% rising
99 Liberia 6.5 km2 2021 down 9.7% flat
100 Dominican Republic 6.2 km2 2021 down 25.3% falling
101 Botswana 6 km2 2021 down 65.7% falling
102 Albania 5.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
103 Romania 5.3 km2 2021 down 10.2% volatile
104 Haiti 4.2 km2 2021 down 14.3% falling
104 Mali 4.2 km2 2021 down 10.6% flat
106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
106 Guadeloupe 4.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
108 Turkmenistan 3.9 km2 2021 up 2.6% volatile
109 Sri Lanka 3.3 km2 2021 down 42.1% volatile
109 Slovakia 3.3 km2 2021 unchanged rising
111 Poland 2.9 km2 2021 down 14.7% falling
112 Serbia 2.8 km2 2021 down 45.1% volatile
113 Cuba 2.7 km2 2021 down 27.0% falling
113 El Salvador 2.7 km2 2021 down 28.9% falling
115 Comoros 2.5 km2 2021 up 4.2% flat
116 Sierra Leone 2.4 km2 2021 down 27.3% falling
117 Jamaica 1.8 km2 2021 up 5.9% flat
118 Liechtenstein 1.6 km2 2021 unchanged rising
118 Trinidad and Tobago 1.6 km2 2021 down 5.9% flat
120 Montenegro 1.4 km2 2021 unchanged rising
121 Mayotte 1.2 km2 2021 down 7.7% falling
122 Montserrat 1 km2 2021 down 23.1% falling
123 Libya 0.9 km2 2021 up 12.5% rising
123 Martinique 0.9 km2 2021 unchanged flat
125 Egypt 0.8 km2 2021 down 38.5% volatile
126 United Arab Emirates 0.5 km2 2021 down 16.7% falling
126 Faroe Islands 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
126 Croatia 0.5 km2 2021 unchanged falling
126 Jordan 0.5 km2 2021 down 28.6% volatile
126 Paraguay 0.5 km2 2021 down 37.5% falling
131 Saint Lucia 0.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
132 Suriname 0.3 km2 2021 unchanged flat
132 Brunei Darussalam 0.3 km2 2021 unchanged flat
134 Belize 0.2 km2 2021 down 60.0% volatile
134 Ghana 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
134 Grenada 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
134 Puerto Rico 0.2 km2 2021 down 77.8% volatile
134 Somalia 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
139 Andorra 0.1 km2 2021 down 66.7% falling
139 Burkina Faso 0.1 km2 2021 down 50.0% falling
139 Barbados 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged falling
139 Hungary 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
139 Togo 0.1 km2 2021 down 50.0% falling
139 French Guiana 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
139 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
139 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
147 Mauritania 0 km2 2021 — volatile
147 Palestine, State of 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: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — 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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