15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Grassland — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Grassland — Value is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Falkland Islands (Malvinas); the lowest is 0 % in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.63 %, and the mean is 31.16 %.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 71.7%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 41.1%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Grassland: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 100 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Eritrea | 98.34 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Sudan | 95.89 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 94.86 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 5 | Iraq | 91.3 % | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | Lebanon | 81.64 % | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 81.44 % | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 78.95 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Lesotho | 77.57 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 10 | Uruguay | 77.06 % | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 75.62 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Faroe Islands | 73.56 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Oman | 73.51 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | Somalia | 72.82 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Malawi | 71.22 % | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 16 | Peru | 71.03 % | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 17 | Morocco | 70.02 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 18 | Yemen | 69.81 % | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 19 | Armenia | 68.62 % | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 20 | Mongolia | 67.36 % | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Libya | 65.2 % | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 22 | Eswatini | 61.75 % | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 61.2 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 24 | Mozambique | 61.15 % | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 25 | Algeria | 59.85 % | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 26 | Tunisia | 58.91 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 58.84 % | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 28 | Guyana | 58.71 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 29 | Haiti | 54.67 % | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 54.6 % | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 31 | Pakistan | 49.74 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 32 | South Africa | 48.19 % | 2021 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 47.95 % | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 34 | Madagascar | 46.82 % | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 35 | Nepal | 41.76 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 36 | China, mainland | 37.82 % | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 37 | India | 37.19 % | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 38 | Ecuador | 37.01 % | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 39 | Georgia | 35.85 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 40 | New Zealand | 35.45 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 41 | Mexico | 34.61 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 42 | Namibia | 34.17 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 43 | Isle of Man | 32.61 % | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 44 | Australia and New Zealand | 29.74 % | 2021 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 45 | Andorra | 29.49 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 46 | Chile | 28.67 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 47 | Colombia | 26.82 % | 2021 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 48 | Cameroon | 25.72 % | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 49 | Comoros | 25.7 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 50 | Australia | 24.67 % | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 51 | Russian Federation | 22.03 % | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 20.88 % | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 53 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 20.06 % | 2021 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 19.21 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 55 | Burundi | 18.93 % | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 56 | Jordan | 17.08 % | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 57 | Bhutan | 16.93 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 58 | Albania | 15.87 % | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 59 | Ukraine | 15.33 % | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 60 | Malaysia | 13.87 % | 2021 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 61 | Liechtenstein | 13.14 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 62 | Guatemala | 12.96 % | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 63 | Kenya | 11.54 % | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 64 | Greece | 10.64 % | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 64 | Myanmar | 10.64 % | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 10.62 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 66 | Montenegro | 10.62 % | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 68 | Croatia | 10.31 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Indonesia | 10.08 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 70 | Uganda | 9.81 % | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 71 | Spain | 8.96 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 72 | France | 8.12 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.05 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 74 | Papua New Guinea | 7.94 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | Switzerland | 7.21 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Austria | 7.05 % | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 77 | Rwanda | 6.96 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 6.75 % | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 79 | Romania | 6.39 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 80 | Ireland | 5.54 % | 2021 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 81 | Serbia | 5.47 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 82 | Italy | 4.81 % | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 83 | South Sudan | 3.78 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 3.38 % | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 85 | Honduras | 3.05 % | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 2.87 % | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 87 | Republic of Korea | 2.66 % | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 88 | Iceland | 2.61 % | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 89 | Panama | 1.89 % | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 90 | Japan | 1.88 % | 2021 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 91 | Portugal | 1.85 % | 2021 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 92 | El Salvador | 1.73 % | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 93 | Philippines | 1.39 % | 2021 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 93 | Slovenia | 1.39 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 95 | Hungary | 0.96 % | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 96 | Czechia | 0.85 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 97 | Sweden | 0.78 % | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 98 | Slovakia | 0.69 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 99 | Cyprus | 0.57 % | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 100 | Poland | 0.43 % | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.33 % | 2021 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 102 | Belgium | 0.25 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Chad | 0.21 % | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 104 | Egypt | 0.2 % | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 105 | Finland | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 105 | San Marino | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Cabo Verde 85.69 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 64.93 %
- Central Asia 73.99 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 61.66 %
- Northern Africa 64.37 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 55.04 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 63.9 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 51.65 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 62.54 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 42.89 %
- Southern Asia 57.19 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 28.18 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 54.84 %
- Republic of Moldova 15.15 %
- United States of America 46.28 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12.95 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.34 %
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.72 %
- Eastern Asia 40.32 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 8.79 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 39.89 %
- Viet Nam 1.99 %
- Northern America 38.39 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.05 %
- World 36.6 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 33.05 %
- Oceania 28.1 %
- Northern America and Europe 26.68 %
- Western Asia 25.24 %
- Europe 16.86 %
- South-Eastern Asia 9.84 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 7.94 %
About this data
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