Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Democratic Republic of the Congo
7,529 1000 ha
in 2022
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
7,570 1000 ha
in 2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
6th
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank
5th

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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How they compare

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) currently reports 7,570 1000 ha against 7,529 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 41 1000 ha.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 5th of 20 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Democratic Republic of the Congo averaged higher in 2 and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Difference Ahead
1990s 8,436 1000 ha 7,396 1000 ha 1,040 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2000s 7,801 1000 ha 7,567 1000 ha 234.52 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010s 7,457 1000 ha 7,604 1000 ha 146.31 1000 ha Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2020s 7,510 1000 ha 7,582 1000 ha 72.24 1000 ha Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), at 7,570 1000 ha against 7,529 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2022.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
41 1000 ha, with Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 5th of 20 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — 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.