15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 100 % in South Sudan; the lowest is 0.2 % in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.62 %, and the mean is 88.38 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 500.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 5.3%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 3.6%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 100 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 100 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Malawi | 99.96 % | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Sudan | 99.95 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 99.92 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Isle of Man | 99.84 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Somalia | 99.78 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Comoros | 99.71 % | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 9 | Guyana | 99.65 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 10 | Uganda | 99.64 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Eritrea | 99.61 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 99.61 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Indonesia | 99.54 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 99.39 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Madagascar | 99.39 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Eswatini | 99.39 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 99.23 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 17 | Panama | 99.23 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 99 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Mozambique | 98.91 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 98.62 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 22 | Iraq | 98.54 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 22 | Myanmar | 98.54 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 24 | Lesotho | 98.38 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | Haiti | 98.34 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 98.06 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Burundi | 98.05 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Philippines | 97.96 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Honduras | 97.82 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 30 | Malaysia | 97.7 % | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 97.54 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 32 | Australia | 97.5 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 33 | Cameroon | 97.36 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Bhutan | 97.21 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 35 | Serbia | 97.19 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | Hungary | 97.1 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 96.92 % | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 38 | Croatia | 96.54 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 38 | Tunisia | 96.54 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 40 | Australia and New Zealand | 96.48 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 41 | Romania | 96.34 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 96.3 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 43 | Cyprus | 96.23 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 44 | El Salvador | 96.12 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 45 | Slovenia | 96.1 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.07 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Kenya | 96.06 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 48 | Colombia | 96.04 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 95.99 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Slovakia | 95.9 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 51 | Turkmenistan | 95.87 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 52 | Spain | 95.86 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 95.82 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 54 | Mexico | 95.64 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 95.62 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 56 | New Zealand | 95.32 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 57 | Czechia | 95.17 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | Ecuador | 94.94 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 59 | Portugal | 94.73 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 94.66 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 61 | Armenia | 94.54 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 62 | Belgium | 94.3 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 63 | Nepal | 94.11 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 64 | Greece | 93.62 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 65 | Georgia | 93.51 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 66 | Rwanda | 93.5 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 67 | South Africa | 93.33 % | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 68 | Poland | 93.08 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 69 | Ukraine | 92.8 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 70 | France | 92.66 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 71 | Libya | 92.46 % | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 72 | Peru | 91.98 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 73 | Republic of Korea | 91.83 % | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 74 | Italy | 91.38 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 75 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 91.24 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 76 | Ireland | 90.65 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 77 | Austria | 90.62 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 90.42 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 79 | Sweden | 90.23 % | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 80 | Lebanon | 90.1 % | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 81 | Albania | 89.19 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 82 | Japan | 89.07 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 83 | Algeria | 89.05 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 84 | Montenegro | 88.37 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 85 | India | 85.8 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 86 | Uruguay | 85.55 % | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 87 | Guatemala | 85.3 % | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 88 | Andorra | 84.88 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 89 | Switzerland | 84.49 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 90 | Finland | 84.06 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 91 | San Marino | 82.17 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Morocco | 81.37 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 93 | Faroe Islands | 81.28 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Mongolia | 80.53 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 95 | Liechtenstein | 80.11 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 96 | China, mainland | 76.47 % | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 97 | Oman | 73.56 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 98 | Yemen | 72.53 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 99 | Iceland | 67.44 % | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 66.73 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 65.34 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 102 | Pakistan | 64.32 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 103 | Chile | 59.14 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 104 | Réunion | 36.03 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 105 | Namibia | 34.17 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 106 | Jordan | 20.25 % | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia | 20 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 108 | Chad | 0.21 % | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 109 | Egypt | 0.2 % | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Cabo Verde 99.83 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 99.66 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 99.61 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 99.59 %
- Viet Nam 99.11 %
- South-Eastern Asia 99.09 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 98.94 %
- Oceania 96.71 %
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 98.34 %
- Europe 96.49 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 98.13 %
- Northern America and Europe 95.6 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 97.7 %
- Northern America 94.55 %
- United States of America 94.45 %
- Republic of Moldova 92.02 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 91.97 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 77.18 %
- Central Asia 89.65 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 76.5 %
- World 87.62 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 74.21 %
- Northern Africa 84.35 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 63.4 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 82.05 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 81.94 %
- Western Asia 81.47 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 80.8 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 78.62 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 78.56 %
- Eastern Asia 78.26 %
- Southern Asia 73.47 %
About this data
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