We measure grassland loss as a proportion: the average annual loss in grassland area over the past five years, divided by the total extent of grassland area in the year 1992. This metric only looks at gross losses, not net. A score of 100 indicates virtually no grassland loss, and a score of 0 indicates the worst levels of loss. Annual land cover data come from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Climate Change Initiative.
Grassland loss
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiribati | - | - | - |
| Singapore | - | - | - |
| Tonga | - | - | - |
| Micronesia | - | - | - |
| Marshall Islands | - | - | - |
| Brunei Darussalam | - | - | - |
| Samoa | - | - | - |
| Fiji | - | - | - |
| Sao Tome and Principe | - | - | - |
| Qatar | - | - | - |
| Kuwait | - | - | - |
| Bahrain | - | - | - |
| Saint Lucia | - | - | - |
| Solomon Islands | - | - | - |
| Timor-Leste | 1 | 100 | - |
| Moldova | 1 | 100 | 38.4 |
| Philippines | 1 | 100 | - |
| Dominica | 1 | 100 | - |
| Malta | 1 | 100 | - |
| Lebanon | 1 | 100 | 91 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 100 | 87.2 |
| Oman | 1 | 100 | 88.9 |
| Egypt | 1 | 100 | - |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 100 | 48.4 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 100 | - |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 100 | - |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 100 | - |
| Maldives | 1 | 100 | - |
| Iceland | 1 | 100 | - |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 100 | - |
| Mauritius | 1 | 100 | 89.2 |
| Comoros | 1 | 100 | - |
| Suriname | 1 | 100 | 68.1 |
| Bahamas | 20 | 98 | 43.5 |
| Central African Republic | 21 | 95.9 | 24.1 |
| Bhutan | 22 | 88.1 | 24.2 |
| Cabo Verde | 23 | 87.4 | 16.5 |
| Guyana | 24 | 85.8 | 21.1 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 82.7 | 45.4 |
| Uruguay | 26 | 81.6 | 11.5 |
| Hungary | 27 | 76.1 | 24.4 |
| Czech Republic | 28 | 75.6 | 27.2 |
| Belgium | 29 | 73.7 | 24.4 |
| Nepal | 30 | 73.4 | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 31 | 72.8 | 29.3 |
| Denmark | 32 | 72.7 | 14.9 |
| Eswatini | 33 | 72.6 | 18.2 |
| Italy | 34 | 71.7 | 20.1 |
| Mongolia | 35 | 71.4 | 22.7 |
| Ireland | 36 | 71.2 | 23.4 |
| France | 37 | 70.6 | 16.3 |
| Portugal | 38 | 70.5 | 27.5 |
| North Macedonia | 38 | 70.5 | 16.1 |
| Morocco | 40 | 70.3 | 67 |
| Madagascar | 41 | 70.2 | 28.8 |
| Albania | 41 | 70.2 | 11.1 |
| Austria | 43 | 69.9 | 24.1 |
| Algeria | 44 | 69.2 | 69.2 |
| Belarus | 45 | 68.8 | 28.4 |
| Slovenia | 45 | 68.8 | 23.3 |
| Slovakia | 47 | 68.1 | 29.5 |
| Mexico | 48 | 68 | 7.5 |
| Haiti | 49 | 67.9 | 11.4 |
| Burundi | 50 | 66.5 | 27.9 |
| Poland | 51 | 65.8 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | 52 | 65.7 | 14.9 |
| Switzerland | 53 | 65.6 | 17.4 |
| Cuba | 54 | 65.5 | 15 |
| Brazil | 54 | 65.5 | 6.9 |
| Germany | 56 | 65.4 | 23 |
| Namibia | 57 | 65.3 | 9.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 58 | 65.2 | 18.4 |
| Lithuania | 59 | 64.4 | 3.8 |
| Sierra Leone | 60 | 63.6 | 33.5 |
| Dominican Republic | 61 | 63.4 | 29.9 |
| Estonia | 62 | 63.1 | 14.1 |
| Greece | 63 | 62.9 | -9.1 |
| Ukraine | 64 | 62.7 | 20.5 |
| Colombia | 65 | 62 | -2.7 |
| Tunisia | 66 | 61.8 | 61.8 |
| Zambia | 67 | 61.6 | 22.2 |
| Afghanistan | 68 | 60.9 | -2.4 |
| Romania | 69 | 60.5 | 14.7 |
| Canada | 70 | 60.2 | 33.5 |
| New Zealand | 71 | 60 | 8.2 |
| United States of America | 72 | 59.3 | 9.4 |
| Uganda | 73 | 59.2 | 18.8 |
| Serbia | 74 | 58.8 | 12.7 |
| Honduras | 75 | 58.5 | 7.9 |
| Costa Rica | 76 | 58.3 | 35.4 |
| South Africa | 76 | 58.3 | 12.5 |
| Mali | 78 | 58.1 | 15.6 |
| Turkmenistan | 79 | 58 | 23.8 |
| Venezuela | 80 | 57.3 | 4.9 |
| Spain | 81 | 56.9 | 10.1 |
| Pakistan | 82 | 56.2 | 9.4 |
| China | 83 | 56.1 | 12.6 |
| Norway | 84 | 56 | -13 |
| Chile | 85 | 55.7 | 12.4 |
| Peru | 86 | 55.5 | -1.8 |
| Russia | 87 | 55.1 | 14.3 |
| Myanmar | 87 | 55.1 | 20.2 |
| Cyprus | 89 | 54.9 | 20.4 |
| Nicaragua | 89 | 54.9 | -4.2 |
| Paraguay | 91 | 54.8 | -11.4 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 92 | 54.6 | 18.5 |
| Lesotho | 93 | 54 | 14.3 |
| Mauritania | 94 | 53.6 | 19.7 |
| Turkey | 94 | 53.6 | 5.4 |
| Kenya | 96 | 53.2 | 5.3 |
| Niger | 97 | 53.1 | 15.3 |
| Ethiopia | 98 | 53 | 1.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 99 | 52.2 | 17.4 |
| Iran | 100 | 52.1 | 14.4 |
| Chad | 100 | 52.1 | 9.6 |
| Tajikistan | 102 | 52 | -8.4 |
| Bulgaria | 103 | 51.8 | 6.4 |
| Georgia | 104 | 51.6 | -22.2 |
| Cambodia | 105 | 51 | 31.1 |
| Kazakhstan | 106 | 49.9 | 8.5 |
| Botswana | 107 | 49.5 | 27 |
| Grenada | 107 | 49.5 | -50.5 |
| Iraq | 109 | 49.4 | 26.5 |
| Angola | 110 | 49.3 | 8.2 |
| Croatia | 110 | 49.3 | -3.8 |
| Jamaica | 112 | 49.2 | 14 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 112 | 49.2 | 7.4 |
| Finland | 114 | 49 | -3.2 |
| Zimbabwe | 115 | 47.8 | 34 |
| India | 115 | 47.8 | 10.4 |
| Djibouti | 115 | 47.8 | 27.5 |
| Cameroon | 115 | 47.8 | -16.9 |
| Bolivia | 119 | 47.6 | 8.8 |
| Bangladesh | 120 | 47.3 | 37.2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 120 | 47.3 | -10.2 |
| Argentina | 120 | 47.3 | 7.4 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 123 | 47.1 | 8.2 |
| Tanzania | 124 | 47 | 8 |
| Senegal | 125 | 46.4 | 17.1 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 126 | 46.3 | 43.1 |
| Jordan | 127 | 46 | -54 |
| Armenia | 128 | 45.8 | -4.9 |
| Israel | 129 | 45.3 | 15.4 |
| Mozambique | 130 | 45.2 | -1.4 |
| Panama | 131 | 45.1 | 3.1 |
| Sudan | 132 | 45 | 12.4 |
| Montenegro | 133 | 44.9 | -3.5 |
| Sweden | 134 | 44.4 | -18.3 |
| Australia | 135 | 44 | 12.7 |
| Ghana | 136 | 43.8 | 30.2 |
| Indonesia | 136 | 43.8 | -0.9 |
| Latvia | 138 | 43.2 | -10.6 |
| Laos | 139 | 43 | -32.8 |
| Eritrea | 140 | 42.9 | -8.4 |
| El Salvador | 140 | 42.9 | 12.2 |
| Gabon | 142 | 42.8 | -21 |
| Sri Lanka | 143 | 40.7 | 13.2 |
| Togo | 144 | 40.2 | 19.8 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 145 | 39.8 | 5.3 |
| Viet Nam | 146 | 39.7 | 6.3 |
| Guatemala | 147 | 39.6 | -4 |
| Belize | 148 | 39.4 | 4.7 |
| Thailand | 149 | 38.7 | 13.3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 150 | 38.5 | 38.5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 151 | 38.4 | -28 |
| Nigeria | 152 | 38 | 14.7 |
| Malawi | 153 | 37.9 | 12.7 |
| Liberia | 154 | 36.9 | 15.4 |
| Rwanda | 155 | 36.7 | 35.2 |
| Taiwan | 156 | 36.6 | -5 |
| Ecuador | 157 | 36.2 | -25.7 |
| Gambia | 158 | 33.7 | 33.7 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 159 | 31.5 | 6.4 |
| Republic of Congo | 160 | 28.3 | -15 |
| Barbados | 161 | 21.9 | - |
| Benin | 162 | 20.8 | 7.2 |
| Japan | 163 | 19.6 | -10.9 |
| Malaysia | 164 | 14.8 | 8.5 |
| South Korea | 165 | 11.3 | -20.2 |
| Guinea | 166 | 9.4 | -7.5 |