15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 60.72 % in Isle of Man; the lowest is 0 % in Brunei Darussalam.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.82 %, and the mean is 3.95 %.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 466.7%), and the largest decrease in Eritrea (down 100.0%).
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isle of Man | 60.72 % | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 38.3 % | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Sweden | 31.46 % | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 31.24 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 28.2 % | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 6 | South Africa | 24.42 % | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 7 | Greece | 23.75 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 8 | Brazil | 23.73 % | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 9 | Portugal | 23.13 % | 2021 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 10 | Cyprus | 21.37 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 11 | Spain | 21.12 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Ireland | 16.21 % | 2021 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 13 | Albania | 14.23 % | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 14 | Guinea | 9.83 % | 2021 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 15 | Mozambique | 7.41 % | 2021 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 16 | Burundi | 7.16 % | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 17 | Comoros | 6.95 % | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 18 | Togo | 6.83 % | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 19 | Malawi | 6.74 % | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 20 | Uganda | 6.53 % | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 5.96 % | 2021 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 22 | South Sudan | 5.87 % | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 23 | Zambia | 5.8 % | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 5.56 % | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.48 % | 2021 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 26 | Faroe Islands | 5.39 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Ghana | 5.01 % | 2021 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 28 | Italy | 4.79 % | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 29 | France | 4.34 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 30 | Benin | 4.17 % | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 4.09 % | 2021 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 4.09 % | 2021 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 33 | Switzerland | 3.88 % | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 34 | Rwanda | 3.87 % | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 3.84 % | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 36 | Eswatini | 3.68 % | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 37 | Congo | 3.63 % | 2021 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 38 | Paraguay | 3.62 % | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 39 | Cameroon | 3.46 % | 2021 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 40 | Austria | 3.31 % | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 41 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 3.29 % | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 42 | Nigeria | 3.21 % | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 43 | Senegal | 3.09 % | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 2.98 % | 2021 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 45 | Croatia | 2.9 % | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 46 | Angola | 2.67 % | 2021 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 2.6 % | 2021 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 48 | Honduras | 2.5 % | 2021 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 49 | Madagascar | 2.39 % | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 50 | Colombia | 2.3 % | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 51 | Mali | 2.25 % | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 52 | New Caledonia | 1.91 % | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 53 | Kenya | 1.84 % | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 54 | Ecuador | 1.81 % | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 1.75 % | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 1.63 % | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 1.63 % | 2021 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 58 | Panama | 1.62 % | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 59 | Myanmar | 1.48 % | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 60 | Haiti | 1.44 % | 2021 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 61 | Slovenia | 1.42 % | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 62 | Thailand | 1.4 % | 2021 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 63 | Liberia | 1.36 % | 2021 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Australia | 1.31 % | 2021 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 64 | Philippines | 1.31 % | 2021 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 66 | Guatemala | 1.27 % | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 67 | Liechtenstein | 1.17 % | 2021 | up 216.2% | volatile |
| 68 | El Salvador | 1.1 % | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 69 | Mayotte | 1.09 % | 2021 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 69 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.09 % | 2021 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 71 | Mexico | 0.95 % | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 72 | Romania | 0.89 % | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 73 | Barbados | 0.87 % | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 74 | Russian Federation | 0.82 % | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 75 | Cambodia | 0.77 % | 2021 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 76 | New Zealand | 0.72 % | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 76 | Ukraine | 0.72 % | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 0.7 % | 2021 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 79 | Puerto Rico | 0.68 % | 2021 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 80 | Indonesia | 0.65 % | 2021 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 80 | Malaysia | 0.65 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 82 | Belize | 0.61 % | 2021 | up 221.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Slovakia | 0.59 % | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 84 | Chile | 0.55 % | 2021 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 84 | Cuba | 0.55 % | 2021 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 84 | Jamaica | 0.55 % | 2021 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 87 | India | 0.54 % | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 0.53 % | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 89 | Guyana | 0.51 % | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | 0.49 % | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 90 | Montserrat | 0.49 % | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 92 | Martinique | 0.48 % | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 93 | Botswana | 0.47 % | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 0.46 % | 2021 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 0.45 % | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 96 | Uruguay | 0.42 % | 2021 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 96 | Republic of Korea | 0.42 % | 2021 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 98 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4 % | 2021 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 99 | Sudan | 0.37 % | 2021 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 100 | Armenia | 0.34 % | 2021 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 100 | Georgia | 0.34 % | 2021 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 100 | Kazakhstan | 0.34 % | 2021 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 103 | Peru | 0.33 % | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 104 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.32 % | 2021 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 0.31 % | 2021 | up 121.4% | rising |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.3 % | 2021 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 107 | Guadeloupe | 0.29 % | 2021 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 108 | Japan | 0.28 % | 2021 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 109 | Gabon | 0.27 % | 2021 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 110 | Andorra | 0.26 % | 2021 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 111 | Montenegro | 0.25 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 111 | Poland | 0.25 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | China, mainland | 0.25 % | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 114 | Solomon Islands | 0.24 % | 2021 | up 242.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Mongolia | 0.21 % | 2021 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 116 | Lebanon | 0.2 % | 2021 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 116 | Nepal | 0.2 % | 2021 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2 % | 2021 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 119 | Algeria | 0.19 % | 2021 | down 26.9% | flat |
| 119 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.19 % | 2021 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 121 | Chad | 0.18 % | 2021 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 122 | Serbia | 0.16 % | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 123 | Grenada | 0.15 % | 2021 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Bhutan | 0.13 % | 2021 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 125 | Czechia | 0.11 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Morocco | 0.11 % | 2021 | down 45.0% | flat |
| 127 | Lesotho | 0.1 % | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 128 | Belgium | 0.07 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.05 % | 2021 | down 44.4% | flat |
| 129 | Pakistan | 0.05 % | 2021 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 129 | French Guiana | 0.05 % | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 132 | Libya | 0.03 % | 2021 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 132 | Suriname | 0.03 % | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 0.03 % | 2021 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 0.02 % | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Afghanistan | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Iraq | 0.01 % | 2021 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Jordan | 0.01 % | 2021 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 136 | Palestine, State of | 0.01 % | 2021 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 0.01 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Eritrea | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Namibia | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Oman | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Somalia | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Yemen | 0 % | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Côte d'Ivoire 7.89 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 5.22 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.17 %
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.74 %
- Europe 3.62 %
- Viet Nam 2.68 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.33 %
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.62 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.59 %
- Northern America and Europe 2.49 %
- World 2.15 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.1 %
- South-Eastern Asia 1.33 %
- Timor-Leste 1.06 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.32 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.83 %
- United States of America 0.94 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.64 %
- Northern America 0.93 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.41 %
- Oceania 0.87 %
- Republic of Moldova 0.4 %
- Western Asia 0.82 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.32 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 0.56 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.01 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 0.52 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 0.48 %
- Eastern Asia 0.25 %
- Northern Africa 0.18 %
- Southern Asia 0.14 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 0.14 %
- Central Asia 0.13 %
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