Mountain Green Cover Index by country
Mountain Green Cover Index
Countries reporting
178
Highest
100.0%
Guam
Lowest
0.1%
Western Sahara
Median
95.0%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,104
What the numbers show
Mountain Green Cover Index is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Guam; the lowest is 0.1% in Western Sahara.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.0%, and the mean is 83.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,111.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 154 fell. The largest increase was in Western Sahara (up 125.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 13.6%).
Mountain Green Cover Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guam | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Suriname | 100.0% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | French Guiana | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Brunei | 99.9% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 99.9% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Samoa | 99.9% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Isle of Man | 99.8% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Guyana | 99.8% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Senegal | 99.8% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Fiji | 99.7% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Falkland Islands | 99.7% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | South Sudan | 99.7% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 99.7% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Christmas Island | 99.6% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Brazil | 99.4% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Cambodia | 99.4% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Micronesia (country) | 99.3% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 99.3% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 19 | Belize | 99.2% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Gabon | 99.2% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Liberia | 99.2% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 99.1% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 99.1% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 24 | Madagascar | 99.0% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | Central African Republic | 99.0% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 98.9% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 27 | Guinea | 98.8% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | American Samoa | 98.8% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 98.8% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.6% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Panama | 98.6% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 32 | Congo | 98.6% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 33 | Mozambique | 98.4% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Myanmar | 98.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 35 | Nigeria | 98.2% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Laos | 98.2% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.0% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Zambia | 98.0% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Benin | 98.0% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 40 | Australia | 98.0% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 98.0% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 42 | Lesotho | 98.0% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 42 | Venezuela | 98.0% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 44 | Malaysia | 97.9% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 45 | Russia | 97.9% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | New Caledonia | 97.9% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 47 | Paraguay | 97.8% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 48 | Philippines | 97.7% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 49 | Northern Mariana Islands | 97.7% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | North Korea | 97.7% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 97.7% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 97.6% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 54 | Cuba | 97.5% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 55 | Indonesia | 97.5% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 56 | Thailand | 97.3% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 57 | Serbia | 97.2% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 58 | Hungary | 97.1% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | Togo | 97.1% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 60 | Tanzania | 97.0% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 61 | Comoros | 96.9% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 96.7% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 62 | Vietnam | 96.7% | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 64 | Grenada | 96.7% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 65 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 96.6% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 66 | Croatia | 96.5% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 96.5% | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 68 | Cameroon | 96.4% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 69 | Ghana | 96.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 69 | Mexico | 96.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 71 | Angola | 96.4% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 72 | Romania | 96.3% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 73 | Colombia | 96.3% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 96.3% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 75 | French Polynesia | 96.3% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 96.1% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.0% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 78 | Cape Verde | 96.0% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 80 | Slovenia | 95.9% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 95.8% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 82 | Slovakia | 95.6% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 83 | Cyprus | 95.6% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 84 | Haiti | 95.6% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 95.4% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 86 | Honduras | 95.3% | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 87 | Spain | 95.2% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 88 | Czechia | 95.2% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 88 | Hong Kong | 95.2% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 95.1% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 92 | Iraq | 95.0% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 93 | Portugal | 94.9% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 93 | East Timor | 94.9% | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 95 | Botswana | 94.7% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 96 | New Zealand | 94.7% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 94.5% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 98 | Uganda | 94.5% | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 99 | Uruguay | 94.4% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 100 | Belgium | 94.3% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 101 | Kenya | 94.0% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 102 | Armenia | 94.0% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 103 | Greece | 94.0% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 104 | Ecuador | 93.8% | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 105 | Bhutan | 93.7% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 106 | Eswatini | 93.2% | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 93.0% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 108 | Georgia | 93.0% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 108 | Poland | 93.0% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 110 | Ukraine | 92.8% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 111 | Mali | 92.4% | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 112 | Moldova | 92.0% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 114 | South Korea | 91.0% | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 115 | India | 90.9% | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 116 | United Kingdom | 90.8% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 117 | United States | 90.7% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 118 | Guatemala | 90.6% | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 120 | Malawi | 90.3% | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 121 | Faroe Islands | 90.2% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 90.0% | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 123 | Burundi | 89.7% | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 124 | South Africa | 89.6% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 125 | France | 89.5% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 126 | Andorra | 89.2% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 127 | Japan | 89.1% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 128 | British Virgin Islands | 88.8% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Jamaica | 88.6% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 130 | Montenegro | 88.2% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 131 | Italy | 87.9% | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 87.3% | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 133 | El Salvador | 87.0% | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 134 | Turkmenistan | 86.8% | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 135 | Peru | 86.1% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 136 | Austria | 85.1% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 137 | Nepal | 83.1% | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 138 | Montserrat | 82.7% | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 82.5% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 140 | Bolivia | 82.3% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 141 | San Marino | 82.2% | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Rwanda | 81.2% | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 143 | Lebanon | 81.1% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 144 | Mauritius | 80.5% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 145 | Mongolia | 80.3% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 80.3% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 148 | Sweden | 78.1% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 149 | Tunisia | 74.6% | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 150 | Finland | 73.8% | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 151 | Barbados | 72.0% | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 152 | Switzerland | 71.7% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 153 | Somalia | 70.9% | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 154 | China | 70.7% | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 155 | Palestine | 67.2% | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 156 | Eritrea | 63.0% | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 157 | Syria | 57.6% | 2021 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 158 | Morocco | 56.3% | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 55.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 160 | Namibia | 55.1% | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 49.9% | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 162 | Iran | 48.0% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 163 | Chile | 46.7% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 164 | Yemen | 44.9% | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 165 | Pakistan | 43.7% | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 166 | Djibouti | 40.7% | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 167 | Saint Helena | 39.9% | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 168 | Algeria | 39.3% | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 169 | United States Virgin Islands | 37.3% | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 170 | Reunion | 35.6% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 171 | Wallis and Futuna | 35.3% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Iceland | 34.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 173 | Sudan | 34.0% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 174 | Tonga | 33.7% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Jordan | 26.5% | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 176 | Chad | 18.9% | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 177 | Oman | 14.6% | 2021 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 178 | Mauritania | 12.3% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 179 | Saudi Arabia | 10.2% | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 180 | Libya | 10.1% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 181 | Niger | 6.0% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 182 | United Arab Emirates | 1.4% | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 183 | Egypt | 0.1% | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 184 | Western Sahara | 0.1% | 2021 | up 125.0% | volatile |
About this data
Mountain Green Cover Index