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15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces β€” Value by country

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Countries reporting
169
Highest
62.42 %
United States Virgin Islands
Lowest
0 %
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
1.76 %
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,236

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces β€” Value is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 62.42 % in United States Virgin Islands; the lowest is 0 % in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

The median across all reporting countries is 1.76 %, and the mean is 3.48 %.

Over the past decade 148 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 33.3%).

15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Artificial: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States Virgin Islands 62.42 % 2021 up 1.2% rising
2 Barbados 28.17 % 2021 up 4.2% rising
3 Palestine 24.95 % 2021 up 31.3% rising
3 Montserrat 6.79 % 2021 up 0.9% rising
4 San Marino 17.83 % 2021 unchanged rising
5 Puerto Rico 17.28 % 2021 up 4.4% rising
6 Lebanon 17.21 % 2021 up 31.9% rising
7 Rwanda 13.83 % 2021 up 30.3% rising
8 Liechtenstein 13.37 % 2021 up 2.6% rising
9 El Salvador 12.02 % 2021 up 25.7% rising
10 Sri Lanka 11.91 % 2021 up 51.0% rising
11 Jamaica 11.39 % 2021 up 8.3% rising
12 British Virgin Islands 11.25 % 2021 unchanged rising
13 Japan 10.48 % 2021 up 5.3% rising
14 Andorra 10.4 % 2021 up 2.9% rising
15 Guatemala 9.09 % 2021 up 31.0% rising
16 Republic of Korea 8.72 % 2021 up 21.3% rising
17 Jordan 8.02 % 2021 up 35.0% rising
18 Burundi 7.32 % 2021 up 28.0% rising
19 Ukraine 7.12 % 2021 up 10.6% rising
20 Eswatini 6.6 % 2021 up 21.8% rising
21 Costa Rica 6.52 % 2021 up 14.6% rising
22 Nepal 6.29 % 2021 up 50.1% rising
23 Poland 6.27 % 2021 up 4.5% rising
24 Switzerland 5.72 % 2021 up 2.5% rising
25 Georgia 5.6 % 2021 up 11.3% rising
26 Uruguay 5.57 % 2021 up 19.0% rising
27 Belgium 5.44 % 2021 up 0.7% flat
28 Malawi 5.36 % 2021 up 52.7% rising
28 Cook Islands 0 % 2021 β€” flat
29 Armenia 5.14 % 2021 up 11.0% rising
30 Azerbaijan 5.03 % 2021 up 20.3% rising
31 China, Hong Kong SAR 4.82 % 2021 up 7.8% rising
32 Martinique 4.77 % 2021 up 14.7% rising
33 Botswana 4.7 % 2021 up 14.6% rising
34 Czechia 4.58 % 2021 up 2.5% rising
35 Honduras 4.53 % 2021 up 36.0% rising
36 Haiti 4.42 % 2021 up 30.4% rising
37 Austria 4.34 % 2021 up 5.3% rising
38 South Africa 3.85 % 2021 up 18.1% rising
39 Uzbekistan 3.78 % 2021 up 37.0% rising
40 Slovak Republic 3.74 % 2021 up 3.0% rising
41 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 3.66 % 2021 up 17.3% rising
42 Uganda 3.61 % 2021 up 39.4% rising
43 Ghana 3.6 % 2021 up 19.6% rising
44 India 3.55 % 2021 up 39.8% rising
45 Burkina Faso 3.54 % 2021 up 82.5% rising
46 Dominican Republic 3.5 % 2021 up 21.1% rising
47 Tunisia 3.48 % 2021 up 32.8% rising
48 Ecuador 3.47 % 2021 up 42.8% rising
49 Cameroon 3.44 % 2021 up 13.5% rising
50 Colombia 3.34 % 2021 up 44.0% rising
51 Saint Lucia 3.28 % 2021 up 17.1% rising
52 Grenada 3.2 % 2021 up 10.0% rising
53 Bulgaria 3.18 % 2021 up 1.3% flat
54 Romania 3.1 % 2021 up 3.7% falling
55 Comoros 3.05 % 2021 up 28.2% rising
56 Iraq 3.02 % 2021 up 158.1% rising
57 United Arab Emirates 3 % 2021 up 81.8% rising
58 Mexico 2.98 % 2021 up 23.7% rising
59 Cyprus 2.93 % 2021 up 3.2% rising
60 Togo 2.89 % 2021 up 33.8% rising
61 Hungary 2.88 % 2021 up 2.1% rising
62 Kenya 2.85 % 2021 up 33.2% rising
63 China, mainland 2.76 % 2021 up 91.7% rising
64 France 2.65 % 2021 up 4.7% rising
65 Thailand 2.5 % 2021 up 28.9% rising
66 Bhutan 2.46 % 2021 up 52.8% rising
67 Guadeloupe 2.4 % 2021 up 8.6% rising
68 Portugal 2.29 % 2021 up 10.6% rising
69 Nicaragua 2.23 % 2021 up 42.9% rising
70 Cuba 2.22 % 2021 up 9.4% rising
71 Paraguay 2.15 % 2021 up 61.7% rising
72 New Zealand 2.14 % 2021 up 22.3% rising
73 Philippines 2.05 % 2021 up 53.0% rising
74 Indonesia 2.04 % 2021 up 51.1% rising
75 Algeria 2.03 % 2021 up 40.0% rising
76 Luxembourg 2.02 % 2021 up 1.0% rising
77 Italy 2 % 2021 up 2.0% rising
78 Benin 1.99 % 2021 up 87.7% rising
79 Slovenia 1.96 % 2021 up 10.1% rising
80 Tajikistan 1.94 % 2021 up 35.7% rising
80 Trinidad and Tobago 1.94 % 2021 up 19.8% rising
82 New Caledonia 1.88 % 2021 up 18.2% rising
83 Lesotho 1.82 % 2021 up 28.2% rising
84 Australia and New Zealand 1.76 % 2021 up 18.9% rising
85 Oman 1.75 % 2021 up 75.0% rising
86 Zimbabwe 1.73 % 2021 up 26.3% rising
87 Kyrgyzstan 1.71 % 2021 up 26.7% rising
88 Serbia 1.66 % 2021 up 9.9% rising
89 Pakistan 1.65 % 2021 up 43.5% rising
90 Nigeria 1.64 % 2021 up 39.0% rising
91 Malaysia 1.57 % 2021 up 25.6% rising
92 North Macedonia 1.56 % 2021 up 9.9% rising
93 Australia 1.54 % 2021 up 15.8% rising
94 Morocco 1.52 % 2021 up 47.6% rising
95 Ethiopia 1.46 % 2021 up 111.6% rising
96 Greece 1.41 % 2021 up 11.9% rising
97 Saudi Arabia 1.39 % 2021 up 65.5% rising
98 Kazakhstan 1.37 % 2021 up 19.1% rising
99 Croatia 1.36 % 2021 up 6.2% rising
100 Myanmar 1.33 % 2021 up 77.3% rising
100 Panama 1.33 % 2021 up 38.5% rising
102 Peru 1.3 % 2021 up 66.7% rising
103 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.23 % 2021 up 20.6% rising
104 Congo 1.22 % 2021 up 87.7% rising
105 Spain 1.09 % 2021 up 4.8% rising
106 Montenegro 1.02 % 2021 up 14.6% rising
107 Guinea 1 % 2021 up 40.8% rising
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.97 % 2021 up 3.2% rising
108 Libya 0.97 % 2021 up 36.6% rising
110 Chile 0.95 % 2021 up 39.7% rising
111 Central African Republic 0.89 % 2021 up 12.7% rising
112 Equatorial Guinea 0.88 % 2021 up 79.6% rising
112 Zambia 0.88 % 2021 up 41.9% rising
114 Mozambique 0.83 % 2021 up 53.7% rising
115 Sierra Leone 0.81 % 2021 up 72.3% rising
116 Albania 0.8 % 2021 up 2.6% rising
117 Mali 0.78 % 2021 up 47.2% rising
118 Turkmenistan 0.77 % 2021 up 51.0% rising
119 Liberia 0.72 % 2021 up 50.0% rising
120 Madagascar 0.69 % 2021 up 60.5% rising
121 Angola 0.68 % 2021 up 51.1% rising
122 Yemen 0.62 % 2021 up 63.2% rising
123 Papua New Guinea 0.6 % 2021 up 46.3% rising
123 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6 % 2021 up 81.8% rising
125 Solomon Islands 0.56 % 2021 up 250.0% volatile
126 Afghanistan 0.53 % 2021 up 55.9% rising
127 Belize 0.51 % 2021 up 8.5% rising
128 Cambodia 0.5 % 2021 up 72.4% rising
129 Gabon 0.47 % 2021 up 30.6% rising
130 Brazil 0.43 % 2021 up 7.5% rising
131 Namibia 0.36 % 2021 up 12.5% rising
132 Vanuatu 0.35 % 2021 up 52.2% rising
133 Bangladesh 0.32 % 2021 up 88.2% rising
134 Russian Federation 0.29 % 2021 up 26.1% rising
135 South Sudan 0.26 % 2021 up 52.9% rising
136 Eritrea 0.24 % 2021 up 60.0% rising
137 Djibouti 0.22 % 2021 up 37.5% rising
138 Senegal 0.2 % 2021 up 300.0% volatile
139 Finland 0.19 % 2021 β€” volatile
139 Somalia 0.19 % 2021 up 35.7% rising
141 Mongolia 0.18 % 2021 up 63.6% rising
141 Sweden 0.18 % 2021 up 12.5% rising
143 Sudan 0.13 % 2021 up 85.7% rising
144 Egypt 0.11 % 2021 up 37.5% rising
145 Guyana 0.09 % 2021 up 125.0% rising
145 Chad 0.09 % 2021 up 50.0% rising
147 Ireland 0.07 % 2021 up 16.7% rising
148 Mauritania 0.04 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
148 Western Sahara 0.04 % 2021 unchanged rising
148 Brunei Darussalam 0.04 % 2021 up 100.0% volatile
151 Iceland 0.02 % 2021 down 33.3% falling
151 Niger 0.02 % 2021 up 100.0% rising
153 Suriname 0.01 % 2021 β€” volatile
154 American Samoa 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Fiji 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Faroe Islands 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Guam 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Isle of Man 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Northern Mariana Islands 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Mauritius 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 French Polynesia 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Tonga 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Samoa 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 French Guiana 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Christmas Island 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 RΓ©union 0 % 2021 β€” flat
154 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 % 2021 β€” flat

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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: Total; Land Cover: Artificial surfaces β€” Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
206 places, 1,236 data points, 2000–2021
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