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

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1,095 1000 ha
in 2024
Philippines
970.67 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
4th
Philippines rank
6th

Mangroves — Area from MODIS over time

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Philippines
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of the Congo currently reports 1,095 1000 ha against 970.67 1000 ha in Philippines, a difference of 124.33 1000 ha.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 4th and Philippines ranks 6th of 20 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Philippines Difference Ahead
2000s 1,197 1000 ha 1,116 1000 ha 81.3 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010s 1,107 1000 ha 1,002 1000 ha 104.8 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2020s 1,098 1000 ha 964.94 1000 ha 133.25 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, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Philippines?
Democratic Republic of the Congo, at 1,095 1000 ha against 970.67 1000 ha in Philippines as of 2024.
What is the difference in mangroves — area from modis between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Philippines?
124.33 1000 ha, with Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Philippines?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Philippines rank globally for mangroves — area from modis?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 4th and Philippines ranks 6th of 20 regions.
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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About this data

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.