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Mountain green cover area (square kilometres) by country

Countries reporting
181
Highest
139,978 kmsq
China
Lowest
0 kmsq
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Median
481.7 kmsq
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,236

What the numbers show

Mountain green cover area (square kilometres) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 139,978 kmsq in China; the lowest is 0 kmsq in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

The median across all reporting countries is 481.7 kmsq, and the mean is 2,495 kmsq.

Over the past decade 156 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 5,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 6.8%).

Mountain green cover area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 139,978 kmsq 2021 up 92.4% rising
2 Mexico 28,088 kmsq 2021 up 23.6% rising
3 Japan 18,448 kmsq 2021 up 5.3% rising
4 India 15,936 kmsq 2021 up 39.6% rising
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14,601 kmsq 2021 up 41.6% rising
6 Russian Federation 12,345 kmsq 2021 up 26.4% rising
7 Indonesia 11,615 kmsq 2021 up 51.4% rising
8 Colombia 10,164 kmsq 2021 up 44.4% rising
9 Peru 8,219 kmsq 2021 up 65.6% rising
10 Ethiopia 8,037 kmsq 2021 up 110.6% rising
11 Nepal 7,590 kmsq 2021 up 50.2% rising
12 Australia and New Zealand 6,551 kmsq 2021 up 18.5% rising
13 Algeria 5,546 kmsq 2021 up 39.9% rising
14 Guatemala 4,659 kmsq 2021 up 30.9% rising
15 Chile 4,580 kmsq 2021 up 40.0% rising
16 Pakistan 4,529 kmsq 2021 up 43.9% rising
17 Myanmar 4,407 kmsq 2021 up 77.5% rising
18 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,254 kmsq 2021 up 55.8% rising
19 Kenya 4,090 kmsq 2021 up 33.1% rising
20 Ecuador 3,944 kmsq 2021 up 43.2% rising
21 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,885 kmsq 2021 up 15.2% rising
22 Viet Nam 3,844 kmsq 2021 up 67.0% rising
23 Thailand 3,709 kmsq 2021 up 28.9% rising
24 Australia 3,620 kmsq 2021 up 15.5% rising
25 Honduras 3,441 kmsq 2021 up 36.2% rising
26 United Republic of Tanzania 3,328 kmsq 2021 up 42.7% rising
27 Cameroon 3,302 kmsq 2021 up 13.4% rising
28 Morocco 3,242 kmsq 2021 up 46.7% rising
29 Georgia 3,132 kmsq 2021 up 11.3% rising
30 France 3,121 kmsq 2021 up 5.1% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 3,102 kmsq 2021 up 26.5% rising
32 Saudi Arabia 3,102 kmsq 2021 up 65.4% rising
33 New Zealand 2,931 kmsq 2021 up 22.4% rising
34 Italy 2,861 kmsq 2021 up 2.1% rising
35 Republic of Korea 2,782 kmsq 2021 up 21.4% rising
36 Kazakhstan 2,602 kmsq 2021 up 18.7% rising
37 Austria 2,580 kmsq 2021 up 5.2% rising
38 Tajikistan 2,578 kmsq 2021 up 35.5% rising
39 Spain 2,559 kmsq 2021 up 4.7% rising
40 Romania 2,433 kmsq 2021 up 2.8% falling
41 Malawi 2,413 kmsq 2021 up 52.5% rising
42 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,382 kmsq 2021 up 35.1% rising
43 Rwanda 2,284 kmsq 2021 up 30.3% rising
44 Philippines 2,194 kmsq 2021 up 52.4% rising
45 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,159 kmsq 2021 up 83.7% rising
46 Uzbekistan 2,139 kmsq 2021 up 36.8% rising
47 Brazil 2,127 kmsq 2021 up 7.1% rising
48 Afghanistan 2,124 kmsq 2021 up 56.5% rising
49 Azerbaijan 2,095 kmsq 2021 up 20.2% rising
50 Switzerland 2,025 kmsq 2021 up 1.6% rising
51 Zimbabwe 1,941 kmsq 2021 up 26.9% rising
52 Uganda 1,787 kmsq 2021 up 39.3% rising
53 Madagascar 1,630 kmsq 2021 up 59.2% rising
54 Ukraine 1,604 kmsq 2021 up 10.5% rising
55 Costa Rica 1,559 kmsq 2021 up 14.6% rising
56 Syrian Arab Republic 1,531 kmsq 2021 up 23.0% rising
57 Lebanon 1,484 kmsq 2021 up 31.9% rising
58 Malaysia 1,476 kmsq 2021 up 25.9% rising
59 El Salvador 1,442 kmsq 2021 up 25.8% rising
60 Bulgaria 1,382 kmsq 2021 up 0.5% flat
61 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,289 kmsq 2021 up 37.8% rising
62 Armenia 1,262 kmsq 2021 up 10.9% rising
63 Papua New Guinea 1,221 kmsq 2021 up 46.1% rising
64 Mozambique 1,208 kmsq 2021 up 52.5% rising
65 Jordan 1,196 kmsq 2021 up 34.9% rising
66 Sri Lanka 1,166 kmsq 2021 up 50.9% rising
67 Iraq 1,160 kmsq 2021 up 158.8% rising
68 Nigeria 1,085 kmsq 2021 up 38.5% rising
69 Angola 1,084 kmsq 2021 up 49.9% rising
70 Yemen 1,081 kmsq 2021 up 60.9% rising
71 Burundi 1,079 kmsq 2021 up 27.9% rising
72 Mongolia 1,027 kmsq 2021 up 71.0% rising
73 Slovakia 967.9 kmsq 2021 up 2.5% rising
74 Bhutan 940.3 kmsq 2021 up 52.4% rising
75 Tunisia 919.9 kmsq 2021 up 33.1% rising
76 Czechia 903.6 kmsq 2021 up 1.5% rising
77 Greece 901.6 kmsq 2021 up 12.2% rising
78 Poland 892.5 kmsq 2021 up 4.4% rising
79 State of Palestine 867.5 kmsq 2021 up 31.3% rising
80 Eswatini 845.1 kmsq 2021 up 21.7% rising
81 Oman 759.6 kmsq 2021 up 75.4% rising
82 Nicaragua 695.3 kmsq 2021 up 43.4% rising
83 Serbia 653.4 kmsq 2021 up 9.9% rising
84 Dominican Republic 630.1 kmsq 2021 up 20.9% rising
85 Zambia 618.2 kmsq 2021 up 41.2% rising
86 Haiti 611 kmsq 2021 up 30.2% rising
87 Namibia 596.8 kmsq 2021 up 15.0% rising
88 Jamaica 563.8 kmsq 2021 up 8.3% rising
89 Guinea 558.9 kmsq 2021 up 40.6% rising
90 Portugal 496.9 kmsq 2021 up 4.0% rising
91 Lesotho 481.7 kmsq 2021 up 27.5% rising
92 Puerto Rico 459.6 kmsq 2021 up 4.5% rising
93 Timor-Leste 456.1 kmsq 2021 up 52.5% rising
94 Libya 348.7 kmsq 2021 up 35.2% rising
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 344 kmsq 2021 up 4.5% rising
96 Panama 312.8 kmsq 2021 up 37.8% rising
97 North Macedonia 272.3 kmsq 2021 up 8.2% rising
98 Slovenia 269.6 kmsq 2021 up 9.2% rising
99 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 220.5 kmsq 2021 up 47.0% rising
100 Croatia 205.1 kmsq 2021 up 5.0% rising
101 Botswana 202.9 kmsq 2021 up 14.8% rising
102 Ghana 189.6 kmsq 2021 up 19.8% rising
103 Sudan 188.9 kmsq 2021 up 88.7% rising
104 Cuba 183.8 kmsq 2021 up 9.3% rising
105 Eritrea 171.2 kmsq 2021 up 61.7% rising
106 Turkmenistan 170.1 kmsq 2021 up 49.7% rising
107 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 168.2 kmsq 2021 up 80.3% rising
108 New Caledonia 158.6 kmsq 2021 up 17.7% rising
109 Albania 133.4 kmsq 2021 up 0.8% flat
110 Togo 127.6 kmsq 2021 up 33.5% rising
111 Sweden 120 kmsq 2021 up 11.3% rising
112 Somalia 111.5 kmsq 2021 up 33.4% rising
113 Congo 107 kmsq 2021 up 88.7% rising
114 South Sudan 96.3 kmsq 2021 up 51.7% rising
115 Montenegro 95.4 kmsq 2021 up 14.3% rising
116 Egypt 92.2 kmsq 2021 up 41.6% rising
117 Cyprus 90.8 kmsq 2021 up 2.1% rising
118 Chad 89.4 kmsq 2021 up 47.0% rising
119 Hungary 84.5 kmsq 2021 up 1.4% flat
120 Cambodia 79 kmsq 2021 up 75.6% rising
121 United Arab Emirates 75.9 kmsq 2021 up 82.0% rising
122 Sierra Leone 57.6 kmsq 2021 up 73.5% rising
123 Mali 57.1 kmsq 2021 up 47.5% rising
124 Paraguay 55.6 kmsq 2021 up 62.1% rising
125 Solomon Islands 51.6 kmsq 2021 up 251.0% volatile
126 Andorra 48.3 kmsq 2021 up 2.8% rising
127 Belgium 44.2 kmsq 2021 up 0.5% flat
128 Gabon 42.8 kmsq 2021 up 30.1% rising
129 Liberia 39.3 kmsq 2021 up 51.7% rising
130 Equatorial Guinea 32.2 kmsq 2021 up 80.9% rising
131 Comoros 27.5 kmsq 2021 up 27.9% rising
132 Djibouti 26.3 kmsq 2021 up 42.9% rising
133 Liechtenstein 21.3 kmsq 2021 up 2.9% rising
134 Guyana 18.3 kmsq 2021 up 120.5% rising
135 Belize 17.8 kmsq 2021 up 8.5% rising
136 Vanuatu 16.5 kmsq 2021 up 52.8% rising
137 Benin 12.8 kmsq 2021 up 88.2% rising
138 Iceland 10.9 kmsq 2021 down 6.8% rising
139 Uruguay 10.6 kmsq 2021 up 19.1% rising
140 Burkina Faso 8.1 kmsq 2021 up 84.1% rising
140 Martinique 8.1 kmsq 2021 up 14.1% rising
142 Guadeloupe 7.8 kmsq 2021 up 8.3% rising
143 Saint Helena 6.3 kmsq 2021 up 16.7% rising
144 Finland 5.3 kmsq 2021 up 5,200.0% volatile
145 Republic of Moldova 5.2 kmsq 2021 up 8.3% rising
146 Trinidad and Tobago 5.1 kmsq 2021 up 21.4% rising
147 Bangladesh 4.4 kmsq 2021 up 91.3% rising
147 Niger 4.4 kmsq 2021 up 33.3% rising
149 San Marino 4.3 kmsq 2021 unchanged rising
150 Mayotte 3.9 kmsq 2021 up 14.7% rising
151 Saint Lucia 3.1 kmsq 2021 up 14.8% rising
152 Mauritania 2.7 kmsq 2021 up 17.4% rising
153 Grenada 2.6 kmsq 2021 up 8.3% rising
154 Ireland 2.1 kmsq 2021 up 16.7% rising
154 Montserrat 2.1 kmsq 2021 unchanged rising
156 United States Virgin Islands 2 kmsq 2021 unchanged rising
157 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8 kmsq 2021 up 20.0% rising
158 Barbados 1.6 kmsq 2021 unchanged rising
159 Luxembourg 1 kmsq 2021 unchanged rising
160 Suriname 0.8 kmsq 2021 up 700.0% volatile
161 Senegal 0.6 kmsq 2021 up 500.0% volatile
162 Western Sahara 0.4 kmsq 2021 unchanged rising
163 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.2 kmsq 2021 unchanged flat
163 Brunei Darussalam 0.2 kmsq 2021 up 100.0% volatile
165 British Virgin Islands 0.1 kmsq 2021 unchanged flat
166 Fiji 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Faroe Islands 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Guam 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Isle of Man 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Mauritius 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 French Polynesia 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Tonga 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Samoa 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 French Guiana 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Cook Islands 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Christmas Island 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Cabo Verde 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 RΓ©union 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat
166 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kmsq 2021 β€” flat

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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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Indicator
Mountain green cover area (square kilometres)
Unit
kmsq
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
206 places, 1,236 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed