Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean 481 indicators covering environment for Latin America and the Caribbean. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 152,368 km2 2021 down 0.8% 5th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 41,012 km2 2021 down 0.4% 6th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Sparsely 101,825 km2 2021 down 0.1% 11th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Terrestrial 418,526 km2 2021 up 0.4% 9th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Tree-covered 1.81 million km2 2021 down 0.9% 6th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 2.22 % 2021 up 29.8% 11th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 9.1 % 2021 up 2.5% 5th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0.24 % 2021 up 20.0% 18th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 93.27 % 2021 down 0.6% 7th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 5.24 % 2021 down 0.2% 4th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0.36 % 2021 down 5.3% 10th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 3.72 % 2021 unchanged 14th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 54.05 % 2021 down 1.2% 7th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Artificial 1.85 % 2021 up 32.1% 11th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Croplands 5.7 % 2021 up 2.9% 6th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Grassland 35.75 % 2021 down 0.7% 12th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Inland water 0.72 % 2021 up 5.9% 10th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 85.35 % 2021 down 0.6% 11th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Permanent snow 0.69 % 2021 down 6.8% 11th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 3.33 % 2021 down 0.9% 4th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 0.9 % 2021 unchanged 6th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Sparsely 2.23 % 2021 unchanged 11th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Terrestrial 9.15 % 2021 up 0.3% 11th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Total; Land Cover: Tree-covered 39.66 % 2021 down 0.9% 9th 15.2.1 Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan 17.63 % 2025 up 6.5% 28th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 24.51 % 2021 down 0.5% 12th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0 % 2021 — 1st 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0.55 % 2021 unchanged 15th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land 671,861 km2 2021 down 0.5% 3rd 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land 0 km2 2021 — 1st 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land 15,096 km2 2021 down 0.2% 9th Forest area certified under an independently verified certification 22,014 2024 up 51.8% 9th Lakes and rivers seasonal water area change 17.9% 2022 up 1,307.4% 31st Lakes and rivers permanent water area change -2.1% 2022 down 4,169.3% 31st Above-ground biomass in forest 172.16 2025 up 1.1% 3rd Forest area 947,218 2025 down 4.3% 5th Forest area as a proportion of total land area 47.0% 2025 down 4.4% 4th Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas 15.3% 2025 up 4.8% 23rd 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Artificial 22,681 km2 2021 up 38.5% 8th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Croplands 11,327 km2 2021 up 16.0% 16th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Inland water 20,978 km2 2021 down 1.4% 7th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 1.07 million km2 2021 down 0.5% 9th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 7,816 km2 2021 down 10.3% 7th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 24,016 km2 2021 up 2.8% 4th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Terrestrial 156,470 km2 2021 up 0.2% 5th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Tree-covered 299,230 km2 2021 up 0.0% 8th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Artificial 1.72 % 2021 up 38.7% 11th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Croplands 0.86 % 2021 up 16.2% 17th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Inland water 1.59 % 2021 down 1.2% 1st 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 80.8 % 2021 down 0.6% 16th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover 0.59 % 2021 down 10.6% 11th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Shrubs 1.82 % 2021 up 2.8% 3rd 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Terrestrial 11.86 % 2021 up 0.2% 5th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Tree-covered 22.69 % 2021 up 0.0% 12th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Grassland 54.84 % 2021 down 1.0% 7th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Permanent 0.13 % 2021 down 18.8% 9th 15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Montane; Land Cover: Sparsely 3.89 % 2021 down 0.3% 7th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Grassland 723,375 km2 2021 down 1.0% 9th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Permanent 1,707 km2 2021 down 19.6% 8th 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Sparsely 51,344 km2 2021 down 0.1% 9th ← Previous Page 7 of 9 Next →