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Area of degraded mountain land (square kilometres)

Name: Area of degraded mountain land (square kilometres) by country, 2021
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
License: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/

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United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global DatabaseUN Terms of Use — non-commercial (SDG Global Database); redistribution deferred pending clearanceupdated 2021

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173 countries · 2021

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Area of degraded mountain land (square kilometres) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	China	153,795.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
2	Russian Federation	108,336.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	United States	88,473.5	North America	High income
4	South Africa	47,376.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
5	Ethiopia	33,586.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Spain	29,047.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Iran, Islamic Rep.	26,354.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
8	Tanzania	24,216.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Brazil	23,124	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
10	India	20,309.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
11	Mexico	20,246.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
12	Mozambique	17,330.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Myanmar	15,365.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
14	Bolivia	15,054.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
15	Congo, Dem. Rep.	13,353.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Indonesia	12,950.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
17	Colombia	12,175.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
18	Peru	11,581.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
19	Australia	11,212.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
20	Chile	11,033.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
21	Algeria	10,633.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
22	Lao PDR	10,533.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
23	Angola	10,485.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Viet Nam	9,581.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
25	Zimbabwe	8,520.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Kenya	8,501	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Afghanistan	8,491	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
28	Italy	8,396.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Thailand	7,398.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
30	Uganda	6,690.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Nepal	6,535.8	South Asia	Lower middle income
32	Morocco	6,375.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
33	Nigeria	6,183.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Pakistan	5,832.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
35	Saudi Arabia	5,574.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
36	Mongolia	5,439.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
37	Kyrgyz Republic	5,076.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
38	Tajikistan	4,983.9	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
39	Madagascar	4,924.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Malawi	4,806.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Namibia	4,701.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Venezuela, RB	4,583.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
43	Cameroon	4,481.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Zambia	4,426.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Guinea	4,424	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Kazakhstan	4,348.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
47	Yemen, Rep.	4,068.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
48	Iraq	4,049	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
49	Ecuador	4,047	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
50	New Zealand	3,957.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
51	Japan	3,807.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
52	United Kingdom	3,391.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Honduras	3,310.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
54	Uzbekistan	3,291.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
55	Philippines	3,227.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
56	Guatemala	3,137.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	2,818.6	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
58	Eritrea	2,801.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Greece	2,450.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2,360.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Azerbaijan	2,290.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
62	Romania	2,267.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Sudan	2,109.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
64	Rwanda	2,025.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
65	Austria	2,005.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Albania	1,786.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
67	Tunisia	1,651.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
68	Malaysia	1,590.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
69	France	1,553.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Syrian Arab Republic	1,512.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
71	Georgia	1,467.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
72	Armenia	1,333.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Korea, Rep.	1,251.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
74	Switzerland	1,238.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	Burundi	1,228.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	Papua New Guinea	1,205.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
77	Djibouti	1,204.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
78	Chad	1,024.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
79	Bulgaria	1,016.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	South Sudan	924.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Portugal	923.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Oman	875.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
83	Jordan	862.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	852.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Nicaragua	849.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
86	Iceland	842	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Eswatini	821.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Bhutan	803.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
89	Lebanon	795.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
90	Turkmenistan	787.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Costa Rica	760.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
92	Cote d'Ivoire	740.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
93	Sri Lanka	739.5	South Asia	Upper middle income
94	Niger	735	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Serbia	697.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
96	North Macedonia	686.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
97	El Salvador	670	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
98	Ireland	648.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Ukraine	597.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Lesotho	573.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
101	Libya	561.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
102	Poland	526	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Dominican Republic	525.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Panama	520.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Montenegro	490.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Slovak Republic	455.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Mali	441.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Paraguay	387.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
109	Congo, Rep.	369.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
110	West Bank and Gaza	366.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
111	Sierra Leone	355.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
112	Croatia	349.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Timor-Leste	346.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
114	Haiti	291.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
115	Cambodia	276.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
116	Sweden	254.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Mauritania	217.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
118	Slovenia	215.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Finland	213.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Ghana	208.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
121	Togo	206.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
122	Central African Republic	190.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
123	Botswana	153.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
124	Jamaica	117.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Liberia	111.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
126	Cyprus	107.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Czechia	101.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Egypt, Arab Rep.	101	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
129	Fiji	84.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
130	Bangladesh	84.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
131	New Caledonia	81.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
132	Guyana	76.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
133	Cuba	73.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
134	Solomon Islands	68.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
135	Gabon	60.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
136	Puerto Rico (US)	52.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
137	United Arab Emirates	51.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
138	Benin	41.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Equatorial Guinea	34.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
140	Belize	28.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
141	Vanuatu	22.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
142	Comoros	19.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
143	Burkina Faso	14.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Hungary	11.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Liechtenstein	9.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Uruguay	7.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
147	Cabo Verde	5.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
148	Andorra	4.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Senegal	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Isle of Man	3.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Suriname	3.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
152	Trinidad and Tobago	3.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
154	San Marino	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Moldova	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
156	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
157	Luxembourg	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Faroe Islands	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Belgium	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	St. Lucia	0.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
161	Mauritius	0.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
162	Barbados	0.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
163	Grenada	0.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
164	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
165	Brunei Darussalam	0.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
166	Tonga	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
167	American Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
168	Guam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
169	French Polynesia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
170	Northern Mariana Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
171	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
172	Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	British Virgin Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income

Area of degraded mountain land (square kilometres)