15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Permanent snow in Myanmar
Myanmar: 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Permanent snow was 0.05 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Permanent snow in Myanmar, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, 15.4.2a mountain green cover index: total; land cover: permanent snow in Myanmar stood at 0.05 %. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 15.4.2a mountain green cover index: total; land cover: permanent snow in Myanmar peaked at 0.05 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.03 %, in 2010.
Myanmar ranks 25th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Permanent snow in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.05 % | — |
| 2005 | 0.04 % | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 0.03 % | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 0.04 % | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 0.05 % | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 0.05 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.045 % | 0.04 % | 0.05 % | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.04 % | 0.03 % | 0.05 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.05 % | 0.05 % | 0.05 % | 1 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 22 Albania 0.14 % compare
- 23 Russian Federation 0.09 % compare
- 24 Mongolia 0.08 % compare
- 25 Ecuador 0.05 % compare
- 27 Colombia 0.02 % compare
- 28 Algeria 0 %
- 28 American Samoa 0 %
- 28 Andorra 0 %
- 28 Angola 0 %
- 28 Armenia 0 %
- 28 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 %
- 28 Australia 0 %
- 28 Azerbaijan 0 % compare
- 28 Bangladesh 0 %
- 28 Barbados 0 %
- 28 Belgium 0 %
- 28 Belize 0 %
- 28 Benin 0 %
- 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 %
- 28 Botswana 0 %
- 28 British Virgin Islands 0 %
- 28 Brunei Darussalam 0 %
- 28 Bulgaria 0 %
- 28 Burkina Faso 0 %
- 28 Burundi 0 %
- 28 Cambodia 0 %
- 28 Cameroon 0 %
- 28 Central African Republic 0 %
- 28 Chad 0 %
- 28 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 %
- 28 Christmas Island 0 %
- 28 Comoros 0 %
- 28 Congo 0 %
- 28 Cook Islands 0 %
- 28 Costa Rica 0 %
- 28 Croatia 0 %
- 28 Cuba 0 %
- 28 Cyprus 0 %
- 28 Czechia 0 %
- 28 Djibouti 0 %
- 28 Dominican Republic 0 %
- 28 Egypt 0 %
- 28 El Salvador 0 %
- 28 Equatorial Guinea 0 %
- 28 Eritrea 0 %
- 28 Eswatini 0 %
- 28 Ethiopia 0 %
- 28 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 %
- 28 Faroe Islands 0 %
- 28 Fiji 0 %
- 28 Finland 0 %
- 28 French Guiana 0 %
- 28 French Polynesia 0 %
- 28 Gabon 0 %
- 28 Ghana 0 %
- 28 Greece 0 %
- 28 Grenada 0 %
- 28 Guadeloupe 0 %
- 28 Guam 0 %
- 28 Guatemala 0 %
- 28 Guinea 0 %
- 28 Guyana 0 %
- 28 Haiti 0 %
- 28 Honduras 0 %
- 28 Hungary 0 %
- 28 Indonesia 0 %
- 28 Iraq 0 %
- 28 Ireland 0 %
- 28 Isle of Man 0 %
- 28 Jamaica 0 %
- 28 Japan 0 %
- 28 Jordan 0 %
- 28 Kenya 0 %
- 28 Lebanon 0 %
- 28 Lesotho 0 %
- 28 Liberia 0 %
- 28 Libya 0 %
- 28 Liechtenstein 0 %
- 28 Luxembourg 0 %
- 28 Madagascar 0 %
- 28 Malawi 0 %
- 28 Malaysia 0 %
- 28 Mali 0 %
- 28 Martinique 0 %
- 28 Mauritania 0 %
- 28 Mauritius 0 %
- 28 Mayotte 0 %
- 28 Mexico 0 %
- 28 Montenegro 0 %
- 28 Montserrat 0 %
- 28 Morocco 0 %
- 28 Mozambique 0 %
- 28 Namibia 0 %
- 28 New Caledonia 0 %
- 28 Nicaragua 0 %
- 28 Niger 0 %
- 28 Nigeria 0 %
- 28 North Macedonia 0 %
- 28 Northern Mariana Islands 0 %
- 28 Oman 0 %
- 28 Palestine, State of 0 %
- 28 Panama 0 %
- 28 Papua New Guinea 0 %
- 28 Paraguay 0 %
- 28 Philippines 0 %
- 28 Poland 0 %
- 28 Portugal 0 %
- 28 Puerto Rico 0 %
- 28 Republic of Korea 0 %
- 28 Réunion 0 %
- 28 Romania 0 %
- 28 Rwanda 0 %
- 28 Saint Lucia 0 %
- 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 %
- 28 Samoa 0 %
- 28 San Marino 0 %
- 28 Saudi Arabia 0 %
- 28 Senegal 0 %
- 28 Serbia 0 %
- 28 Sierra Leone 0 %
- 28 Slovakia 0 %
- 28 Slovenia 0 %
- 28 Solomon Islands 0 %
- 28 Somalia 0 %
- 28 South Africa 0 %
- 28 South Sudan 0 %
- 28 Spain 0 %
- 28 Sri Lanka 0 %
- 28 Sudan 0 %
- 28 Suriname 0 %
- 28 Thailand 0 %
- 28 Togo 0 %
- 28 Tonga 0 %
- 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 %
- 28 Tunisia 0 %
- 28 Turkmenistan 0 %
- 28 Uganda 0 %
- 28 Ukraine 0 %
- 28 United Arab Emirates 0 %
- 28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 %
- 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 %
- 28 Uruguay 0 %
- 28 Vanuatu 0 %
- 28 Western Sahara 0 %
- 28 Yemen 0 %
- 28 Zambia 0 %
- 28 Zimbabwe 0 %
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.016 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.9805 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.243 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0055 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0.0033 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 15.4.2a mountain green cover index: total; land cover: permanent snow in Myanmar?
- 15.4.2a mountain green cover index: total; land cover: permanent snow in Myanmar was 0.05 % in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 15.4.2a mountain green cover index: total; land cover: permanent snow recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.05 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest 15.4.2a mountain green cover index: total; land cover: permanent snow recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 % in 2010.
- How does Myanmar rank for 15.4.2a mountain green cover index: total; land cover: permanent snow?
- Myanmar ranks 25th out of 169 countries with data for 2021.
- Is 15.4.2a mountain green cover index: total; land cover: permanent snow rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Permanent snow and glaciers — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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