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Myanmar vs Ukraine

Averaged across every city Airleaf has measured in each country — 33 in Myanmar and 42 in Ukraine — each read the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius, and the live US EPA air quality index.

Myanmar averages more tree cover — 59.0% against 47.4%.

Ukraine averages cleaner air — AQI 38 against 41.

Tree cover gap
11.5 points
Myanmar is ahead.
Air quality gap
3 AQI
Ukraine is cleaner.
Cities behind it
33 vs 42
How much each average rests on.
Myanmar

33 cities measured

Ukraine

42 cities measured

Average tree cover

Mean across measured cities, each over the same 2 km radius.

59.0%

47.4%

Average air quality index

US EPA index. Lower is better.

41

38

Cities measured

How much each average rests on.

33

42

Trees standing

Summed across every measured city in each country.

5.6M

5.9M

Cities below their target

Share of measured cities short of the canopy target. Lower is better.

6% (2)

7% (3)

Trees still needed

Summed across measured cities, to reach their canopy targets. Fewer is better.

9.2K

40.4K

Behind the averages

The extremes in each country

An average says nothing about how far apart the best and worst places are. These are the measured cities at each end.

Myanmar

Greenest measured city
Thandwe92.6% tree cover
Worst air right now
MonywaAQI 80

Ukraine

Greenest measured city
Slovyansk68.3% tree cover
Worst air right now
MariupolAQI 67

Reading these numbers

What a country average is, and is not

It is a mean of cities

Not a national statistic. Each figure is the average across the cities Airleaf has measured in that country — 33 in Myanmar and 42 in Ukraine — each read over the same 2 km radius. Rural land, forest and everywhere unmeasured are not in it, so this compares urban areas rather than territories.

Coverage shapes the number

A country measured mostly in its capital reads differently from one measured across dozens of towns. Ukraine rests on 42 cities against 33, so its average is the steadier of the two. Both firm up as coverage grows.

Frequently asked

Myanmar and Ukraine, answered

Which country has more tree cover, Myanmar or Ukraine?

Myanmar, averaging 59.0% across its measured cities against 47.4% — a gap of 11.5 percentage points.

Which has cleaner air, Myanmar or Ukraine?

Ukraine, averaging AQI 38 against 41 on the US EPA index. These are live readings averaged across cities, so the gap moves with the weather.

How many cities is each figure based on?

33 measured cities in Myanmar and 42 in Ukraine. Every one was read the same way, so the two averages are directly comparable — but a country with more measured cities has the more settled figure.

Is this the whole country?

No. It is the cities Airleaf has measured, each over a 2 km radius from its centre. Forest, farmland and unmeasured towns are not included, so treat this as a comparison of urban tree cover and urban air rather than of national land cover.

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