15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value is currently reported for 100 countries. The highest value is 62.28 % in Iceland; the lowest is 0 % in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.725 %, and the mean is 5.13 %.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 823.3%), and the largest decrease in Eritrea (down 100.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 62.28 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.86 % | 2021 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 2 | Isle of Man | 60.72 % | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 3 | Finland | 37.44 % | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 35.11 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 5 | South Africa | 30.99 % | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 6 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 28.54 % | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 7 | Portugal | 24.69 % | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 8 | Sweden | 23.94 % | 2021 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 9 | Spain | 22.34 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 20.68 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 11 | Ireland | 16.33 % | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 12 | Albania | 14.1 % | 2021 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 13 | Comoros | 13.72 % | 2021 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 14 | Cyprus | 11.1 % | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 8.11 % | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 16 | Malawi | 5.95 % | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.46 % | 2021 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 18 | Burundi | 4.52 % | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 19 | France | 4.47 % | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 4.47 % | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 21 | Eswatini | 4.03 % | 2021 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 3.99 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 23 | Kenya | 3.7 % | 2021 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 24 | Madagascar | 3.63 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 3.46 % | 2021 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 26 | Rwanda | 3.04 % | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 27 | Croatia | 2.8 % | 2021 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 28 | Austria | 2.78 % | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 29 | Malaysia | 2.77 % | 2021 | up 823.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Switzerland | 2.56 % | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 31 | Mozambique | 2.23 % | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 32 | Haiti | 2.08 % | 2021 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 33 | Guyana | 1.92 % | 2021 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 34 | Australia | 1.87 % | 2021 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 1.74 % | 2021 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 1.62 % | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 37 | Ecuador | 1.54 % | 2021 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 1.41 % | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 39 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.34 % | 2021 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 40 | Slovenia | 1.3 % | 2021 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 41 | South Sudan | 1.21 % | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 1.19 % | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 43 | Tunisia | 1.06 % | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 0.84 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 45 | Romania | 0.81 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 46 | Chile | 0.76 % | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 47 | New Zealand | 0.75 % | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 48 | Faroe Islands | 0.74 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 0.73 % | 2021 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 50 | Ukraine | 0.72 % | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 0.7 % | 2021 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 51 | Mexico | 0.7 % | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 53 | Indonesia | 0.66 % | 2021 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 54 | Honduras | 0.46 % | 2021 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 55 | Liechtenstein | 0.45 % | 2021 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0.44 % | 2021 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 56 | Libya | 0.44 % | 2021 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 0.37 % | 2021 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 59 | Georgia | 0.36 % | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 59 | Slovakia | 0.36 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Armenia | 0.35 % | 2021 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 61 | Guatemala | 0.35 % | 2021 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 61 | Myanmar | 0.35 % | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 0.35 % | 2021 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 0.33 % | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 66 | Andorra | 0.29 % | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 67 | Japan | 0.28 % | 2021 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 68 | Algeria | 0.27 % | 2021 | down 35.7% | flat |
| 69 | Panama | 0.25 % | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 70 | Montenegro | 0.22 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Mongolia | 0.22 % | 2021 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 72 | Nepal | 0.21 % | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 73 | China, mainland | 0.2 % | 2021 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 74 | Philippines | 0.18 % | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 75 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.16 % | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 75 | El Salvador | 0.16 % | 2021 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 77 | Serbia | 0.15 % | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 78 | Bhutan | 0.14 % | 2021 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 79 | India | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 18.8% | flat |
| 79 | Morocco | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 79 | Poland | 0.13 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 82 | Pakistan | 0.12 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Czechia | 0.11 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Lebanon | 0.11 % | 2021 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 83 | Peru | 0.11 % | 2021 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 86 | Lesotho | 0.1 % | 2021 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 87 | Belgium | 0.07 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.07 % | 2021 | down 41.7% | flat |
| 89 | Uruguay | 0.06 % | 2021 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Somalia | 0.05 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 0.04 % | 2021 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 91 | Uzbekistan | 0.04 % | 2021 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 93 | Afghanistan | 0.02 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Iraq | 0.01 % | 2021 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 0.01 % | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 96 | Eritrea | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Sudan | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Yemen | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 15.33 %
- Europe 4.05 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 2.47 %
- Northern America and Europe 2.76 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.17 %
- World 1.76 %
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.86 %
- Oceania 1.31 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.78 %
- Northern America 1.22 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.4 %
- Republic of Moldova 0.4 %
- Western Asia 1.19 %
- United States of America 1.16 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.24 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 0.99 %
- Viet Nam 0.23 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 0.84 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.03 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.59 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.02 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.02 %
- South-Eastern Asia 0.51 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.23 %
- Eastern Asia 0.22 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 0.22 %
- Central Asia 0.2 %
- Northern Africa 0.2 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 0.09 %
- Southern Asia 0.04 %
About this data
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