15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Grassland — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Grassland — Value is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Georgia; the lowest is 0.01 % in Brunei Darussalam.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.14 %, and the mean is 25.18 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,000.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 264.3%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 35.7%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 100 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 92.43 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Guam | 90.47 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Botswana | 86.17 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 82.75 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 5 | Turkmenistan | 81.88 % | 2021 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 6 | Northern Mariana Islands | 81.48 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 25.33 % | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 78.87 % | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 8 | Uruguay | 76.28 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 14 % | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 9 | Lesotho | 73.98 % | 2021 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 10 | Armenia | 73.78 % | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 9.11 % | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 11 | Iraq | 70.94 % | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 12 | Somalia | 69.73 % | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 13 | Kenya | 68.98 % | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.71 % | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 61.21 % | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 16 | Eritrea | 59.94 % | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 17 | Palestine, State of | 59.55 % | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 18 | Madagascar | 59.16 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 19 | Tajikistan | 57.81 % | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 57.64 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 21 | Namibia | 56.06 % | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 22 | South Sudan | 53.59 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 23 | Mali | 51.24 % | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 51.17 % | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 25 | Mexico | 50.76 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 26 | Uganda | 48.73 % | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 48 % | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 28 | Congo | 47.25 % | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 29 | Tunisia | 45.68 % | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 30 | Lebanon | 44.95 % | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 31 | Eswatini | 44.64 % | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 32 | Australia | 42.8 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 33 | Australia and New Zealand | 42.75 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 34 | Yemen | 42.4 % | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 35 | Paraguay | 41.96 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Djibouti | 40.35 % | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 37 | Haiti | 40.05 % | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 36.05 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Pakistan | 33.74 % | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 40 | Barbados | 33.22 % | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 41 | Burundi | 33.12 % | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 42 | Morocco | 31.13 % | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 43 | Malawi | 30.62 % | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 44 | Nigeria | 30.24 % | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 45 | Benin | 30.17 % | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 46 | Sudan | 29.5 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 47 | South Africa | 28.17 % | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 48 | Rwanda | 27.77 % | 2021 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 49 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 27.68 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 50 | Albania | 26.4 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 51 | Croatia | 25.37 % | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 52 | Montserrat | 25.11 % | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 25.1 % | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 24.27 % | 2021 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 55 | India | 23.65 % | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 56 | Zambia | 23.39 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 57 | Mozambique | 23.35 % | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 58 | Jordan | 19.43 % | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 17.85 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 60 | Peru | 17.61 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 61 | Senegal | 17.53 % | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 62 | Nepal | 17.07 % | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 63 | Cameroon | 14.82 % | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 64 | Chad | 14.69 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 65 | Guinea | 14.32 % | 2021 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 66 | New Zealand | 14.26 % | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 67 | China, mainland | 14.14 % | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 68 | El Salvador | 14.11 % | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 69 | Colombia | 14.09 % | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 70 | Algeria | 13.81 % | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 71 | Oman | 13.7 % | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 13.61 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 73 | Guatemala | 12.4 % | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 74 | Mauritania | 12.3 % | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 75 | Honduras | 11.95 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 76 | Togo | 11 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 77 | Chile | 10.93 % | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 78 | Greece | 10.2 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 79 | Ghana | 10.17 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 80 | Panama | 10.16 % | 2021 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 81 | Ecuador | 10.05 % | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 9.72 % | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 83 | Spain | 9.45 % | 2021 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 84 | Philippines | 9.27 % | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 85 | Libya | 8.44 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 8.35 % | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 8.23 % | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 88 | Gabon | 6.76 % | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 89 | Thailand | 6.03 % | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 90 | Niger | 6.01 % | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 91 | Myanmar | 5.91 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 92 | Comoros | 5.81 % | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 93 | Guyana | 5.28 % | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 4.78 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Jamaica | 4.71 % | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 4.65 % | 2021 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 97 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4.52 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 98 | Republic of Korea | 4.17 % | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 99 | Puerto Rico | 3.77 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 100 | Bhutan | 3.73 % | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 101 | Cuba | 3.35 % | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 3.28 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 103 | Montenegro | 3.25 % | 2021 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Mongolia | 3.12 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 3.11 % | 2021 | up 130.4% | rising |
| 106 | France | 2.91 % | 2021 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 107 | Cyprus | 2.77 % | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.66 % | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 109 | Sri Lanka | 2.57 % | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 110 | Italy | 2.38 % | 2021 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Portugal | 2.1 % | 2021 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 112 | Indonesia | 1.95 % | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.9 % | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 114 | Japan | 1.62 % | 2021 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 115 | Cambodia | 1.44 % | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 116 | United Arab Emirates | 1.27 % | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 117 | Martinique | 1.2 % | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 118 | Mayotte | 0.97 % | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 119 | Malaysia | 0.68 % | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 0.63 % | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 121 | Liberia | 0.51 % | 2021 | up 264.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Belize | 0.49 % | 2021 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 122 | Guadeloupe | 0.49 % | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.48 % | 2021 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 0.43 % | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 126 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.21 % | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 127 | Grenada | 0.17 % | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 127 | Solomon Islands | 0.17 % | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 129 | Egypt | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 130 | Suriname | 0.09 % | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 130 | Western Sahara | 0.09 % | 2021 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 132 | French Guiana | 0.05 % | 2021 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Syrian Arab Republic 39.01 %
- Northern America 76.28 %
- United States of America 76.28 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 38.85 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 34.01 %
- Central Asia 71.93 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27.96 %
- Northern America and Europe 59.06 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 25.93 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.97 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 36.31 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24.16 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 28.35 %
- World 26.13 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.67 %
- Western Asia 25.66 %
- Southern Asia 25 %
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 6.14 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 24.51 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.9 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 22.93 %
- Northern Africa 20.38 %
- Oceania 14.89 %
- Eastern Asia 13.9 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 8.45 %
- Europe 8.21 %
- Côte d'Ivoire 7.2 %
- South-Eastern Asia 4.5 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 3.07 %
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