15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Terrestrial barren land — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Terrestrial barren land — Value is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Poland; the lowest is 0.12 % in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.7 %, and the mean is 31.43 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 833.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 175.3%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 86.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Terrestrial: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 100 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 76.9 % | 2021 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Spain | 59.21 % | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 4 | Slovakia | 58.9 % | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 50.9 % | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 50.14 % | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 7 | France | 49.18 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 45.03 % | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 9 | Italy | 44.74 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Sweden | 42.21 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Switzerland | 39.54 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 12 | Iceland | 39.07 % | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 13 | Peru | 36.31 % | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 14 | Austria | 36.15 % | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | China, mainland | 34.84 % | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 16 | Chile | 33.7 % | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 17 | India | 33.34 % | 2021 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.71 % | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 19 | Nepal | 26.32 % | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 20.42 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 19.28 % | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 12.82 % | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 23 | Bhutan | 11.05 % | 2021 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 24 | Ecuador | 10.81 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 25 | Georgia | 7.35 % | 2021 | up 118.8% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 2.23 % | 2021 | up 175.3% | rising |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 1.53 % | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.2 % | 2021 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 28 | New Zealand | 1.2 % | 2021 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 30 | Japan | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 31 | Mongolia | 0.12 % | 2021 | down 86.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America and the Caribbean 50.32 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 40.93 %
- Central Asia 45.43 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 32.51 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 43.34 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 4.87 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 43.09 %
- Southern Asia 40.91 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 34.82 %
- Eastern Asia 34.82 %
- World 29.42 %
- Europe 26.62 %
- Northern America and Europe 24.73 %
- Northern America 22.85 %
- United States of America 13.22 %
- Western Asia 8.95 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 8.95 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.87 %
- Oceania 1.2 %
About this data
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