15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Value is currently reported for 57 countries. The highest value is 30.11 % in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 0.01 % in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.9 %, and the mean is 4.48 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,011.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 109.6%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 31.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.11 % | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 2 | Montenegro | 21.62 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 14.76 % | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 4 | Somalia | 13.29 % | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 5 | Yemen | 12.74 % | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 12.22 % | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Croatia | 11.1 % | 2021 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 8 | Djibouti | 10.19 % | 2021 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 9.03 % | 2021 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 10 | Eritrea | 7.44 % | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 11 | Namibia | 7.19 % | 2021 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 12 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 7.15 % | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 6.54 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 14 | Chile | 6.41 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Albania | 6.13 % | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 16 | Tajikistan | 5.87 % | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 17 | Oman | 5.78 % | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 5.65 % | 2021 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 19 | Jordan | 5.47 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 20 | Niger | 5.27 % | 2021 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 21 | Morocco | 4.5 % | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 22 | Tunisia | 4.37 % | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 23 | France | 4.14 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Italy | 3.64 % | 2021 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Spain | 3.42 % | 2021 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 26 | Algeria | 2.88 % | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 27 | Sudan | 2.77 % | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 28 | Greece | 2.26 % | 2021 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 29 | Peru | 1.9 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 30 | Mauritania | 1.88 % | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 31 | Palestine, State of | 1.66 % | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 32 | Libya | 1.61 % | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.58 % | 2021 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 34 | Mali | 1.53 % | 2021 | up 109.6% | rising |
| 35 | Kenya | 1.43 % | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 1.42 % | 2021 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 1.29 % | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 38 | French Polynesia | 1.22 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Iraq | 1.09 % | 2021 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 1.06 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 41 | Mongolia | 0.88 % | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 0.87 % | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 42 | Chad | 0.87 % | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 0.71 % | 2021 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 45 | Angola | 0.67 % | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 46 | Mexico | 0.34 % | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 47 | Egypt | 0.31 % | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.31 % | 2021 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 49 | China, mainland | 0.26 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Lebanon | 0.14 % | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 51 | Fiji | 0.13 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Armenia | 0.03 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Western Sahara | 0.03 % | 2021 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 54 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Australia | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Samoa | 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.
- Western Asia 9.3 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 8.6 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.48 %
- Southern Asia 6.59 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 6.39 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.03 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 5.98 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.14 %
- United States of America 5.26 %
- Northern America 5.26 %
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.01 %
- Northern America and Europe 4.73 %
- Central Asia 3.75 %
- Europe 3.16 %
- Northern Africa 2.87 %
- World 2 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.6 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.19 %
- Cabo Verde 1.12 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.55 %
- Eastern Asia 0.26 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 0.11 %
- Oceania 0.01 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 0.01 %
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