What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?

11,710 1000 ha, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?

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.

Central African Republic vs Papua New Guinea: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Central African Republic

50,794 1000 ha

in 2022

Papua New Guinea

39,084 1000 ha

in 2022

Central African Republic rank

13th

Papua New Guinea rank

17th

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

Central African Republic
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 50,794 1000 ha against 39,084 1000 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 11,710 1000 ha.

That makes Central African Republic's figure about 1.3 times Papua New Guinea's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Central African Republic has been ahead every year.

Central African Republic ranks 13th and Papua New Guinea ranks 17th of 224 countries.

Central African Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1990s	51,133 1000 ha	39,446 1000 ha	11,688 1000 ha	Central African Republic
2000s	51,243 1000 ha	39,073 1000 ha	12,170 1000 ha	Central African Republic
2010s	51,324 1000 ha	39,358 1000 ha	11,967 1000 ha	Central African Republic
2020s	50,949 1000 ha	39,129 1000 ha	11,819 1000 ha	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Central African Republic or Papua New Guinea?: Central African Republic, at 50,794 1000 ha against 39,084 1000 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2022.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?: 11,710 1000 ha, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Central African Republic ranks 13th and Papua New Guinea ranks 17th 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: 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.