Congo vs Sudan: Forest area

Congo

21.85 million hectares

in 2025

Sudan

21.98 million hectares

in 2025

Congo rank

31st

Sudan rank

30th

Forest area over time

Congo
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 21.98 million hectares against 21.85 million hectares in Congo, a difference of 126,600 hectares.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Sudan has been ahead every year.

Congo ranks 31st and Sudan ranks 30th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Congo
Forest area in Sudan
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.