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15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: MGCI — Value by country

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Countries reporting
170
Highest
100 %
Guam
Lowest
0.09 %
Western Sahara
Median
94.78 %
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,236

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: MGCI — Value is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Guam; the lowest is 0.09 % in Western Sahara.

The median across all reporting countries is 94.78 %, and the mean is 83.75 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,111.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 148 fell. The largest increase was in Western Sahara (up 125.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 13.6%).

15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: MGCI — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guam 100 % 2021 unchanged flat
2 Suriname 99.99 % 2021 down 0.0% flat
2 French Guiana 99.99 % 2021 unchanged flat
4 Brunei Darussalam 99.93 % 2021 down 0.0% flat
5 Cook Islands 99.92 % 2021 unchanged flat
6 Samoa 99.86 % 2021 unchanged flat
7 Isle of Man 99.84 % 2021 unchanged flat
8 Guyana 99.78 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
9 Senegal 99.77 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
10 Fiji 99.72 % 2021 unchanged flat
11 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 99.71 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
12 South Sudan 99.7 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
13 Bangladesh 99.65 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
14 Christmas Island 99.6 % 2021 unchanged flat
15 Brazil 99.43 % 2021 down 0.0% flat
16 Cambodia 99.42 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
17 Solomon Islands 99.31 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
18 Belize 99.23 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
18 Gabon 99.23 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
20 Liberia 99.21 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
21 Papua New Guinea 99.14 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
22 Sierra Leone 99.13 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
23 Madagascar 99.02 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
24 Central African Republic 98.97 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
25 Equatorial Guinea 98.86 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
26 Guinea 98.84 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
27 American Samoa 98.81 % 2021 unchanged flat
28 Vanuatu 98.75 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 98.61 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
30 Panama 98.59 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
31 Congo 98.58 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
32 Mozambique 98.41 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
33 Myanmar 98.37 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
34 Nigeria 98.18 % 2021 down 0.5% flat
35 Trinidad and Tobago 98.05 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
36 Zambia 98.03 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
37 Benin 98.01 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
38 Australia 98 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
39 Lesotho 97.96 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
40 Malaysia 97.9 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
41 Russian Federation 97.88 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
42 New Caledonia 97.87 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
43 Paraguay 97.81 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
44 Philippines 97.69 % 2021 down 0.8% flat
45 Northern Mariana Islands 97.65 % 2021 unchanged flat
45 Zimbabwe 97.65 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
47 Nicaragua 97.56 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
47 Guadeloupe 97.56 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
49 Cuba 97.55 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
50 Indonesia 97.45 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
51 Thailand 97.32 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
52 Serbia 97.18 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
53 Hungary 97.1 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
53 Togo 97.1 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
55 Comoros 96.87 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
56 Australia and New Zealand 96.77 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
57 Saint Lucia 96.71 % 2021 down 0.5% flat
58 Grenada 96.68 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
59 Croatia 96.47 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
60 Burkina Faso 96.46 % 2021 down 1.6% flat
61 Cameroon 96.4 % 2021 down 0.5% flat
62 Ghana 96.39 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
62 Mexico 96.39 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
64 Angola 96.36 % 2021 down 1.0% flat
65 Romania 96.33 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
66 Colombia 96.32 % 2021 down 1.1% flat
67 Dominican Republic 96.28 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
68 French Polynesia 96.27 % 2021 unchanged flat
69 Kazakhstan 96.12 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.05 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
71 Luxembourg 95.99 % 2021 unchanged flat
72 Slovenia 95.86 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
73 North Macedonia 95.8 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
74 Slovak Republic 95.59 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
75 Cyprus 95.57 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
76 Haiti 95.56 % 2021 down 1.1% flat
77 Bulgaria 95.38 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
78 Honduras 95.26 % 2021 down 1.3% flat
79 Spain 95.21 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
80 Czechia 95.17 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
80 China, Hong Kong SAR 95.17 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
82 Martinique 95.12 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
83 Ethiopia 95.1 % 2021 down 1.1% flat
84 Iraq 95.05 % 2021 down 1.1% flat
85 Portugal 94.89 % 2021 up 0.0% flat
86 Botswana 94.67 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
87 New Zealand 94.65 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
88 Azerbaijan 94.51 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
89 Uganda 94.5 % 2021 down 1.2% flat
90 Uruguay 94.42 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
91 Belgium 94.3 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
92 Kenya 94.04 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
93 Armenia 94 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
94 Greece 93.99 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
95 Ecuador 93.84 % 2021 down 1.2% flat
96 Bhutan 93.68 % 2021 down 1.0% flat
97 Eswatini 93.22 % 2021 down 1.2% flat
98 Costa Rica 93.01 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
99 Georgia 92.96 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
99 Poland 92.96 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
101 Ukraine 92.8 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
102 Mali 92.36 % 2021 down 2.8% flat
103 Mayotte 91.07 % 2021 down 1.3% flat
104 Republic of Korea 91.04 % 2021 down 1.7% flat
105 India 90.9 % 2021 down 1.2% flat
106 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 90.77 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
107 Guatemala 90.61 % 2021 down 2.3% flat
108 Ireland 90.56 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
109 Malawi 90.3 % 2021 down 1.9% flat
110 Faroe Islands 90.24 % 2021 up 0.1% flat
111 Uzbekistan 90.04 % 2021 down 1.8% flat
112 Burundi 89.69 % 2021 down 1.9% flat
113 South Africa 89.56 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
114 France 89.52 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
115 Albania 89.17 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
116 Andorra 89.16 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
117 Japan 89.08 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
118 British Virgin Islands 88.75 % 2021 unchanged flat
119 Jamaica 88.6 % 2021 down 1.0% flat
120 Montenegro 88.2 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
121 Italy 87.9 % 2021 down 1.6% falling
122 Sri Lanka 87.34 % 2021 down 4.5% falling
123 El Salvador 86.97 % 2021 down 2.8% flat
124 Turkmenistan 86.85 % 2021 down 2.3% flat
125 Peru 86.1 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
126 Austria 85.09 % 2021 down 0.3% flat
127 Nepal 83.13 % 2021 down 2.6% flat
128 Montserrat 82.66 % 2021 down 9.0% falling
129 Puerto Rico 82.45 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
130 San Marino 82.17 % 2021 unchanged falling
131 Rwanda 81.21 % 2021 down 4.2% falling
132 Lebanon 81.06 % 2021 down 5.0% falling
133 Mauritius 80.48 % 2021 down 0.5% flat
134 Mongolia 80.34 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
135 Kyrgyzstan 80.31 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
136 Liechtenstein 79.39 % 2021 down 1.2% flat
137 Sweden 78.11 % 2021 up 0.5% flat
138 Tunisia 74.6 % 2021 down 2.9% flat
139 Finland 73.85 % 2021 up 1.4% rising
140 Barbados 72 % 2021 down 1.1% falling
141 Switzerland 71.74 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
142 Somalia 70.86 % 2021 down 3.1% flat
143 China, mainland 70.73 % 2021 down 2.0% flat
144 Palestine, State of 67.16 % 2021 down 7.5% falling
145 Eritrea 63.03 % 2021 down 2.1% flat
146 Morocco 56.28 % 2021 down 1.8% flat
147 Afghanistan 55.41 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
148 Namibia 55.09 % 2021 down 2.8% flat
149 Tajikistan 49.89 % 2021 down 1.3% flat
150 Chile 46.71 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
151 Yemen 44.91 % 2021 down 1.8% flat
152 Pakistan 43.7 % 2021 down 1.5% flat
153 Djibouti 40.73 % 2021 down 11.0% falling
154 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 39.92 % 2021 down 1.2% flat
155 Algeria 39.33 % 2021 down 3.1% flat
156 United States Virgin Islands 37.27 % 2021 down 1.9% falling
157 Réunion 35.65 % 2021 down 0.8% flat
158 Iceland 34.91 % 2021 down 0.1% flat
159 Sudan 34.02 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
160 Tonga 33.69 % 2021 unchanged flat
161 Jordan 26.51 % 2021 down 8.2% falling
162 Chad 18.95 % 2021 up 0.9% flat
163 Oman 14.58 % 2021 down 3.6% flat
164 Mauritania 12.3 % 2021 down 12.2% falling
165 Saudi Arabia 10.24 % 2021 down 6.0% falling
166 Libya 10.13 % 2021 up 0.4% flat
167 Niger 6.05 % 2021 down 13.6% falling
168 United Arab Emirates 1.35 % 2021 up 7.1% rising
169 Egypt 0.13 % 2021 down 7.1% falling
170 Western Sahara 0.09 % 2021 up 125.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

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: MGCI — 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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