Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Africa or Peru?

Africa, at 757,448 1000 ha against 81,843 1000 ha in Peru as of 2022.

What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Africa and Peru?

675,605 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Peru?

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 Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Africa vs Peru: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Africa

757,448 1000 ha

in 2022

Peru

81,843 1000 ha

in 2022

Africa rank

6th

Peru rank

9th

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

Africa
Peru

How they compare

Africa currently reports 757,448 1000 ha against 81,843 1000 ha in Peru, a difference of 675,605 1000 ha.

That makes Africa's figure about 9.3 times Peru's.

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

Africa ranks 6th and Peru ranks 9th of 29 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Africa	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1990s	745,066 1000 ha	82,223 1000 ha	662,844 1000 ha	Africa
2000s	744,832 1000 ha	81,604 1000 ha	663,228 1000 ha	Africa
2010s	750,092 1000 ha	81,509 1000 ha	668,582 1000 ha	Africa
2020s	756,594 1000 ha	81,814 1000 ha	674,780 1000 ha	Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Africa or Peru?: Africa, at 757,448 1000 ha against 81,843 1000 ha in Peru as of 2022.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Africa and Peru?: 675,605 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Peru?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Africa and Peru rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Africa ranks 6th and Peru ranks 9th of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-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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About this data

Indicator: Tree-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: 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.