15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Croplands — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Croplands — Value is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 66.54 % in San Marino; the lowest is 0 % in Saudi Arabia.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.79 %, and the mean is 12.14 %.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 100.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Croplands: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Marino | 66.54 % | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 54.59 % | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 3 | Portugal | 48.77 % | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 44.15 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Czechia | 42.24 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Poland | 37.92 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 37.52 % | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Kenya | 35.58 % | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 35.21 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Serbia | 33.8 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 11 | France | 30.94 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Italy | 30.61 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 29.92 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 14 | Slovakia | 29.65 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 15 | Belgium | 27.77 % | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 16 | Spain | 26.93 % | 2021 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.86 % | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 18 | Romania | 25.78 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 19 | Slovenia | 24.68 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Austria | 22.88 % | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Rwanda | 22.81 % | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 22 | Greece | 21.53 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 21.37 % | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 24 | Albania | 20.64 % | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | Algeria | 20.17 % | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 26 | Montenegro | 19.24 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | Cyprus | 19.07 % | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 28 | Tunisia | 18.93 % | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Libya | 17.54 % | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 30 | Croatia | 17.48 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 31 | Brazil | 16.84 % | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 32 | Burundi | 15.89 % | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 11.62 % | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 34 | Hungary | 11.59 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 11.33 % | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 36 | Armenia | 10.17 % | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 37 | Madagascar | 9.44 % | 2021 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 38 | Ireland | 7.28 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Philippines | 7.08 % | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 7.07 % | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 41 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.28 % | 2021 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 42 | Iraq | 5.64 % | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 43 | South Africa | 4.66 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 44 | Lesotho | 4.13 % | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 45 | Isle of Man | 3.94 % | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 3.79 % | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 47 | Morocco | 3.51 % | 2021 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 48 | Australia | 3.5 % | 2021 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 3.49 % | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 50 | China, mainland | 3.41 % | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 51 | Sudan | 3.39 % | 2021 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 52 | Uganda | 3.34 % | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 53 | Jordan | 3.16 % | 2021 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.13 % | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 55 | Georgia | 3.03 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 2.87 % | 2021 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 57 | Mexico | 2.39 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 58 | Lebanon | 2.24 % | 2021 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 59 | Mozambique | 2.23 % | 2021 | up 165.5% | rising |
| 60 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.15 % | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 61 | Yemen | 1.91 % | 2021 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 1.57 % | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 63 | Cameroon | 1.19 % | 2021 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 64 | Faroe Islands | 1.07 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Somalia | 0.96 % | 2021 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 66 | Nepal | 0.83 % | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 67 | Republic of Korea | 0.82 % | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 0.8 % | 2021 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 69 | Ecuador | 0.78 % | 2021 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 70 | Pakistan | 0.64 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | New Zealand | 0.62 % | 2021 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 72 | Ukraine | 0.6 % | 2021 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 73 | India | 0.54 % | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 74 | Chile | 0.46 % | 2021 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 74 | Colombia | 0.46 % | 2021 | up 170.6% | rising |
| 76 | Japan | 0.4 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 76 | Mongolia | 0.4 % | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 0.36 % | 2021 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Guatemala | 0.32 % | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 80 | Russian Federation | 0.29 % | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 81 | Indonesia | 0.26 % | 2021 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 82 | Sweden | 0.24 % | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 83 | Panama | 0.22 % | 2021 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Iceland | 0.2 % | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 85 | Eswatini | 0.15 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 86 | Bhutan | 0.08 % | 2021 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 87 | Andorra | 0.02 % | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 88 | Myanmar | 0.01 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Oman | 0.01 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Asia 30.82 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9.73 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 26.96 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.3 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 18.25 %
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.33 %
- Northern Africa 11.53 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 4.4 %
- Europe 8.31 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3.8 %
- Southern Asia 5.82 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 3.74 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 5.48 %
- Republic of Moldova 1.83 %
- World 5.38 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.54 %
- Northern America and Europe 5.08 %
- Viet Nam 0.13 %
- Central Asia 4.73 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.03 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.67 %
- Eastern Asia 2.76 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 2.72 %
- Oceania 1.98 %
- United States of America 1.75 %
- Northern America 1.22 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.86 %
- South-Eastern Asia 0.19 %
About this data
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