Democratic Republic of Congo vs Tanzania: Land use

Democratic Republic of Congo
16.90 million hectares
in 2023
Tanzania
15.52 million hectares
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
22nd
Tanzania rank
24th

Land use over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Tanzania
05.0M10.0M15.0M196119922023

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 16.90 million hectares against 15.52 million hectares in Tanzania, a difference of 1.37 million hectares.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 22nd and Tanzania ranks 24th of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
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
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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