15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 49.38 % in Ireland; the lowest is 0 % in Kenya.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1 %, and the mean is 2.35 %.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 33.3%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 100.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 49.38 % | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 14.14 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 7.63 % | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 2 | Réunion | 36.03 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 28.67 % | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 4 | New Zealand | 13.81 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.28 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Sweden | 6.9 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.11 % | 2021 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 6.57 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 6 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.06 % | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 7 | Finland | 4.15 % | 2021 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.03 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 8 | Iceland | 1.99 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 9 | Comoros | 1.93 % | 2021 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Tajikistan | 1.54 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 11 | Chile | 1.53 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.36 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | South Africa | 1.05 % | 2021 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 14 | Liechtenstein | 1.04 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Belgium | 0.81 % | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 0.77 % | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 17 | China, mainland | 0.66 % | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 0.54 % | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 0.46 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 20 | Lebanon | 0.43 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Peru | 0.38 % | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 22 | Czechia | 0.3 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | India | 0.25 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Mongolia | 0.21 % | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 25 | Indonesia | 0.19 % | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 26 | Slovenia | 0.17 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Portugal | 0.16 % | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 28 | Algeria | 0.15 % | 2021 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 29 | Australia | 0.14 % | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 29 | Switzerland | 0.14 % | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 31 | Austria | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 31 | Japan | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 31 | Madagascar | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 34 | Pakistan | 0.12 % | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 34 | Georgia | 0.12 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 36 | Iraq | 0.1 % | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 0.1 % | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 38 | Nepal | 0.09 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Mexico | 0.08 % | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 0.07 % | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 40 | Lesotho | 0.07 % | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 40 | Armenia | 0.07 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 43 | Yemen | 0.06 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.06 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Greece | 0.06 % | 2021 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 43 | France | 0.06 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 0.05 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 0.05 % | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 0.04 % | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 0.04 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Panama | 0.04 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Ukraine | 0.04 % | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 49 | Colombia | 0.04 % | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 54 | Bhutan | 0.03 % | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 54 | Albania | 0.03 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Myanmar | 0.03 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.02 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Republic of Korea | 0.02 % | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 57 | Poland | 0.02 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 57 | Andorra | 0.02 % | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 61 | Spain | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Ecuador | 0.01 % | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 61 | Slovakia | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Montenegro | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Serbia | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Italy | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Romania | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Morocco | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 69 | Ethiopia | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Tunisia | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Kenya | 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.
- Oceania 6.11 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.53 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.82 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.36 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.28 %
- Europe 1.17 %
- Northern America and Europe 0.96 %
- World 0.96 %
- United States of America 0.78 %
- Central Asia 0.76 %
- Northern America 0.7 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.59 %
- Eastern Asia 0.54 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 0.54 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 0.46 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 0.42 %
- Southern Asia 0.26 %
- Western Asia 0.16 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 0.14 %
- South-Eastern Asia 0.11 %
- Northern Africa 0.08 %
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