15.4.2 Mountain area: Nival — Value by country

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Countries reporting
33
Highest
118,907 km2
Russian Federation
Lowest
0 km2
Poland
Median
1,676 km2
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
300

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

About this data

Indicator
15.4.2 Mountain area: Nival — Value
Unit
km2
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
50 places, 300 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

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