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15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value by country

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Countries reporting
146
Highest
80.48 %
Mauritius
Lowest
0 %
Uruguay
Median
0.13 %
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,236

What the numbers show

15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Value is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 80.48 % in Mauritius; the lowest is 0 % in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.13 %, and the mean is 1.96 %.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 100.0%).

15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritius 80.48 % 2021 down 0.5% flat
1 Cabo Verde 4.28 % 2021 down 0.2% flat
2 Ireland 49.6 % 2021 down 4.1% falling
3 Réunion 35.65 % 2021 down 0.8% flat
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.78 % 2021 down 6.0% falling
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 29.01 % 2021 up 0.2% rising
5 New Zealand 15.42 % 2021 down 0.8% flat
6 Australia and New Zealand 5.75 % 2021 down 0.9% flat
6 Timor-Leste 0.6 % 2021 up 93.5% rising
7 Sweden 4.68 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
8 New Caledonia 4.12 % 2021 down 1.7% flat
9 Vanuatu 3.7 % 2021 down 1.1% flat
10 Finland 3.68 % 2021 up 0.3% rising
11 Montserrat 3.22 % 2021 down 23.2% falling
11 Viet Nam 0.06 % 2021 down 73.9% volatile
12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.77 % 2021 down 0.4% flat
13 Mayotte 2.59 % 2021 down 3.0% falling
14 Barbados 2.43 % 2021 unchanged falling
15 Rwanda 2.36 % 2021 down 13.6% falling
16 Iceland 2.24 % 2021 up 0.4% flat
17 Chile 1.74 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
18 Equatorial Guinea 1.67 % 2021 down 0.6% flat
19 Guyana 1.45 % 2021 down 1.4% flat
20 Guadeloupe 1.26 % 2021 unchanged flat
21 Russian Federation 1.22 % 2021 down 3.9% falling
22 Burundi 1.14 % 2021 down 14.3% falling
23 Kyrgyzstan 1.08 % 2021 up 2.9% flat
24 Uganda 1.07 % 2021 down 8.5% falling
25 Congo 1.04 % 2021 down 4.6% falling
26 Gabon 1.02 % 2021 down 2.9% flat
27 Liechtenstein 0.98 % 2021 unchanged rising
28 Tajikistan 0.97 % 2021 unchanged falling
29 Solomon Islands 0.94 % 2021 down 4.1% falling
30 Belgium 0.81 % 2021 up 6.6% rising
30 South Africa 0.81 % 2021 down 8.0% falling
32 China, mainland 0.78 % 2021 down 16.1% falling
33 Madagascar 0.73 % 2021 down 9.9% falling
34 Nigeria 0.63 % 2021 down 6.0% falling
34 Trinidad and Tobago 0.63 % 2021 down 1.6% flat
36 United States Virgin Islands 0.62 % 2021 unchanged flat
37 Martinique 0.51 % 2021 down 1.9% flat
38 Indonesia 0.49 % 2021 down 7.5% falling
39 Saint Lucia 0.44 % 2021 down 2.2% flat
40 Kenya 0.43 % 2021 down 12.2% falling
40 Papua New Guinea 0.43 % 2021 down 8.5% falling
42 Afghanistan 0.42 % 2021 down 4.5% falling
43 Djibouti 0.38 % 2021 unchanged flat
43 South Sudan 0.38 % 2021 down 2.6% flat
45 Zambia 0.36 % 2021 up 5.9% flat
46 Malawi 0.34 % 2021 up 9.7% flat
47 Panama 0.32 % 2021 down 3.0% falling
48 Czechia 0.3 % 2021 unchanged flat
48 Saudi Arabia 0.3 % 2021 down 3.2% falling
50 Comoros 0.28 % 2021 up 7.7% flat
50 Malaysia 0.28 % 2021 down 40.4% falling
52 Grenada 0.27 % 2021 down 6.9% falling
52 Peru 0.27 % 2021 down 15.6% falling
54 Angola 0.22 % 2021 down 15.4% falling
54 Ecuador 0.22 % 2021 down 18.5% falling
54 Mongolia 0.22 % 2021 down 4.3% falling
54 Portugal 0.22 % 2021 up 4.8% flat
58 Lebanon 0.21 % 2021 down 4.5% falling
59 Ethiopia 0.2 % 2021 down 16.7% falling
59 Faroe Islands 0.2 % 2021 unchanged flat
61 Central African Republic 0.19 % 2021 down 17.4% falling
61 Cameroon 0.19 % 2021 down 20.8% falling
61 Colombia 0.19 % 2021 down 24.0% falling
61 Costa Rica 0.19 % 2021 down 13.6% falling
65 Kazakhstan 0.17 % 2021 down 10.5% falling
65 Slovenia 0.17 % 2021 up 6.2% rising
67 Botswana 0.14 % 2021 down 65.9% falling
67 Zimbabwe 0.14 % 2021 up 27.3% rising
69 Japan 0.13 % 2021 down 7.1% falling
69 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.13 % 2021 unchanged flat
69 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.13 % 2021 down 51.9% falling
72 Australia 0.12 % 2021 down 14.3% falling
72 Austria 0.12 % 2021 down 7.7% falling
72 Georgia 0.12 % 2021 unchanged falling
72 Liberia 0.12 % 2021 down 7.7% flat
76 Nepal 0.11 % 2021 down 15.4% falling
77 Armenia 0.1 % 2021 down 16.7% falling
77 Switzerland 0.1 % 2021 up 11.1% rising
79 Guinea 0.09 % 2021 down 18.2% falling
79 Lesotho 0.09 % 2021 unchanged falling
81 Bhutan 0.08 % 2021 down 20.0% falling
81 Guatemala 0.08 % 2021 down 11.1% falling
81 India 0.08 % 2021 down 38.5% falling
81 Mexico 0.08 % 2021 up 14.3% falling
81 Oman 0.08 % 2021 unchanged flat
81 Philippines 0.08 % 2021 down 27.3% falling
81 Eswatini 0.08 % 2021 up 33.3% falling
88 Azerbaijan 0.07 % 2021 unchanged falling
88 North Macedonia 0.07 % 2021 up 16.7% rising
88 Myanmar 0.07 % 2021 down 36.4% falling
88 Mozambique 0.07 % 2021 down 22.2% falling
88 Uzbekistan 0.07 % 2021 unchanged falling
93 Burkina Faso 0.06 % 2021 down 14.3% flat
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.06 % 2021 unchanged flat
93 France 0.06 % 2021 unchanged flat
93 Iraq 0.06 % 2021 down 57.1% falling
93 Mali 0.06 % 2021 unchanged rising
93 Brunei Darussalam 0.06 % 2021 unchanged flat
99 Greece 0.05 % 2021 unchanged falling
99 Honduras 0.05 % 2021 down 28.6% falling
99 Cambodia 0.05 % 2021 down 44.4% falling
99 Nicaragua 0.05 % 2021 down 28.6% falling
99 Pakistan 0.05 % 2021 down 37.5% falling
104 Bulgaria 0.04 % 2021 unchanged flat
104 Algeria 0.04 % 2021 unchanged falling
104 Jamaica 0.04 % 2021 up 33.3% rising
104 Namibia 0.04 % 2021 up 100.0% falling
104 Thailand 0.04 % 2021 down 33.3% falling
104 Tunisia 0.04 % 2021 unchanged falling
104 Ukraine 0.04 % 2021 down 20.0% falling
111 Albania 0.03 % 2021 unchanged flat
111 Andorra 0.03 % 2021 down 50.0% falling
111 Brazil 0.03 % 2021 unchanged flat
111 Cuba 0.03 % 2021 down 25.0% falling
111 Dominican Republic 0.03 % 2021 down 40.0% falling
111 Eritrea 0.03 % 2021 unchanged falling
111 Haiti 0.03 % 2021 down 25.0% falling
111 Sri Lanka 0.03 % 2021 down 50.0% volatile
111 Morocco 0.03 % 2021 up 200.0% falling
111 Sierra Leone 0.03 % 2021 down 40.0% falling
111 Chad 0.03 % 2021 unchanged falling
122 United Arab Emirates 0.02 % 2021 unchanged flat
122 Poland 0.02 % 2021 unchanged falling
122 Paraguay 0.02 % 2021 down 33.3% falling
122 Sudan 0.02 % 2021 down 50.0% falling
122 El Salvador 0.02 % 2021 down 33.3% falling
122 Turkmenistan 0.02 % 2021 unchanged volatile
122 Yemen 0.02 % 2021 unchanged flat
122 Republic of Korea 0.02 % 2021 down 50.0% falling
130 Benin 0.01 % 2021 unchanged flat
130 Belize 0.01 % 2021 unchanged volatile
130 Spain 0.01 % 2021 unchanged flat
130 Italy 0.01 % 2021 unchanged flat
130 Montenegro 0.01 % 2021 unchanged flat
130 Puerto Rico 0.01 % 2021 down 66.7% falling
130 Romania 0.01 % 2021 unchanged volatile
130 Serbia 0.01 % 2021 unchanged volatile
130 Slovakia 0.01 % 2021 unchanged flat
130 French Guiana 0.01 % 2021 unchanged falling
140 Jordan 0 % 2021 — volatile
140 Palestine, State of 0 % 2021 down 100.0% volatile
140 Uruguay 0 % 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — 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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