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 Union's Copernicus Earth observation program.
Grassland loss
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1 | 100.00 | 15.10 |
| Chile | 1 | 100.00 | 50.60 |
| Australia | 1 | 100.00 | 61.30 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 100.00 | 67.30 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 100.00 | 71.70 |
| Barbados | 1 | 100.00 | 97.70 |
| Belize | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Comoros | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Cyprus | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Bahamas | 40 | 69.30 | 10.10 |
| Switzerland | 41 | 65.30 | 2.20 |
| Cabo Verde | 46 | 61.60 | -38.40 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48 | 60.70 | 16.30 |
| Belarus | 52 | 58.70 | 13.10 |
| Argentina | 60 | 54.20 | -45.80 |
| Cuba | 62 | 53.80 | 4.10 |
| Canada | 64 | 52.00 | 5.00 |
| Bangladesh | 70 | 49.70 | 9.50 |
| Colombia | 74 | 48.80 | -26.20 |
| Botswana | 75 | 48.70 | 14.10 |
| Germany | 78 | 47.80 | -52.20 |
| Bulgaria | 81 | 46.70 | 18.40 |
| Bhutan | 88 | 44.90 | -22.40 |
| Afghanistan | 90 | 44.80 | -39.80 |
| Central African Republic | 94 | 42.60 | -57.40 |
| Czech Republic | 95 | 42.50 | -26.20 |
| Angola | 98 | 41.70 | 8.00 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 105 | 38.00 | -62.00 |
| Cameroon | 106 | 37.70 | 7.00 |
| China | 112 | 36.50 | -26.90 |
| Burundi | 116 | 35.10 | -6.00 |
| Brazil | 120 | 33.90 | -66.10 |
| Burkina Faso | 123 | 33.60 | -15.50 |
| Belgium | 126 | 32.40 | -67.60 |
| Republic of Congo | 130 | 31.40 | 2.30 |
| Costa Rica | 134 | 30.60 | -8.40 |
| Benin | 139 | 29.80 | 17.00 |
| Azerbaijan | 140 | 29.00 | -41.20 |
| Armenia | 141 | 28.70 | -9.30 |
| Bolivia | 142 | 27.90 | -72.10 |
| Albania | 149 | 24.20 | -16.10 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 159 | 11.10 | -3.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | NA | NA | NA |
| Bahrain | NA | NA | NA |
| Brunei Darussalam | NA | NA | NA |
| Dominica | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 100.00 | 64.00 |
| Grenada | 1 | 100.00 | 66.20 |
| Egypt | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Finland | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Gambia | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Israel | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Jordan | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Jamaica | 37 | 70.70 | -29.30 |
| Eritrea | 39 | 69.50 | 16.20 |
| Iceland | 42 | 65.20 | -34.80 |
| United Kingdom | 43 | 64.80 | -35.20 |
| Haiti | 44 | 64.30 | -35.70 |
| Iran | 49 | 60.40 | -39.60 |
| Honduras | 51 | 59.80 | -40.20 |
| Algeria | 53 | 58.40 | 7.20 |
| Hungary | 57 | 57.20 | -4.50 |
| Ireland | 58 | 56.40 | 8.30 |
| France | 66 | 50.90 | 0.80 |
| Croatia | 67 | 50.40 | 6.40 |
| Dominican Republic | 72 | 49.20 | 10.50 |
| Iraq | 77 | 48.00 | 8.80 |
| Indonesia | 82 | 46.00 | 10.90 |
| Italy | 85 | 45.20 | -3.40 |
| Greece | 86 | 45.10 | -37.00 |
| Denmark | 96 | 41.80 | -58.20 |
| Georgia | 99 | 41.50 | -19.10 |
| Ethiopia | 103 | 40.50 | -59.50 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 104 | 40.10 | -10.50 |
| Guyana | 108 | 37.00 | -9.70 |
| Ecuador | 108 | 37.00 | -2.10 |
| Estonia | 113 | 36.40 | -63.60 |
| India | 116 | 35.10 | -29.30 |
| Japan | 119 | 34.50 | 16.40 |
| Cambodia | 122 | 33.80 | -19.40 |
| Spain | 123 | 33.60 | -15.70 |
| Gabon | 131 | 31.30 | -30.70 |
| Kazakhstan | 136 | 30.20 | -13.30 |
| Guatemala | 138 | 29.90 | -70.10 |
| Kenya | 146 | 25.40 | -42.40 |
| Ghana | 156 | 16.50 | -24.70 |
| Guinea | 158 | 11.40 | 9.90 |
| Fiji | NA | NA | NA |
| Micronesia | NA | NA | NA |
| Kiribati | NA | NA | NA |
| Mali | 1 | 100.00 | 52.60 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 100.00 | 63.20 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Norway | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Pakistan | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Philippines | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Lithuania | 34 | 87.20 | -12.80 |
| Mexico | 35 | 81.20 | -18.80 |
| Madagascar | 38 | 70.50 | 66.90 |
| Poland | 47 | 60.80 | -14.50 |
| Mongolia | 54 | 58.30 | -41.70 |
| Namibia | 59 | 56.30 | -43.70 |
| Myanmar | 71 | 49.40 | -22.80 |
| Montenegro | 73 | 48.90 | 13.20 |
| Panama | 79 | 47.70 | 20.50 |
| New Zealand | 80 | 47.60 | -15.30 |
| Netherlands | 83 | 45.90 | -25.80 |
| Nepal | 91 | 44.40 | -53.30 |
| Moldova | 92 | 44.20 | -22.20 |
| Luxembourg | 93 | 43.20 | -56.80 |
| Nicaragua | 96 | 41.80 | -58.20 |
| Sri Lanka | 107 | 37.50 | -62.40 |
| Mozambique | 110 | 36.90 | -12.30 |
| Latvia | 114 | 36.00 | -64.00 |
| Peru | 120 | 33.90 | -25.70 |
| Portugal | 125 | 32.70 | 5.30 |
| Laos | 126 | 32.40 | -67.60 |
| Morocco | 128 | 31.90 | -68.10 |
| Nigeria | 132 | 31.20 | 9.90 |
| Lesotho | 136 | 30.20 | -23.60 |
| North Macedonia | 143 | 27.20 | -15.20 |
| Niger | 150 | 23.90 | -19.50 |
| Mauritania | 150 | 23.90 | -6.80 |
| Malawi | 154 | 18.90 | -10.30 |
| South Korea | 157 | 13.00 | 5.40 |
| Liberia | 160 | 0.90 | -23.10 |
| Malaysia | 161 | NA | -100.00 |
| Kuwait | NA | NA | NA |
| Saint Lucia | NA | NA | NA |
| Maldives | NA | NA | NA |
| Marshall Islands | NA | NA | NA |
| Malta | NA | NA | NA |
| Oman | NA | NA | NA |
| Paraguay | 88 | 44.90 | -55.10 |
| Qatar | NA | NA | NA |
| Romania | 1 | 100.00 | 51.80 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 100.00 | 62.20 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 100.00 | 73.00 |
| Sweden | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Seychelles | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Timor-Leste | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Slovenia | 36 | 75.30 | 6.80 |
| Ukraine | 45 | 63.80 | -36.20 |
| Serbia | 50 | 60.10 | 19.80 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 55 | 58.10 | 38.30 |
| Turkmenistan | 56 | 57.40 | 13.20 |
| Eswatini | 61 | 53.90 | 1.40 |
| United States of America | 63 | 52.50 | -5.20 |
| Uruguay | 65 | 51.00 | -8.60 |
| Slovakia | 68 | 49.90 | -8.40 |
| Uzbekistan | 69 | 49.80 | -50.20 |
| Venezuela | 76 | 48.20 | -9.60 |
| Sudan | 84 | 45.80 | -13.60 |
| Suriname | 87 | 45.00 | -55.00 |
| South Africa | 100 | 41.40 | -9.30 |
| Tanzania | 101 | 41.20 | -9.70 |
| Thailand | 101 | 41.20 | 1.80 |
| Zambia | 111 | 36.80 | -5.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 115 | 35.90 | 19.40 |
| Russia | 118 | 34.80 | -23.40 |
| Tajikistan | 129 | 31.80 | -10.50 |
| Rwanda | 133 | 31.00 | 1.60 |
| Turkey | 134 | 30.60 | -8.00 |
| Togo | 144 | 26.80 | -73.20 |
| Sierra Leone | 145 | 26.20 | 11.90 |
| Chad | 147 | 25.00 | -13.80 |
| Viet Nam | 148 | 24.40 | -20.00 |
| Taiwan | 152 | 22.40 | -77.60 |
| Uganda | 153 | 22.20 | -28.00 |
| Senegal | 155 | 18.30 | -18.70 |
| Saudi Arabia | NA | NA | NA |
| Singapore | NA | NA | NA |
| Solomon Islands | NA | NA | NA |
| Sao Tome and Principe | NA | NA | NA |
| Tonga | NA | NA | NA |
| Samoa | NA | NA | NA |