15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Terrestrial barren land — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land Cover: Terrestrial barren land — Value is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 99.84 % in Western Sahara; the lowest is 0 % in Solomon Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.09 %, and the mean is 21.61 %.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 150.0%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 100.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Sahara | 99.84 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Egypt | 99.4 % | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 94.71 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 94.01 % | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 88.66 % | 2021 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 6 | Libya | 87.62 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Mauritania | 85.73 % | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 81.76 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Chad | 79.57 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Chile | 78.73 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Oman | 78.17 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 12 | Algeria | 71.45 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 13 | Réunion | 63.26 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Sudan | 63.06 % | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 15 | Jordan | 59.16 % | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 53.19 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Cabo Verde | 2.73 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 17 | Morocco | 49.22 % | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 18 | Djibouti | 48.8 % | 2021 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 45.45 % | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Yemen | 42.56 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Namibia | 36.08 % | 2021 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 22 | Eritrea | 29.28 % | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 23 | Tunisia | 18.82 % | 2021 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 24 | Mauritius | 17.08 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 25 | Peru | 16.29 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Somalia | 15.7 % | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 9.85 % | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 7.31 % | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 6.84 % | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 30 | China, mainland | 6.58 % | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | South Africa | 6.51 % | 2021 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 32 | Palestine, State of | 6.22 % | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 33 | Mali | 5.31 % | 2021 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 34 | Ecuador | 3.83 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 2.43 % | 2021 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 36 | Angola | 1.97 % | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 37 | France | 1.68 % | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 1.09 % | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 0.96 % | 2021 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 40 | Iraq | 0.35 % | 2021 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.35 % | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 42 | Spain | 0.32 % | 2021 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 0.28 % | 2021 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 44 | Montenegro | 0.26 % | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 45 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0.23 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 0.22 % | 2021 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 47 | Albania | 0.2 % | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 48 | Greece | 0.16 % | 2021 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 48 | Mexico | 0.16 % | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 50 | Lebanon | 0.1 % | 2021 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 0.08 % | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 52 | Cyprus | 0.05 % | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 52 | Japan | 0.05 % | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.05 % | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 55 | Armenia | 0.03 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Montserrat | 0.03 % | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 0.02 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Guatemala | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Guyana | 0.01 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 58 | Lesotho | 0.01 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | El Salvador | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 0.01 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Martinique | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Botswana | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Colombia | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Gabon | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Croatia | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Mozambique | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Panama | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Solomon Islands | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Africa 67.08 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 60.69 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 59.72 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 29.43 %
- Western Asia 51.84 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 12.01 %
- Southern Asia 36.41 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.19 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 34.09 %
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.05 %
- World 14.11 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.01 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 10.64 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 7.8 %
- Eastern Asia 6.57 %
- Northern America 5.59 %
- United States of America 5.59 %
- Northern America and Europe 4.25 %
- Central Asia 3.87 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.72 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 2.76 %
- Europe 0.27 %
- Oceania 0.01 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 0.01 %
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