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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value by country

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Countries reporting
92
Highest
208,440 km2
China, mainland
Lowest
0 km2
Mozambique
Median
424 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,230

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 208,440 km2 in China, mainland; the lowest is 0 km2 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 424 km2, and the mean is 5,906 km2.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 333.3%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 61.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 208,440 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
2 Afghanistan 56,967 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
3 Pakistan 31,640 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
4 Chile 29,278 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
5 Mongolia 22,468 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
6 Yemen 22,426 km2 2021 up 2.5% rising
7 Saudi Arabia 14,625 km2 2021 up 0.5% rising
8 Peru 12,483 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
9 Namibia 12,132 km2 2021 up 1.2% rising
10 Morocco 11,399 km2 2021 up 1.8% flat
11 Italy 9,147 km2 2021 up 27.8% rising
12 Algeria 8,260 km2 2021 up 12.9% rising
13 Iceland 8,188 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
14 Somalia 7,997 km2 2021 up 6.9% rising
15 Kyrgyzstan 7,899 km2 2021 up 0.3% flat
16 Tajikistan 6,275 km2 2021 up 1.3% flat
17 Sweden 6,270 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
18 Spain 5,405 km2 2021 up 4.9% falling
19 Eritrea 5,312 km2 2021 up 5.1% rising
20 Ethiopia 5,306 km2 2021 down 1.5% rising
21 France 4,294 km2 2021 up 1.3% rising
22 Sudan 4,014 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
23 Russian Federation 3,724 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
24 Austria 3,057 km2 2021 up 0.1% flat
25 Mexico 2,781 km2 2021 up 4.1% flat
26 India 2,589 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
27 Oman 2,518 km2 2021 up 1.8% flat
28 Switzerland 2,474 km2 2021 up 5.3% rising
29 Nepal 2,313 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
30 Greece 2,166 km2 2021 up 6.2% rising
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,057 km2 2021 up 0.0% falling
32 Kenya 1,875 km2 2021 up 5.7% rising
33 Uzbekistan 1,846 km2 2021 up 13.7% rising
34 Kazakhstan 1,281 km2 2021 up 5.5% rising
35 Djibouti 1,198 km2 2021 down 10.9% rising
36 Niger 1,174 km2 2021 down 18.4% flat
37 Albania 1,169 km2 2021 down 2.3% falling
38 Tunisia 1,088 km2 2021 up 12.6% rising
39 Angola 1,076 km2 2021 up 16.2% rising
40 Turkmenistan 1,000 km2 2021 up 20.9% rising
41 Jordan 959.1 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
42 Chad 884.5 km2 2021 down 15.3% falling
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 827.5 km2 2021 up 12.5% rising
44 Montenegro 804.5 km2 2021 down 0.5% rising
45 Libya 580.3 km2 2021 down 13.0% falling
46 Portugal 460.5 km2 2021 down 20.6% falling
47 Iraq 387.5 km2 2021 down 30.2% falling
48 Serbia 355.7 km2 2021 up 2.2% rising
49 Bulgaria 333.4 km2 2021 up 1.0% falling
50 Croatia 287.1 km2 2021 up 1.4% falling
51 Egypt 268.9 km2 2021 down 13.4% falling
52 Ireland 222 km2 2021 down 0.8% rising
53 Mauritania 129.9 km2 2021 up 4.8% rising
54 Mali 112.7 km2 2021 up 109.1% rising
55 Australia and New Zealand 107.6 km2 2021 down 1.1% falling
56 Finland 105.5 km2 2021 down 61.6% volatile
57 Slovenia 101.6 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
58 New Zealand 96.8 km2 2021 down 2.0% flat
59 North Macedonia 91.6 km2 2021 down 0.1% rising
60 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 79 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
61 Azerbaijan 72.1 km2 2021 up 29.9% rising
62 Bhutan 64.9 km2 2021 down 0.8% rising
63 Romania 59.7 km2 2021 up 8.7% falling
64 Palestine 57.8 km2 2021 down 10.5% falling
65 Lebanon 54.9 km2 2021 up 5.4% rising
66 Slovakia 50.4 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
67 Cyprus 40.5 km2 2021 up 45.2% rising
68 United Arab Emirates 22.1 km2 2021 down 22.2% falling
69 Faroe Islands 19.1 km2 2021 unchanged rising
70 Ecuador 13.7 km2 2021 up 52.2% rising
71 French Polynesia 13.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
72 Myanmar 11.9 km2 2021 unchanged rising
73 Georgia 10.9 km2 2021 up 2.8% rising
74 Australia 10.8 km2 2021 up 8.0% falling
75 Liechtenstein 6.7 km2 2021 up 3.1% flat
76 Poland 5.8 km2 2021 up 31.8% rising
77 Fiji 5 km2 2021 up 2.0% flat
78 Czechia 3.5 km2 2021 up 34.6% rising
79 Armenia 3 km2 2021 up 30.4% rising
80 Madagascar 2.8 km2 2021 up 47.4% rising
81 Zimbabwe 2.4 km2 2021 up 71.4% rising
82 South Sudan 1.3 km2 2021 up 333.3% volatile
83 Colombia 1.2 km2 2021 unchanged rising
84 Andorra 0.3 km2 2021 unchanged flat
84 Western Sahara 0.3 km2 2021 down 25.0% rising
86 Indonesia 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged rising
86 Nigeria 0.2 km2 2021 up 100.0% volatile
86 Samoa 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
89 Botswana 0.1 km2 2021 — volatile
89 Lesotho 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
89 Papua New Guinea 0.1 km2 2021 — volatile
92 Mozambique 0 km2 2021 — 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: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — 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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