Brazil vs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Brazil
439,088 1000 ha
in 2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo
185,074 1000 ha
in 2022
Brazil rank
2nd
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
3rd

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Brazil
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 439,088 1000 ha against 185,074 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 254,014 1000 ha.

That makes Brazil's figure about 2.4 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

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

Brazil ranks 2nd and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd of 224 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Democratic Republic of the Congo Difference Ahead
1990s 459,776 1000 ha 186,770 1000 ha 273,006 1000 ha Brazil
2000s 440,795 1000 ha 186,210 1000 ha 254,585 1000 ha Brazil
2010s 435,514 1000 ha 185,861 1000 ha 249,653 1000 ha Brazil
2020s 437,726 1000 ha 185,204 1000 ha 252,522 1000 ha Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Brazil or Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Brazil, at 439,088 1000 ha against 185,074 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2022.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Brazil and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
254,014 1000 ha, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Brazil and Democratic Republic of the Congo rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Brazil ranks 2nd and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd of 224 countries.
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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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

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.