15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Grassland — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Grassland — Value is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 99.57 % in Falkland Islands (Malvinas); the lowest is 0 % in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.02 %, and the mean is 24.54 %.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 264.3%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 27.9%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Grassland: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 99.57 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Guam | 90.47 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Botswana | 86.17 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 85.41 % | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 5 | Northern Mariana Islands | 81.48 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 78.77 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Lesotho | 77.61 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 76.66 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 9 | Uruguay | 76.35 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 75.73 % | 2021 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 11 | Iraq | 72.9 % | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.86 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Somalia | 69.73 % | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 14 | Armenia | 68.93 % | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 15 | Mongolia | 67.53 % | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Kenya | 64.13 % | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Lebanon | 62.61 % | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | 59.98 % | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 19 | Eritrea | 59.95 % | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 20 | Palestine, State of | 59.55 % | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 59.08 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 22 | Angola | 57.64 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 23 | Namibia | 54.93 % | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 24 | South Sudan | 53.53 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 25 | Peru | 51.76 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 26 | Mali | 51.24 % | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 50.35 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 28 | Mexico | 48.43 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 48.32 % | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 48 % | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 47.5 % | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 32 | Congo | 47.25 % | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 33 | Tunisia | 46.46 % | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 34 | Andorra | 46.29 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Eswatini | 44.68 % | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 43.73 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 37 | Morocco | 43.63 % | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 38 | Yemen | 43.19 % | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 39 | Tajikistan | 42.1 % | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 40 | Paraguay | 41.96 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Djibouti | 40.35 % | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 42 | Haiti | 40.33 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 43 | Georgia | 38.07 % | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 44 | China, mainland | 36.35 % | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 36.05 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | Pakistan | 35.82 % | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 47 | New Zealand | 34.61 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 48 | Barbados | 33.22 % | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 49 | Burundi | 32.97 % | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 50 | South Africa | 32.9 % | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 51 | Australia and New Zealand | 32.71 % | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 52 | Isle of Man | 32.61 % | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Nepal | 31.86 % | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 54 | Australia | 31.61 % | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 55 | Malawi | 30.91 % | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 56 | Nigeria | 30.24 % | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 57 | Benin | 30.17 % | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 58 | Sudan | 29.51 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 59 | Rwanda | 26.37 % | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 60 | India | 25.12 % | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 61 | Montserrat | 25.11 % | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 62 | Algeria | 24.6 % | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 63 | Chile | 24.17 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 64 | Zambia | 23.39 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 65 | Mozambique | 23.37 % | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 66 | Ecuador | 23.11 % | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 67 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 19.92 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 68 | Jordan | 19.25 % | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 69 | Colombia | 18.1 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 70 | Nicaragua | 17.85 % | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 71 | Bhutan | 17.78 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 72 | Senegal | 17.53 % | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 73 | Albania | 16.01 % | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 74 | Ukraine | 15.33 % | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 75 | Cameroon | 14.87 % | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 76 | Chad | 14.41 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 77 | Guinea | 14.32 % | 2021 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 78 | El Salvador | 14.08 % | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 79 | Oman | 14.02 % | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 80 | Liechtenstein | 14.01 % | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 81 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 13.04 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 12.81 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 83 | Guatemala | 12.47 % | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 84 | Mauritania | 12.3 % | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 85 | Honduras | 11.92 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 86 | Switzerland | 11.68 % | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 87 | Togo | 11 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 10.77 % | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 89 | Montenegro | 10.61 % | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 90 | Greece | 10.54 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 91 | Croatia | 10.41 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Austria | 10.38 % | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 93 | Ghana | 10.17 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 94 | Panama | 9.97 % | 2021 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 9.73 % | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 96 | Philippines | 9.25 % | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 97 | Spain | 9.16 % | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 98 | France | 9.03 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 99 | Libya | 8.68 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 100 | Central African Republic | 8.35 % | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.05 % | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 7.72 % | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 6.96 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 104 | Gabon | 6.76 % | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 105 | Comoros | 6.73 % | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 106 | Romania | 6.44 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 107 | Myanmar | 6.28 % | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 108 | Thailand | 6.03 % | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 109 | Niger | 6.01 % | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 110 | Ireland | 5.69 % | 2021 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 111 | Serbia | 5.54 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 112 | Guyana | 5.29 % | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 113 | New Caledonia | 4.78 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Italy | 4.72 % | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 115 | Jamaica | 4.71 % | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 116 | Finland | 4.65 % | 2021 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 4.65 % | 2021 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 118 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4.52 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 3.78 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 120 | Puerto Rico | 3.77 % | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 121 | Cuba | 3.35 % | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 122 | Republic of Korea | 3.25 % | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 3.11 % | 2021 | up 130.4% | rising |
| 124 | Sweden | 2.76 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 2.57 % | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 126 | Cyprus | 2.49 % | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 127 | Indonesia | 2.33 % | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 128 | Japan | 1.97 % | 2021 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.9 % | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 130 | Portugal | 1.89 % | 2021 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Cambodia | 1.44 % | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 132 | Slovenia | 1.39 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 133 | Iceland | 1.29 % | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 1.27 % | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 135 | Martinique | 1.2 % | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 136 | Mayotte | 0.97 % | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 137 | Hungary | 0.96 % | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 138 | Slovakia | 0.92 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 139 | Czechia | 0.85 % | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 140 | Malaysia | 0.69 % | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 0.63 % | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 142 | Liberia | 0.51 % | 2021 | up 264.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Poland | 0.5 % | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 144 | Belize | 0.49 % | 2021 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 144 | Guadeloupe | 0.49 % | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.48 % | 2021 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 147 | Saint Lucia | 0.43 % | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 148 | Belgium | 0.25 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.21 % | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 150 | Grenada | 0.17 % | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 0.17 % | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 152 | Egypt | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 153 | Suriname | 0.09 % | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 153 | Western Sahara | 0.09 % | 2021 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 155 | French Guiana | 0.05 % | 2021 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | San Marino | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Cabo Verde 91.71 %
- Central Asia 66.9 %
- United States of America 51.47 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 49.86 %
- Northern America 45.36 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 43.42 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.95 %
- Northern America and Europe 39.06 %
- Eastern Asia 37.83 %
- Southern Asia 37.26 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 35.75 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 30.82 %
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