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15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Tree-covered areas β€” Value by country

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Countries reporting
164
Highest
2.22 million km2
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.1 km2
Mauritania
Median
5,390 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,236

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Tree-covered areas β€” Value is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 2.22 million km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.1 km2 in Mauritania.

The median across all reporting countries is 5,390 km2, and the mean is 55,007 km2.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 181.2%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 24.2%).

15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Tree-covered: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 2.22 million km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
2 China, mainland 1.55 million km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
3 Indonesia 522,163 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
4 Mexico 427,522 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
5 Myanmar 289,265 km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
6 India 262,677 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
7 Colombia 227,868 km2 2021 down 1.7% flat
8 Peru 209,457 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
9 Australia and New Zealand 204,882 km2 2021 down 2.8% flat
10 Papua New Guinea 193,702 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
11 Japan 151,904 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
12 Brazil 147,191 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
13 Australia 145,517 km2 2021 down 3.8% flat
14 Ethiopia 136,922 km2 2021 down 3.4% flat
15 Thailand 127,784 km2 2021 down 0.8% flat
16 South Africa 103,824 km2 2021 down 8.5% falling
17 Chile 95,669 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
18 Malaysia 90,493 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
19 Philippines 90,434 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
20 Mozambique 89,339 km2 2021 down 9.1% falling
21 Madagascar 82,634 km2 2021 down 2.0% flat
22 Ecuador 77,538 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
23 Spain 76,989 km2 2021 down 1.7% rising
24 Cameroon 69,793 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
25 Mongolia 67,124 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
26 Italy 66,759 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
27 Honduras 61,063 km2 2021 down 3.2% flat
28 New Zealand 59,364 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
29 Nepal 58,100 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
30 France 55,240 km2 2021 up 0.9% flat
31 Angola 51,880 km2 2021 down 4.0% falling
32 Romania 49,665 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
33 Zambia 45,197 km2 2021 down 3.8% falling
34 Guinea 41,358 km2 2021 down 6.7% falling
35 Guatemala 39,188 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
36 Zimbabwe 31,262 km2 2021 down 2.8% falling
37 Nigeria 31,015 km2 2021 down 2.3% flat
38 Austria 30,612 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
39 Bhutan 28,872 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
40 Georgia 28,823 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
41 Republic of Korea 27,623 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
42 Kazakhstan 26,743 km2 2021 up 0.9% flat
43 Sweden 26,384 km2 2021 up 4.2% rising
44 Bulgaria 25,275 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
45 Nicaragua 23,866 km2 2021 down 1.5% flat
46 Serbia 22,667 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
47 Greece 22,259 km2 2021 up 0.8% rising
48 Kenya 21,525 km2 2021 down 3.2% falling
49 Panama 20,424 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20,022 km2 2021 up 0.2% flat
51 Costa Rica 19,841 km2 2021 down 1.6% flat
52 Guyana 18,469 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
53 Ukraine 17,162 km2 2021 down 0.1% flat
54 Slovak Republic 16,769 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
55 Malawi 16,633 km2 2021 down 5.7% falling
56 Cambodia 15,298 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
57 South Sudan 14,586 km2 2021 down 2.8% flat
58 Dominican Republic 14,500 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
59 Pakistan 14,016 km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
60 Algeria 13,073 km2 2021 up 1.3% flat
61 Uganda 11,228 km2 2021 down 7.2% falling
62 Switzerland 10,808 km2 2021 down 1.6% falling
63 Czechia 10,203 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
64 Morocco 10,194 km2 2021 up 3.1% flat
65 Croatia 9,929 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
66 Slovenia 9,400 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
67 Azerbaijan 9,266 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
68 Kyrgyzstan 9,192 km2 2021 up 3.3% flat
69 Solomon Islands 9,076 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
70 Suriname 8,572 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
71 El Salvador 8,497 km2 2021 down 3.4% falling
72 Gabon 8,367 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
73 Sri Lanka 8,173 km2 2021 down 4.5% falling
74 North Macedonia 8,033 km2 2021 down 1.5% falling
75 Cuba 7,758 km2 2021 down 0.5% flat
76 Poland 7,746 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
77 Haiti 7,398 km2 2021 down 0.9% flat
78 New Caledonia 7,363 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
79 Albania 6,395 km2 2021 down 3.7% falling
80 Sierra Leone 6,286 km2 2021 down 3.7% flat
81 Central African Republic 5,520 km2 2021 down 2.4% flat
82 Montenegro 5,425 km2 2021 down 1.1% flat
83 Eswatini 5,356 km2 2021 up 0.1% flat
84 Liberia 5,301 km2 2021 down 1.8% flat
85 Burundi 5,236 km2 2021 down 2.9% flat
86 Sudan 4,807 km2 2021 up 1.6% flat
87 Portugal 4,680 km2 2021 down 24.2% falling
88 Vanuatu 4,387 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
89 Ghana 4,214 km2 2021 down 2.2% flat
90 Jamaica 4,115 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
91 Lesotho 4,098 km2 2021 up 0.3% flat
92 Congo 4,035 km2 2021 down 3.0% flat
93 Afghanistan 3,656 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
94 Armenia 3,600 km2 2021 up 1.2% flat
95 Equatorial Guinea 3,544 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
96 Belize 3,451 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
97 Togo 3,437 km2 2021 down 2.8% flat
98 Rwanda 3,401 km2 2021 down 3.1% flat
99 Fiji 3,060 km2 2021 down 2.1% flat
100 Chad 2,806 km2 2021 down 1.3% flat
101 Mali 2,574 km2 2021 down 2.4% flat
102 Hungary 2,482 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
103 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,115 km2 2021 down 10.8% falling
104 Puerto Rico 2,074 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
105 Tunisia 1,601 km2 2021 down 3.6% flat
106 Tajikistan 1,577 km2 2021 up 4.9% rising
107 Uzbekistan 1,474 km2 2021 up 5.2% rising
108 Bangladesh 1,293 km2 2021 down 3.3% flat
109 Cyprus 1,234 km2 2021 down 2.8% flat
110 Paraguay 1,101 km2 2021 down 6.8% falling
111 Yemen 1,041 km2 2021 up 4.3% rising
112 Lebanon 930.8 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
113 Finland 771 km2 2021 up 6.9% rising
114 Comoros 749.2 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
115 Somalia 664.9 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
116 Eritrea 638.9 km2 2021 up 14.7% rising
117 French Guiana 619.9 km2 2021 up 0.0% flat
118 Samoa 534.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
119 Belgium 531.3 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
120 French Polynesia 508.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat
121 Brunei Darussalam 487.9 km2 2021 down 0.0% flat
122 Benin 348.3 km2 2021 down 2.3% flat
123 Ireland 330.8 km2 2021 down 6.9% flat
124 Guadeloupe 312.6 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
125 Trinidad and Tobago 251.8 km2 2021 down 0.4% flat
126 Iraq 226.7 km2 2021 up 18.6% rising
127 Senegal 225.9 km2 2021 down 1.2% flat
128 Botswana 224.7 km2 2021 up 0.4% flat
129 Andorra 197.7 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
130 Oman 192.5 km2 2021 down 0.6% flat
131 Libya 173.4 km2 2021 up 0.6% flat
132 Saudi Arabia 160.7 km2 2021 up 17.1% rising
133 Martinique 158 km2 2021 down 1.0% flat
134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 139.2 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
135 Namibia 107 km2 2021 up 27.5% rising
136 Burkina Faso 106 km2 2021 down 1.9% flat
137 China, Hong Kong SAR 96.3 km2 2021 down 0.2% flat
138 Saint Lucia 91.3 km2 2021 down 0.7% flat
139 Jordan 81.3 km2 2021 up 2.1% flat
140 Grenada 78.7 km2 2021 down 0.3% flat
141 Liechtenstein 68.6 km2 2021 down 2.4% rising
142 Palestine, State of 50.5 km2 2021 up 18.0% rising
143 Iceland 41.3 km2 2021 up 0.2% rising
144 Mayotte 41.1 km2 2021 down 1.4% flat
145 Turkmenistan 36.2 km2 2021 down 2.7% flat
146 Uruguay 33.7 km2 2021 up 2.4% rising
147 Luxembourg 25.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
148 American Samoa 18.9 km2 2021 unchanged flat
149 Montserrat 16.6 km2 2021 up 3.8% flat
150 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 16.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
151 Faroe Islands 13.4 km2 2021 unchanged flat
152 Cook Islands 7.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
153 Niger 4.5 km2 2021 up 181.2% rising
153 Tonga 4.5 km2 2021 unchanged flat
155 San Marino 3.8 km2 2021 down 2.6% falling
156 Northern Mariana Islands 2.9 km2 2021 unchanged flat
157 Christmas Island 1.8 km2 2021 unchanged flat
158 Barbados 1.6 km2 2021 down 5.9% falling
159 Isle of Man 1.4 km2 2021 down 12.5% rising
160 United States Virgin Islands 1.2 km2 2021 unchanged falling
161 British Virgin Islands 0.7 km2 2021 unchanged flat
162 United Arab Emirates 0.6 km2 2021 up 50.0% rising
163 Djibouti 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged flat
164 Mauritania 0.1 km2 2021 unchanged flat

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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: Tree-covered areas β€” 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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