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Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area (%)

Name: Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area (%)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, %, proportion, land, that, degraded, over, total, area

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2019; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•121 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

15.1%

Median: 11.7%

Countries Covered

121

with available data

Highest

Mexico

71.9%

Lowest

Poland

0.2%

Top 5 Countries

1Mexico71.9%

2Philippines49.4%

3Benin37.6%

4Somalia36.9%

5Republic of The Gambia34.8%

By Region

North America41.8%(2 countries)

Africa16.5%(6 countries)

Asia16.3%(19 countries)

Other15.3%(71 countries)

South America13.6%(5 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2%)High (71.9%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 15.1%)

North America (2)

Africa (6)

Asia (19)

Other (71)

South America (5)

Europe (16)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2019; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Mexico	71.9%
2	Philippines	49.4%
3	Benin	37.6%
4	Somalia	36.9%
5	Republic of The Gambia	34.8%
6	Eritrea	33.7%
7	Panama	32.2%
8	Costa Rica	32.1%
9	Madagascar	31.9%
10	Dominican Republic	31.3%
11	Ukraine	30.4%
12	Colombia	29.8%
13	Gabon	29.4%
14	South Africa	29.3%
15	Sao Tome and Principe	28.5%
16	Guinea-Bissau	27.9%
17	Rwanda	27.0%
18	Paraguay	26.9%
19	People's Republic of China	26.8%
20	Malawi	26.8%
21	Slovenia	26.7%
22	Thailand	26.2%
23	Uzbekistan	26.1%
24	State of Palestine	26.0%
25	Jordan	25.6%
26	Eswatini	24.1%
27	Guinea	23.8%
28	Syrian Arab Republic	23.8%
29	Mongolia	23.4%
30	Nigeria	23.4%
31	Vietnam	23.4%
32	Haiti	23.0%
33	Bangladesh	22.3%
34	Uganda	21.7%
35	Kazakhstan	21.3%
36	Sierra Leone	20.8%
37	Ethiopia	19.9%
38	Cambodia	19.6%
39	Armenia	19.4%
40	Turkmenistan	17.7%
41	Senegal	17.6%
42	Indonesia	17.6%
43	Yemen	17.5%
44	Ecuador	17.5%
45	Botswana	17.1%
46	Togo	16.9%
47	Ghana	16.7%
48	Guyana	15.9%
49	Suriname	15.5%
50	Malaysia	15.2%
51	Hungary	14.4%
52	Lithuania	14.3%
53	Sri Lanka	14.2%
54	Mauritania	13.6%
55	Bhutan	13.5%
56	Türkiye	13.4%
57	Azerbaijan	12.8%
58	Italy	12.5%
59	Burundi	12.1%
60	Cote d'Ivoire	11.8%
61	Canada	11.7%
62	Slovakia	11.5%
63	Spain	11.1%
64	Lebanon	10.8%
65	Palau	10.8%
66	Saudi Arabia	10.4%
67	Mauritius	10.3%
68	Antigua and Barbuda	10.3%
69	Bolivia	10.0%
70	Czech Republic	9.9%
71	Kyrgyzstan	9.6%
72	India	9.5%
73	Chad	9.4%
74	Mali	9.3%
75	Zimbabwe	9.2%
76	South Sudan	9.1%
77	Venezuela	9.1%
78	Liberia	8.9%
79	Trinidad and Tobago	8.9%
80	Lesotho	8.8%
81	Latvia	8.7%
82	Peru	8.5%
83	Nepal	8.3%
84	Burkina Faso	8.2%
85	Australia	8.2%
86	Jamaica	7.7%
87	Bulgaria	7.5%
88	Estonia	7.5%
89	Belize	7.5%
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.8%
91	Iraq	6.7%
92	Montenegro	6.7%
93	Georgia	6.6%
94	Chile	6.4%
95	Portugal	6.1%
96	Tunisia	6.1%
97	Oman	5.9%
98	Greece	5.8%
99	Argentina	5.5%
100	Moldova, Republic of	5.4%
101	Sudan	5.4%
102	Central African Republic	5.2%
103	Morocco	5.1%
104	Algeria	5.0%
105	Serbia	4.2%
106	Qatar	4.0%
107	Niger	3.3%
108	Pakistan	3.3%
109	Cameroon	3.2%
110	New Zealand	3.1%
111	Kuwait	3.0%
112	Libya	1.5%
113	United Arab Emirates	1.5%
114	Namibia	1.3%
115	Equatorial Guinea	1.1%
116	Saint Lucia	0.9%
117	Belarus	0.7%
118	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.5%
119	Finland	0.4%
120	Dominica	0.4%
121	Poland	0.2%

Showing 121 of 121 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2019).

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