Australia vs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC

Australia
2,727 1000 ha
in 2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo
272.89 1000 ha
in 2022
Australia rank
3rd
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
5th

Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Australia
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 2,727 1000 ha against 272.89 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 2,454 1000 ha.

That makes Australia's figure about 10.0 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 3rd and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th of 224 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Democratic Republic of the Congo Difference Ahead
1990s 2,641 1000 ha 257.07 1000 ha 2,384 1000 ha Australia
2000s 2,685 1000 ha 263.86 1000 ha 2,421 1000 ha Australia
2010s 2,709 1000 ha 271.86 1000 ha 2,437 1000 ha Australia
2020s 2,718 1000 ha 273.14 1000 ha 2,445 1000 ha Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Australia or Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Australia, at 2,727 1000 ha against 272.89 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2022.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Australia and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
2,454 1000 ha, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Australia and Democratic Republic of the Congo rank globally for mangroves — area from cci_lc?
Australia ranks 3rd and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th of 224 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.