15.4.2 Mountain area: Nival — Value by country
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What the numbers show
15.4.2 Mountain area: Nival — Value is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 118,907 km2 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 km2 in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,676 km2, and the mean is 8,885 km2.
Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 20.0%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 0.5%).
15.4.2 Mountain area: Nival — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 118,907 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | China, mainland | 42,578 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Tajikistan | 25,909 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 23,927 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 21,308 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Chile | 11,816 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Switzerland | 6,692 km2 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,977 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Nepal | 5,874 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | India | 4,800 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Italy | 3,878 km2 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Pakistan | 3,856 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Austria | 3,505 km2 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 14 | Peru | 3,268 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | France | 2,762 km2 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | New Zealand | 1,676 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,676 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Sweden | 1,624 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 839 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 790 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Georgia | 523 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 330 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Colombia | 253 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Spain | 202 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Ecuador | 64 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | United Republic of Tanzania | 43 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Bhutan | 42 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Slovakia | 41 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Japan | 16 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 11 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Mongolia | 8 km2 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Finland | 6 km2 | 2021 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 33 | Poland | 0 km2 | 2021 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 517,409 km2
- Northern America and Europe 372,959 km2
- Northern America 186,940 km2
- Europe 186,019 km2
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 69,396 km2
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 61,089 km2
- United States of America 44,445 km2
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 42,601 km2
- Eastern Asia 42,601 km2
- Southern Asia 35,880 km2
- Central Asia 33,515 km2
- Latin America and the Caribbean 30,184 km2
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