Environment in Eastern Asia 1,190 indicators covering environment for Eastern Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 797,203 km2 2021 down 0.6% 5th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Permanent snow 37,226 km2 2021 down 5.3% 5th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 104.7 km2 2021 down 29.2% 9th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 18,287 km2 2021 down 16.1% 5th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Sparsely 141,915 km2 2021 down 0.1% 3rd 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Terrestrial 501,772 km2 2021 up 0.2% 3rd 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Tree-covered 11,686 km2 2021 up 0.4% 8th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Artificial 0.15 % 2021 up 66.7% 5th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Croplands 0 % 2021 — 9th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Grassland 50.78 % 2021 down 0.1% 12th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Inland water 2.01 % 2021 up 18.2% 2nd 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 52.77 % 2021 down 0.6% 15th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Permanent 2.46 % 2021 down 5.4% 14th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 0.01 % 2021 unchanged 13th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 1.21 % 2021 down 16.0% 7th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Sparsely 9.39 % 2021 down 0.1% 1st 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Terrestrial 33.21 % 2021 up 0.2% 2nd 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Tree-covered 0.77 % 2021 unchanged 17th Electronic waste collected 3.23 million tonnes 2022 up 335.5% 8th Electronic waste collected, per capita 1.94 kg 2022 up 319.7% 12th Electronic waste recycled 3.23 million tonnes 2022 up 335.5% 7th Electronic waste recycled, per capita 1.94 kg 2022 up 319.7% 11th Electronic waste generated, per capita 11.29 kg 2025 up 61.1% 11th Electronic waste generated 18.65 million tonnes 2025 up 62.8% 5th Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS 6,360 1000 ha 2019 — 5th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Artificial 5.1 km2 2021 up 18.6% 9th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Croplands 0 km2 2021 — 8th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Grassland 6,157 km2 2021 down 0.4% 9th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Inland water 194.2 km2 2021 up 66.6% 10th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 6,233 km2 2021 down 0.3% 9th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Permanent snow 18,264 km2 2021 down 2.7% 6th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 0.4 km2 2021 down 33.3% 8th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 40.6 km2 2021 up 27.7% 12th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Sparsely 3,070 km2 2021 down 0.1% 7th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Terrestrial 14,835 km2 2021 up 3.1% 9th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Nival; Land Cover: Tree-covered 34.9 km2 2021 up 7.4% 11th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Artificial 0.01 % 2021 unchanged 10th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Croplands 0 % 2021 — 7th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Grassland 14.45 % 2021 down 0.5% 14th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Inland water 0.46 % 2021 up 70.4% 15th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 14.63 % 2021 down 0.3% 14th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Permanent snow 42.87 % 2021 down 2.7% 2nd 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 0 % 2021 — 10th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 0.1 % 2021 up 42.9% 15th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Sparsely 7.21 % 2021 unchanged 5th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Terrestrial 34.82 % 2021 up 3.1% 6th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Nival; Land Cover: Tree-covered 0.08 % 2021 unchanged 12th Grassland — Area from CGLS 313,961 1000 ha 2019 — 6th Proportion of electronic waste recycled 19.8% 2022 up 147.4% 11th Proportion of electronic waste collected 19.8% 2022 up 147.4% 11th ← Previous Page 20 of 20