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15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value by country

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Countries reporting
127
Highest
80.48 %
Mauritius
Lowest
0 %
Uruguay
Median
0.16 %
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: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 80.48 % in Mauritius; the lowest is 0 % in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.16 %, and the mean is 1.42 %.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritius 80.48 % 2021 down 0.5% flat
1 Cabo Verde 3.11 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
1 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.76 % 2021 down 1.4% flat
2 Réunion 35.53 % 2021 down 0.5% flat
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.79 % 2021 down 7.1% falling
3 New Zealand 4.58 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
4 New Caledonia 4.12 % 2021 down 1.7% flat
4 United Republic of Tanzania 0.68 % 2021 down 24.4% falling
5 Vanuatu 3.7 % 2021 down 1.1% flat
5 Timor-Leste 0.6 % 2021 up 93.5% rising
6 Montserrat 3.22 % 2021 down 23.2% falling
7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.77 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.21 % 2021 down 19.2% falling
8 Mayotte 2.59 % 2021 down 3.0% falling
8 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2 % 2021 down 9.1% falling
9 Rwanda 2.53 % 2021 down 13.7% falling
9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.19 % 2021 down 13.6% flat
10 Barbados 2.43 % 2021 unchanged falling
10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.09 % 2021 down 10.0% falling
11 Equatorial Guinea 1.73 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
11 Viet Nam 0.07 % 2021 down 69.6% volatile
12 Mongolia 1.56 % 2021 down 1.3% flat
12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.06 % 2021 down 62.5% volatile
13 Guyana 1.45 % 2021 down 1.4% flat
14 Guadeloupe 1.26 % 2021 unchanged flat
15 Burundi 1.16 % 2021 down 14.1% falling
16 Uganda 1.11 % 2021 down 8.3% falling
17 Tajikistan 1.1 % 2021 up 0.9% falling
18 Congo 1.04 % 2021 down 4.6% falling
19 Gabon 1.02 % 2021 down 2.9% flat
19 Côte d'Ivoire 0.04 % 2021 down 20.0% falling
20 Solomon Islands 0.94 % 2021 down 4.1% falling
21 Kyrgyzstan 0.81 % 2021 up 32.8% flat
22 Madagascar 0.73 % 2021 down 9.9% falling
22 South Africa 0.73 % 2021 down 7.6% falling
24 Armenia 0.72 % 2021 down 39.5% falling
25 Nigeria 0.63 % 2021 down 6.0% falling
25 Trinidad and Tobago 0.63 % 2021 down 1.6% flat
27 United States Virgin Islands 0.62 % 2021 unchanged flat
28 Portugal 0.57 % 2021 up 14.0% rising
29 Martinique 0.51 % 2021 down 1.9% flat
30 Indonesia 0.5 % 2021 down 7.4% falling
31 China, mainland 0.49 % 2021 down 22.2% falling
32 Kenya 0.47 % 2021 down 11.3% falling
33 Azerbaijan 0.44 % 2021 down 8.3% falling
33 Kazakhstan 0.44 % 2021 down 4.3% falling
33 Saint Lucia 0.44 % 2021 down 2.2% flat
36 Papua New Guinea 0.43 % 2021 down 8.5% falling
37 Lesotho 0.4 % 2021 down 29.8% falling
38 Djibouti 0.38 % 2021 unchanged flat
38 South Sudan 0.38 % 2021 down 2.6% flat
40 Ecuador 0.36 % 2021 down 16.3% falling
40 Zambia 0.36 % 2021 up 5.9% flat
42 Malawi 0.35 % 2021 up 12.9% flat
43 Panama 0.33 % 2021 unchanged flat
44 Saudi Arabia 0.3 % 2021 down 3.2% falling
45 Malaysia 0.28 % 2021 down 40.4% falling
46 Grenada 0.27 % 2021 down 6.9% falling
47 Peru 0.26 % 2021 down 13.3% falling
48 Colombia 0.24 % 2021 down 22.6% falling
49 Angola 0.22 % 2021 down 15.4% falling
49 Ethiopia 0.22 % 2021 down 18.5% falling
51 Cameroon 0.2 % 2021 down 16.7% falling
51 Comoros 0.2 % 2021 up 5.3% flat
51 Costa Rica 0.2 % 2021 down 16.7% falling
54 Central African Republic 0.19 % 2021 down 17.4% falling
55 Afghanistan 0.18 % 2021 down 10.0% falling
56 Bhutan 0.16 % 2021 down 20.0% falling
56 Montenegro 0.16 % 2021 unchanged flat
58 Uzbekistan 0.15 % 2021 unchanged falling
59 Botswana 0.14 % 2021 down 65.9% falling
59 Zimbabwe 0.14 % 2021 up 27.3% rising
61 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.13 % 2021 unchanged flat
62 Liberia 0.12 % 2021 down 7.7% flat
63 Australia 0.09 % 2021 unchanged falling
63 Guinea 0.09 % 2021 down 18.2% falling
63 Guatemala 0.09 % 2021 down 10.0% falling
63 Australia and New Zealand 0.09 % 2021 down 10.0% falling
67 Mexico 0.08 % 2021 up 14.3% falling
67 Oman 0.08 % 2021 unchanged flat
67 Philippines 0.08 % 2021 down 27.3% falling
67 Eswatini 0.08 % 2021 up 33.3% falling
71 Myanmar 0.07 % 2021 down 36.4% falling
71 Mozambique 0.07 % 2021 down 22.2% falling
73 Albania 0.06 % 2021 up 50.0% volatile
73 Burkina Faso 0.06 % 2021 down 14.3% flat
73 India 0.06 % 2021 down 50.0% falling
73 Japan 0.06 % 2021 down 14.3% falling
73 Mali 0.06 % 2021 unchanged rising
73 Brunei Darussalam 0.06 % 2021 unchanged flat
79 Chile 0.05 % 2021 unchanged rising
79 Honduras 0.05 % 2021 down 28.6% falling
79 Iraq 0.05 % 2021 down 64.3% falling
79 Cambodia 0.05 % 2021 down 44.4% falling
79 Nicaragua 0.05 % 2021 down 28.6% falling
79 Nepal 0.05 % 2021 down 50.0% falling
85 Dominican Republic 0.04 % 2021 down 20.0% falling
85 Jamaica 0.04 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
85 Morocco 0.04 % 2021 up 100.0% falling
85 Namibia 0.04 % 2021 up 100.0% falling
85 Pakistan 0.04 % 2021 down 42.9% falling
85 Thailand 0.04 % 2021 down 33.3% falling
85 Tunisia 0.04 % 2021 unchanged falling
92 Brazil 0.03 % 2021 unchanged flat
92 Cuba 0.03 % 2021 down 25.0% falling
92 Eritrea 0.03 % 2021 unchanged falling
92 Haiti 0.03 % 2021 down 25.0% falling
92 Sri Lanka 0.03 % 2021 down 50.0% volatile
92 Sierra Leone 0.03 % 2021 down 40.0% falling
92 Chad 0.03 % 2021 unchanged falling
92 Republic of Korea 0.03 % 2021 down 40.0% falling
100 United Arab Emirates 0.02 % 2021 unchanged flat
100 Paraguay 0.02 % 2021 down 33.3% falling
100 Sudan 0.02 % 2021 down 50.0% falling
100 El Salvador 0.02 % 2021 down 33.3% falling
100 Turkmenistan 0.02 % 2021 unchanged volatile
105 Benin 0.01 % 2021 unchanged flat
105 Belize 0.01 % 2021 unchanged volatile
105 Algeria 0.01 % 2021 unchanged volatile
105 Spain 0.01 % 2021 unchanged rising
105 Lebanon 0.01 % 2021 unchanged volatile
105 Puerto Rico 0.01 % 2021 down 66.7% falling
105 Yemen 0.01 % 2021 down 50.0% falling
105 French Guiana 0.01 % 2021 unchanged falling
113 Jordan 0 % 2021 — volatile
113 Palestine, State of 0 % 2021 down 100.0% volatile
113 Uruguay 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.

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Indicator
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
180 places, 1,080 data points, 2000–2021
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