Cuba vs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mangroves — Area from MODIS

Cuba
521.74 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1,095 1000 ha
in 2024
Cuba rank
14th
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
4th

Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time

  • Cuba
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of the Congo currently reports 1,095 1000 ha against 521.74 1000 ha in Cuba, a difference of 573.26 1000 ha.

That makes Democratic Republic of the Congo's figure about 2.1 times Cuba's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Democratic Republic of the Congo has been ahead every year.

Cuba ranks 14th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 4th of 223 countries.

Democratic Republic of the Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Difference Ahead
2000s 501.36 1000 ha 1,197 1000 ha 695.5 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010s 501.84 1000 ha 1,107 1000 ha 605.21 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2020s 502.07 1000 ha 1,098 1000 ha 596.12 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 modis, Cuba or Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Democratic Republic of the Congo, at 1,095 1000 ha against 521.74 1000 ha in Cuba as of 2024.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Cuba and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
573.26 1000 ha, with Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Cuba and Democratic Republic of the Congo rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
Cuba ranks 14th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 4th of 223 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mangroves — Area from MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mangroves — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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.