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15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces — Value by country

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Countries reporting
132
Highest
62.42 %
United States Virgin Islands
Lowest
0.01 %
Suriname
Median
2.14 %
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,080

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces — Value is currently reported for 132 countries. The highest value is 62.42 % in United States Virgin Islands; the lowest is 0.01 % in Suriname.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.14 %, and the mean is 4.3 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,242.

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 35.7%).

15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States Virgin Islands 62.42 % 2021 up 1.2% rising
2 Barbados 28.17 % 2021 up 4.2% rising
3 Lebanon 26.87 % 2021 up 29.1% rising
4 Palestine 24.95 % 2021 up 31.3% rising
5 Armenia 17.39 % 2021 up 13.2% rising
6 Puerto Rico 17.28 % 2021 up 4.4% rising
7 Rwanda 14.36 % 2021 up 30.7% rising
8 El Salvador 12.04 % 2021 up 25.8% rising
9 Sri Lanka 11.91 % 2021 up 51.0% rising
10 Jamaica 11.39 % 2021 up 8.3% rising
11 British Virgin Islands 11.25 % 2021 unchanged rising
12 Nepal 11.21 % 2021 up 47.1% rising
13 Japan 10.68 % 2021 up 6.0% rising
14 Republic of Korea 9.8 % 2021 up 21.6% rising
15 Kyrgyzstan 8.94 % 2021 up 26.8% rising
16 Jordan 8.3 % 2021 up 34.3% rising
17 Mayotte 8.28 % 2021 up 15.8% rising
18 Guatemala 8.24 % 2021 up 31.8% rising
19 Tajikistan 7.99 % 2021 up 30.3% rising
20 Lesotho 7.97 % 2021 up 18.2% rising
21 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 7.77 % 2021 up 17.2% rising
22 Burundi 7.37 % 2021 up 28.0% rising
23 Costa Rica 7.18 % 2021 up 14.3% rising
24 China, mainland 6.96 % 2021 up 96.1% rising
25 Montserrat 6.79 % 2021 up 0.9% rising
26 Uzbekistan 6.63 % 2021 up 28.7% rising
27 Eswatini 6.62 % 2021 up 21.7% rising
28 Russian Federation 6 % 2021 up 14.5% rising
29 Azerbaijan 5.87 % 2021 up 27.9% rising
30 Malawi 5.4 % 2021 up 52.5% rising
31 China, Hong Kong SAR 4.82 % 2021 up 7.8% rising
32 Martinique 4.77 % 2021 up 14.7% rising
33 South Africa 4.73 % 2021 up 18.0% rising
34 Botswana 4.7 % 2021 up 14.6% rising
35 Uruguay 4.69 % 2021 up 18.7% rising
36 Bhutan 4.62 % 2021 up 60.4% rising
37 Honduras 4.54 % 2021 up 36.3% rising
38 Haiti 4.47 % 2021 up 29.9% rising
39 Dominican Republic 3.75 % 2021 up 21.0% rising
39 India 3.75 % 2021 up 41.5% rising
41 Uganda 3.72 % 2021 up 39.3% rising
42 Ghana 3.6 % 2021 up 19.6% rising
43 Burkina Faso 3.54 % 2021 up 82.5% rising
44 Tunisia 3.5 % 2021 up 33.1% rising
45 Cameroon 3.44 % 2021 up 13.2% rising
46 Colombia 3.34 % 2021 up 47.8% rising
47 Saint Lucia 3.28 % 2021 up 17.1% rising
48 Iraq 3.22 % 2021 up 157.6% rising
49 Comoros 3.2 % 2021 up 28.0% rising
49 Grenada 3.2 % 2021 up 10.0% rising
51 Ecuador 3.06 % 2021 up 52.2% rising
51 Kazakhstan 3.06 % 2021 up 18.6% rising
53 Portugal 3.02 % 2021 up 9.0% rising
54 United Arab Emirates 3 % 2021 up 81.8% rising
55 Togo 2.89 % 2021 up 33.8% rising
56 Cyprus 2.88 % 2021 up 1.4% rising
57 Mexico 2.78 % 2021 up 24.1% rising
58 Kenya 2.76 % 2021 up 32.7% rising
59 Albania 2.71 % 2021 up 1.1% flat
60 Italy 2.55 % 2021 up 2.0% rising
61 Thailand 2.5 % 2021 up 28.9% rising
62 Guadeloupe 2.4 % 2021 up 8.6% rising
63 Nicaragua 2.23 % 2021 up 42.9% rising
64 Cuba 2.22 % 2021 up 9.4% rising
65 France 2.17 % 2021 up 2.8% rising
66 Paraguay 2.15 % 2021 up 61.7% rising
67 Croatia 2.13 % 2021 up 9.8% rising
68 Indonesia 2.12 % 2021 up 51.4% rising
69 Philippines 2.05 % 2021 up 53.0% rising
70 Benin 1.99 % 2021 up 87.7% rising
71 Trinidad and Tobago 1.94 % 2021 up 19.8% rising
72 New Caledonia 1.88 % 2021 up 18.2% rising
73 Greece 1.84 % 2021 up 8.9% rising
74 New Zealand 1.81 % 2021 up 46.0% rising
75 Morocco 1.78 % 2021 up 47.1% rising
76 Oman 1.76 % 2021 up 76.0% rising
77 Zimbabwe 1.73 % 2021 up 27.2% rising
78 Spain 1.71 % 2021 up 4.3% rising
79 Nigeria 1.64 % 2021 up 39.0% rising
80 Pakistan 1.59 % 2021 up 45.9% rising
81 Malaysia 1.57 % 2021 up 25.6% rising
82 Algeria 1.49 % 2021 up 40.6% rising
83 Chile 1.48 % 2021 up 34.5% rising
84 Saudi Arabia 1.39 % 2021 up 65.5% rising
85 Myanmar 1.37 % 2021 up 77.9% rising
86 Panama 1.34 % 2021 up 38.1% rising
87 Ethiopia 1.29 % 2021 up 108.1% rising
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.23 % 2021 up 20.6% rising
89 Congo 1.22 % 2021 up 87.7% rising
90 Peru 1.14 % 2021 up 70.1% rising
91 Montenegro 1.08 % 2021 down 35.7% rising
92 Australia 1.02 % 2021 up 14.6% rising
92 Australia and New Zealand 1.02 % 2021 up 14.6% rising
94 Guinea 1 % 2021 up 40.8% rising
95 Afghanistan 0.99 % 2021 up 54.7% rising
96 Libya 0.94 % 2021 up 34.3% rising
97 Equatorial Guinea 0.9 % 2021 up 83.7% rising
98 Central African Republic 0.89 % 2021 up 12.7% rising
99 Zambia 0.88 % 2021 up 41.9% rising
100 Mozambique 0.83 % 2021 up 53.7% rising
100 Turkmenistan 0.83 % 2021 up 50.9% rising
102 Sierra Leone 0.81 % 2021 up 72.3% rising
103 Mali 0.78 % 2021 up 47.2% rising
104 Liberia 0.72 % 2021 up 50.0% rising
105 Madagascar 0.69 % 2021 up 60.5% rising
106 Angola 0.68 % 2021 up 51.1% rising
107 Papua New Guinea 0.63 % 2021 up 46.5% rising
108 Yemen 0.59 % 2021 up 59.5% rising
109 Solomon Islands 0.56 % 2021 up 250.0% volatile
110 Belize 0.51 % 2021 up 8.5% rising
111 Cambodia 0.5 % 2021 up 72.4% rising
112 Gabon 0.47 % 2021 up 30.6% rising
113 Brazil 0.43 % 2021 up 7.5% rising
114 Namibia 0.37 % 2021 up 12.1% rising
115 Vanuatu 0.35 % 2021 up 52.2% rising
116 Bangladesh 0.32 % 2021 up 88.2% rising
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.29 % 2021 down 25.6% falling
118 South Sudan 0.26 % 2021 up 52.9% rising
119 Eritrea 0.24 % 2021 up 60.0% rising
120 Djibouti 0.22 % 2021 up 37.5% rising
121 Senegal 0.2 % 2021 up 300.0% volatile
122 Somalia 0.19 % 2021 up 35.7% rising
123 Sudan 0.13 % 2021 up 85.7% rising
124 Egypt 0.11 % 2021 up 37.5% rising
125 Mongolia 0.1 % 2021 up 150.0% rising
126 Guyana 0.09 % 2021 up 125.0% rising
126 Chad 0.09 % 2021 up 50.0% rising
128 Mauritania 0.04 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
128 Western Sahara 0.04 % 2021 unchanged rising
128 Brunei Darussalam 0.04 % 2021 up 100.0% volatile
131 Niger 0.02 % 2021 up 100.0% rising
132 Suriname 0.01 % 2021 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces — Value
Unit
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Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
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Coverage
180 places, 1,080 data points, 2000–2021
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