15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: MGCI — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: MGCI — Value is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Georgia; the lowest is 0.09 % in Western Sahara.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.12 %, and the mean is 82.29 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,111.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 130 fell. The largest increase was in Western Sahara (up 125.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 13.6%).
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 | Guam | 100 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Suriname | 99.99 % | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | French Guiana | 99.99 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.93 % | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Cabo Verde | 95.54 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Cook Islands | 99.92 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Samoa | 99.86 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Guyana | 99.78 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 96.67 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 9 | Senegal | 99.77 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 96.55 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 10 | Fiji | 99.72 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 94.89 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 11 | South Sudan | 99.7 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 99.65 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 13 | Christmas Island | 99.6 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Brazil | 99.42 % | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 14 | Cambodia | 99.42 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 16 | Solomon Islands | 99.31 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 17 | Belize | 99.23 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 17 | Gabon | 99.23 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Liberia | 99.21 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Sierra Leone | 99.13 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea | 99.08 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Madagascar | 99.02 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 98.97 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Australia | 98.85 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Equatorial Guinea | 98.85 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 24 | Australia and New Zealand | 98.85 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | Guinea | 98.84 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | American Samoa | 98.81 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 98.75 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.61 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Congo | 98.58 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 31 | Panama | 98.58 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Mozambique | 98.41 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Myanmar | 98.39 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 35 | Nigeria | 98.18 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | New Zealand | 98.1 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.05 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Zambia | 98.03 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Benin | 98.01 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 40 | Malaysia | 97.9 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 41 | New Caledonia | 97.87 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 42 | Paraguay | 97.81 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 43 | Philippines | 97.68 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 97.66 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 45 | Northern Mariana Islands | 97.65 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 97.56 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 46 | Guadeloupe | 97.56 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 48 | Cuba | 97.55 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | Indonesia | 97.36 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 50 | Thailand | 97.32 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 51 | Togo | 97.1 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 52 | Comoros | 96.73 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 53 | Saint Lucia | 96.71 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 54 | Grenada | 96.68 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 55 | Mexico | 96.52 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 96.46 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 57 | Cameroon | 96.4 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 58 | Ghana | 96.39 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 59 | Angola | 96.36 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 60 | Colombia | 96.35 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 61 | French Polynesia | 96.27 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 96.01 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 63 | Portugal | 95.81 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 64 | Haiti | 95.51 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 65 | Cyprus | 95.47 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 66 | India | 95.44 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 67 | Greece | 95.31 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 68 | Uruguay | 95.29 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 69 | Honduras | 95.25 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 95.21 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 71 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 95.17 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 72 | Martinique | 95.12 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 73 | Bhutan | 95.01 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 94.9 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 75 | Iraq | 94.68 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 76 | Botswana | 94.67 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 77 | Uganda | 94.34 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 78 | Russian Federation | 94 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 79 | Kenya | 93.85 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 80 | Spain | 93.7 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 81 | Italy | 93.27 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 82 | Eswatini | 93.21 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 83 | Ecuador | 92.84 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 84 | Mali | 92.36 % | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 92.31 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 86 | France | 91.54 % | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 87 | Guatemala | 91.42 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 88 | Lesotho | 91.41 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 89 | Mayotte | 91.07 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 90.74 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 91 | Albania | 90.73 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Malawi | 90.23 % | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 93 | Republic of Korea | 89.8 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 94 | Burundi | 89.6 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 95 | British Virgin Islands | 88.75 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Japan | 88.68 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 97 | Jamaica | 88.6 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 98 | Nepal | 88.42 % | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 99 | South Africa | 88.4 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 87.34 % | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 87.04 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 102 | El Salvador | 86.95 % | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 103 | Croatia | 86.53 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 104 | China, mainland | 85.44 % | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 105 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 84.75 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 83.48 % | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 107 | Montserrat | 82.66 % | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 108 | Puerto Rico | 82.45 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 109 | Armenia | 80.85 % | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritius | 80.48 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 111 | Peru | 80.43 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 112 | Rwanda | 80.32 % | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 77.44 % | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 76.6 % | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 115 | Montenegro | 76.59 % | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 116 | Tunisia | 73.23 % | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 117 | Lebanon | 72.68 % | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 118 | Barbados | 72 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 119 | Somalia | 70.82 % | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 69.6 % | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 121 | Palestine, State of | 67.16 % | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 122 | Eritrea | 63.02 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 123 | Namibia | 56.24 % | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 124 | Morocco | 44.39 % | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 125 | Yemen | 44.09 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 126 | Djibouti | 40.73 % | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 127 | Pakistan | 40.52 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 128 | United States Virgin Islands | 37.27 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 129 | Réunion | 35.53 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 130 | Sudan | 34.01 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 131 | Tonga | 33.69 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 30.79 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 133 | Jordan | 27.02 % | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 134 | Algeria | 24.13 % | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 135 | Chad | 19.33 % | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 136 | Oman | 14.26 % | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 137 | Chile | 13.16 % | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 138 | Mauritania | 12.3 % | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 139 | Saudi Arabia | 10.23 % | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 140 | Libya | 9.79 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 141 | Niger | 6.05 % | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 142 | Mongolia | 4.68 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 1.35 % | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 144 | Egypt | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 145 | Western Sahara | 0.09 % | 2021 | up 125.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 99.33 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 99.03 %
- Oceania 98.97 %
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 98.24 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 98.16 %
- Côte d'Ivoire 98 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 97.95 %
- South-Eastern Asia 97.65 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 97.93 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 97.34 %
- Europe 93.96 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 96.98 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 93.27 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 92.52 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 88.52 %
- Northern America and Europe 86.83 %
- Central Asia 86.31 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 83.93 %
- Eastern Asia 85.43 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 55.96 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 84.87 %
- Wallis and Futuna Islands 35.27 %
- Northern America 84.42 %
- United States of America 84.42 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29.17 %
- World 80.9 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 56.27 %
- Southern Asia 53.97 %
- Western Asia 36.39 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 32.5 %
- Northern Africa 28.88 %
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