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15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Inland water bodies — Value by country

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Countries reporting
170
Highest
66.31 %
Tonga
Lowest
0 %
Palestine, State of
Median
0.27 %
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,236

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Inland water bodies — Value is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 66.31 % in Tonga; the lowest is 0 % in Palestine, State of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.27 %, and the mean is 1.39 %.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Martinique (up 900.0%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 66.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tonga 66.31 % 2021 unchanged flat
1 Wallis and Futuna Islands 62.18 % 2021 unchanged flat
2 Montserrat 10.52 % 2021 up 331.1% volatile
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.44 % 2021 up 2.5% flat
3 Sweden 6.57 % 2021 down 2.4% falling
3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.01 % 2021 down 6.1% falling
4 Rwanda 4.97 % 2021 up 6.7% rising
4 United Republic of Tanzania 1.52 % 2021 up 16.9% rising
5 Malawi 4.34 % 2021 down 1.4% flat
5 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.67 % 2021 unchanged flat
6 Burundi 3 % 2021 up 4.9% rising
7 Switzerland 2.52 % 2021 up 1.2% flat
7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.59 % 2021 unchanged rising
8 French Polynesia 2.51 % 2021 unchanged flat
8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.58 % 2021 up 70.6% rising
9 Mauritius 2.44 % 2021 up 22.6% rising
9 Viet Nam 0.55 % 2021 up 103.7% rising
10 Northern Mariana Islands 2.32 % 2021 unchanged flat
10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.49 % 2021 up 14.0% rising
11 Finland 2.27 % 2021 down 5.8% falling
12 North Macedonia 2.08 % 2021 up 1.5% rising
12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.18 % 2021 up 28.6% flat
12 Syrian Arab Republic 0.18 % 2021 unchanged rising
13 Luxembourg 2 % 2021 unchanged flat
13 Cabo Verde 0.55 % 2021 up 7.8% rising
14 Uganda 1.89 % 2021 up 5.0% rising
14 Timor-Leste 0.16 % 2021 down 66.7% volatile
15 New Zealand 1.81 % 2021 up 14.6% rising
16 Faroe Islands 1.69 % 2021 down 4.0% falling
17 Réunion 1.59 % 2021 up 160.7% rising
18 China, mainland 1.45 % 2021 up 16.0% rising
19 Tajikistan 1.34 % 2021 up 20.7% rising
20 Albania 1.27 % 2021 up 0.8% rising
20 Liechtenstein 1.27 % 2021 down 0.8% flat
21 Côte d'Ivoire 0.03 % 2021 up 50.0% rising
22 Peru 1.26 % 2021 up 8.6% rising
23 Chile 1.25 % 2021 up 11.6% flat
24 American Samoa 1.19 % 2021 unchanged flat
25 Zambia 1.09 % 2021 down 3.5% flat
26 El Salvador 1 % 2021 up 2.0% flat
27 Australia and New Zealand 0.95 % 2021 up 10.5% rising
28 Kenya 0.93 % 2021 up 9.4% rising
29 Armenia 0.82 % 2021 unchanged rising
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8 % 2021 up 1.3% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 0.77 % 2021 up 5.5% rising
32 Mozambique 0.76 % 2021 up 7.0% rising
33 India 0.75 % 2021 up 23.0% rising
33 Sri Lanka 0.75 % 2021 up 11.9% rising
35 Kazakhstan 0.71 % 2021 up 4.4% rising
35 Russian Federation 0.71 % 2021 up 16.4% rising
37 Greece 0.69 % 2021 up 7.8% rising
38 Vanuatu 0.68 % 2021 up 15.3% rising
39 Botswana 0.63 % 2021 up 75.0% rising
39 Portugal 0.63 % 2021 up 34.0% rising
39 Mayotte 0.63 % 2021 up 14.5% rising
42 Austria 0.6 % 2021 unchanged flat
42 Iceland 0.6 % 2021 up 5.3% rising
42 Zimbabwe 0.6 % 2021 down 4.8% falling
45 Iraq 0.59 % 2021 up 51.3% rising
46 Poland 0.57 % 2021 up 9.6% rising
47 Malaysia 0.53 % 2021 up 178.9% rising
48 Spain 0.5 % 2021 up 4.2% rising
48 Indonesia 0.5 % 2021 up 8.7% rising
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.47 % 2021 up 2.2% flat
51 Costa Rica 0.46 % 2021 up 4.5% rising
52 Australia 0.45 % 2021 up 2.3% flat
53 Japan 0.43 % 2021 up 4.9% flat
54 France 0.42 % 2021 unchanged flat
54 Nepal 0.42 % 2021 up 68.0% rising
56 Bhutan 0.4 % 2021 up 37.9% rising
57 Bulgaria 0.39 % 2021 unchanged rising
57 Georgia 0.39 % 2021 up 8.3% rising
59 Ireland 0.36 % 2021 unchanged falling
59 Montenegro 0.36 % 2021 unchanged flat
61 Romania 0.34 % 2021 unchanged rising
61 South Africa 0.34 % 2021 up 47.8% rising
63 Angola 0.32 % 2021 up 77.8% rising
63 Colombia 0.32 % 2021 up 45.5% rising
65 Gabon 0.3 % 2021 up 7.1% rising
65 Mongolia 0.3 % 2021 up 11.1% rising
65 Pakistan 0.3 % 2021 up 76.5% rising
68 Ethiopia 0.29 % 2021 up 52.6% rising
68 Guatemala 0.29 % 2021 up 3.6% rising
68 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.29 % 2021 up 81.2% rising
71 Andorra 0.28 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
71 Madagascar 0.28 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
73 Belize 0.27 % 2021 up 17.4% rising
73 Ecuador 0.27 % 2021 up 58.8% rising
73 Croatia 0.27 % 2021 up 3.8% rising
73 Puerto Rico 0.27 % 2021 up 28.6% rising
77 Belgium 0.26 % 2021 unchanged flat
77 Italy 0.26 % 2021 unchanged flat
77 New Caledonia 0.26 % 2021 up 44.4% rising
77 Philippines 0.26 % 2021 up 18.2% rising
77 Papua New Guinea 0.26 % 2021 up 36.8% rising
77 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.26 % 2021 unchanged flat
83 Equatorial Guinea 0.25 % 2021 down 13.8% flat
83 Slovakia 0.25 % 2021 unchanged flat
85 Cuba 0.24 % 2021 up 26.3% flat
85 Republic of Korea 0.24 % 2021 up 14.3% rising
87 Czechia 0.23 % 2021 up 4.5% rising
87 Myanmar 0.23 % 2021 up 27.8% rising
87 Serbia 0.23 % 2021 up 4.5% rising
90 Dominican Republic 0.22 % 2021 up 10.0% rising
90 Lesotho 0.22 % 2021 down 8.3% rising
92 Slovenia 0.21 % 2021 up 5.0% rising
93 Afghanistan 0.2 % 2021 up 53.8% rising
93 Congo 0.2 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
93 Honduras 0.2 % 2021 up 11.1% rising
96 Azerbaijan 0.19 % 2021 unchanged rising
96 Mexico 0.19 % 2021 unchanged rising
96 Nicaragua 0.19 % 2021 up 18.8% rising
99 Nigeria 0.18 % 2021 up 38.5% rising
99 Eswatini 0.18 % 2021 down 14.3% rising
99 Thailand 0.18 % 2021 down 5.3% flat
99 Uzbekistan 0.18 % 2021 up 5.9% rising
103 Guinea 0.17 % 2021 up 21.4% rising
104 Cameroon 0.16 % 2021 up 45.5% rising
104 Isle of Man 0.16 % 2021 unchanged rising
106 Cyprus 0.15 % 2021 up 36.4% rising
106 Fiji 0.15 % 2021 unchanged flat
108 Brazil 0.14 % 2021 unchanged flat
108 Central African Republic 0.14 % 2021 up 40.0% rising
108 Chad 0.14 % 2021 down 36.4% rising
108 Turkmenistan 0.14 % 2021 unchanged rising
112 Lebanon 0.13 % 2021 up 8.3% rising
112 Solomon Islands 0.13 % 2021 up 44.4% rising
114 Grenada 0.12 % 2021 up 20.0% rising
114 Guyana 0.12 % 2021 up 71.4% rising
114 Namibia 0.12 % 2021 up 50.0% rising
114 Samoa 0.12 % 2021 unchanged flat
118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1 % 2021 up 42.9% rising
118 Martinique 0.1 % 2021 up 900.0% volatile
120 Ukraine 0.09 % 2021 up 12.5% rising
121 United Arab Emirates 0.08 % 2021 — volatile
121 Comoros 0.08 % 2021 up 100.0% rising
121 Cambodia 0.08 % 2021 up 300.0% volatile
121 Morocco 0.08 % 2021 down 11.1% rising
121 Panama 0.08 % 2021 up 14.3% rising
121 Saudi Arabia 0.08 % 2021 down 33.3% rising
121 Tunisia 0.08 % 2021 unchanged rising
128 Algeria 0.07 % 2021 unchanged rising
128 Liberia 0.07 % 2021 up 75.0% rising
130 Djibouti 0.05 % 2021 up 150.0% rising
130 Jordan 0.05 % 2021 unchanged volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.05 % 2021 up 25.0% rising
133 Egypt 0.04 % 2021 unchanged rising
133 Libya 0.04 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
133 Mauritania 0.04 % 2021 — volatile
133 Paraguay 0.04 % 2021 up 100.0% rising
133 South Sudan 0.04 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
133 Guadeloupe 0.04 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
139 Bangladesh 0.03 % 2021 unchanged flat
139 Oman 0.03 % 2021 up 50.0% rising
139 Sudan 0.03 % 2021 up 200.0% rising
139 Senegal 0.03 % 2021 up 50.0% rising
139 Brunei Darussalam 0.03 % 2021 up 50.0% rising
144 Eritrea 0.02 % 2021 up 100.0% rising
144 Haiti 0.02 % 2021 up 100.0% rising
144 Hungary 0.02 % 2021 unchanged flat
144 Mali 0.02 % 2021 up 100.0% volatile
148 Jamaica 0.01 % 2021 unchanged volatile
148 Togo 0.01 % 2021 unchanged flat
148 Trinidad and Tobago 0.01 % 2021 — volatile
148 Uruguay 0.01 % 2021 — volatile
148 Yemen 0.01 % 2021 unchanged rising
148 French Guiana 0.01 % 2021 unchanged flat
148 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.01 % 2021 unchanged volatile
155 Burkina Faso 0 % 2021 — volatile
155 Palestine, State of 0 % 2021 — volatile

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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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15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Inland water bodies — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
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Coverage
206 places, 1,236 data points, 2000–2021
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