Mountain Green Cover Index by country
Countries reporting
178
Highest
62.42 %
United States Virgin Islands
Lowest
0.01 %
Suriname
Median
2 %
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,308
What the numbers show
Mountain Green Cover Index is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 62.42 % in United States Virgin Islands; the lowest is 0.01 % in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 2 %, and the mean is 3.73 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,242.
Over the past decade 171 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 33.3%).
Mountain Green Cover Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 62.42 % | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 2 | Barbados | 28.17 % | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 3 | State of Palestine | 24.95 % | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 4 | San Marino | 17.83 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 17.28 % | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 6 | Lebanon | 17.21 % | 2021 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 13.83 % | 2021 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 13.37 % | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 9 | El Salvador | 12.02 % | 2021 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 11.91 % | 2021 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 11 | Jamaica | 11.39 % | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 12 | British Virgin Islands | 11.25 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Japan | 10.48 % | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 14 | Andorra | 10.4 % | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 15 | Guatemala | 9.09 % | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 16 | South Korea | 8.72 % | 2021 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 8.72 % | 2021 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 18 | Mayotte | 8.28 % | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 19 | Jordan | 8.02 % | 2021 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 20 | Moldova | 7.98 % | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 20 | Republic of Moldova | 7.98 % | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 22 | Burundi | 7.32 % | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 23 | Ukraine | 7.12 % | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 24 | Montserrat | 6.79 % | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Eswatini | 6.6 % | 2021 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 6.52 % | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 27 | Nepal | 6.29 % | 2021 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 6.27 % | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 5.72 % | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 30 | Georgia | 5.6 % | 2021 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 31 | Uruguay | 5.57 % | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 32 | Belgium | 5.44 % | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 33 | Malawi | 5.36 % | 2021 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 34 | Syria | 5.35 % | 2021 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 34 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.35 % | 2021 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 36 | Armenia | 5.14 % | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 5.03 % | 2021 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 38 | East Timor | 4.95 % | 2021 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 38 | Timor-Leste | 4.95 % | 2021 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 40 | Martinique | 4.77 % | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 41 | Botswana | 4.7 % | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 42 | Czechia | 4.58 % | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 43 | Honduras | 4.53 % | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 44 | Haiti | 4.42 % | 2021 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 45 | Austria | 4.34 % | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 46 | South Africa | 3.85 % | 2021 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 3.78 % | 2021 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 48 | Slovakia | 3.74 % | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 49 | Saint Helena | 3.66 % | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 50 | Uganda | 3.61 % | 2021 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 51 | Ghana | 3.6 % | 2021 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 52 | India | 3.55 % | 2021 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 3.54 % | 2021 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 3.5 % | 2021 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 55 | Tunisia | 3.48 % | 2021 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 56 | Ecuador | 3.47 % | 2021 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 57 | Cameroon | 3.44 % | 2021 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 58 | Colombia | 3.34 % | 2021 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Lucia | 3.28 % | 2021 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 60 | Grenada | 3.2 % | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 3.18 % | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 62 | United States | 3.12 % | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 63 | Romania | 3.1 % | 2021 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 64 | Comoros | 3.05 % | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 65 | Iraq | 3.02 % | 2021 | up 158.1% | rising |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 3 % | 2021 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 67 | Mexico | 2.98 % | 2021 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 68 | Cyprus | 2.93 % | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 69 | Togo | 2.89 % | 2021 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 2.88 % | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 71 | Kenya | 2.85 % | 2021 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 72 | China | 2.76 % | 2021 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 73 | Vietnam | 2.74 % | 2021 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 73 | Viet Nam | 2.74 % | 2021 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 75 | France | 2.65 % | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 76 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 2.55 % | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Thailand | 2.5 % | 2021 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 78 | Bhutan | 2.46 % | 2021 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 79 | Guadeloupe | 2.4 % | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 80 | Portugal | 2.29 % | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 2.23 % | 2021 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 82 | Cuba | 2.22 % | 2021 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 83 | Paraguay | 2.15 % | 2021 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 84 | New Zealand | 2.14 % | 2021 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 85 | Philippines | 2.05 % | 2021 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 86 | Indonesia | 2.04 % | 2021 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 87 | Algeria | 2.03 % | 2021 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 88 | Luxembourg | 2.02 % | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 89 | Italy | 2 % | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 90 | Benin | 1.99 % | 2021 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.97 % | 2021 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 91 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.97 % | 2021 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 93 | Slovenia | 1.96 % | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 1.94 % | 2021 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.94 % | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 96 | New Caledonia | 1.88 % | 2021 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 97 | Lesotho | 1.82 % | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 98 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.76 % | 2021 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 99 | Oman | 1.75 % | 2021 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 99 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.75 % | 2021 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 1.73 % | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.71 % | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 103 | Serbia | 1.66 % | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 104 | Pakistan | 1.65 % | 2021 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 105 | Nigeria | 1.64 % | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 106 | Malaysia | 1.57 % | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 106 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.57 % | 2021 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 1.56 % | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 109 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.55 % | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 110 | Australia | 1.54 % | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 111 | Morocco | 1.52 % | 2021 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 1.46 % | 2021 | up 111.6% | rising |
| 113 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.45 % | 2021 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 114 | Greece | 1.41 % | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 1.39 % | 2021 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 1.37 % | 2021 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 117 | Croatia | 1.36 % | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 118 | Myanmar | 1.33 % | 2021 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 1.33 % | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 120 | Peru | 1.3 % | 2021 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 121 | Laos | 1.26 % | 2021 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 121 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.26 % | 2021 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.23 % | 2021 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 124 | Congo | 1.22 % | 2021 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 125 | Spain | 1.09 % | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 126 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.06 % | 2021 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 127 | Montenegro | 1.02 % | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 128 | Guinea | 1 % | 2021 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.98 % | 2021 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.97 % | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 130 | Libya | 0.97 % | 2021 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 132 | Chile | 0.95 % | 2021 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 133 | Central African Republic | 0.89 % | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.88 % | 2021 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 134 | Zambia | 0.88 % | 2021 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 136 | Mozambique | 0.83 % | 2021 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 0.81 % | 2021 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 138 | Albania | 0.8 % | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 139 | Mali | 0.78 % | 2021 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 140 | Turkmenistan | 0.77 % | 2021 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 141 | Liberia | 0.72 % | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 142 | Madagascar | 0.69 % | 2021 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 143 | Angola | 0.68 % | 2021 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 144 | Yemen | 0.62 % | 2021 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 145 | United Kingdom | 0.6 % | 2021 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 0.6 % | 2021 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 145 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.6 % | 2021 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 0.56 % | 2021 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Afghanistan | 0.53 % | 2021 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 150 | Belize | 0.51 % | 2021 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 151 | Cambodia | 0.5 % | 2021 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 152 | Gabon | 0.47 % | 2021 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 153 | Brazil | 0.43 % | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 154 | Namibia | 0.36 % | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 0.35 % | 2021 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 0.32 % | 2021 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 157 | Russia | 0.29 % | 2021 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 157 | Russian Federation | 0.29 % | 2021 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 159 | South Sudan | 0.26 % | 2021 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 160 | Eritrea | 0.24 % | 2021 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 161 | Djibouti | 0.22 % | 2021 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 162 | Senegal | 0.2 % | 2021 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Finland | 0.19 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Somalia | 0.19 % | 2021 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 165 | Mongolia | 0.18 % | 2021 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 165 | Sweden | 0.18 % | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 167 | Sudan | 0.13 % | 2021 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 168 | Egypt | 0.11 % | 2021 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 169 | Guyana | 0.09 % | 2021 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 169 | Chad | 0.09 % | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 171 | Ireland | 0.07 % | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 172 | Brunei | 0.04 % | 2021 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Mauritania | 0.04 % | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 172 | Western Sahara | 0.04 % | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.04 % | 2021 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Iceland | 0.02 % | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 176 | Niger | 0.02 % | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 178 | Suriname | 0.01 % | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4.82 %
- United States of America 3.12 %
- Eastern Asia 2.77 %
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 2.58 %
- Northern America 2.28 %
- Western Asia 2.15 %
- Southern Asia 2.11 %
- Central and Southern Asia 2.05 %
- South-Eastern Asia 1.89 %
- World 1.87 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.85 %
- Central Asia 1.82 %
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.81 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.75 %
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 1.52 %
- Europe and Northern America 1.37 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.36 %
- Northern Africa 1.33 %
- Oceania 1.32 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.3 %
- Europe 0.7 %
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 0.62 %