Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Cameroon or Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Democratic Republic of the Congo, at 272.89 1000 ha against 258.38 1000 ha in Cameroon as of 2022.

What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo?

14.51 1000 ha, with Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo?

31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.

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.

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

Cameroon

258.38 1000 ha

in 2022

Democratic Republic of the Congo

272.89 1000 ha

in 2022

Cameroon rank

20th

Democratic Republic of the Congo rank

5th

Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC over time

Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo

How they compare

Democratic Republic of the Congo currently reports 272.89 1000 ha against 258.38 1000 ha in Cameroon, a difference of 14.51 1000 ha.

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

Across all 31 years both countries report, Democratic Republic of the Congo has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 20th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th of 224 countries.

Democratic Republic of the Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Difference	Ahead
1990s	236.35 1000 ha	257.07 1000 ha	20.72 1000 ha	Democratic Republic of the Congo
2000s	242.92 1000 ha	263.86 1000 ha	20.93 1000 ha	Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010s	254.64 1000 ha	271.86 1000 ha	17.22 1000 ha	Democratic Republic of the Congo
2020s	258.46 1000 ha	273.14 1000 ha	14.68 1000 ha	Democratic Republic of the Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mangroves — area from cci_lc, Cameroon or Democratic Republic of the Congo?: Democratic Republic of the Congo, at 272.89 1000 ha against 258.38 1000 ha in Cameroon as of 2022.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from cci_lc between Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo?: 14.51 1000 ha, with Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo rank globally for mangroves — area from cci_lc?: Cameroon ranks 20th 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: 12 August 2026

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.