Congo vs Northern Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Congo
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Congo currently reports 26,955 1000 ha against 12,408 1000 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 14,547 1000 ha.
That makes Congo's figure about 2.2 times Northern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Northern Africa ahead.
Congo ranks 27th and Northern Africa ranks 26th of 241 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 2 and Northern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,298 1000 ha | 33,984 1000 ha | 7,686 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 26,612 1000 ha | 35,723 1000 ha | 9,111 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 26,855 1000 ha | 16,783 1000 ha | 10,071 1000 ha | Congo |
| 2020s | 26,980 1000 ha | 12,302 1000 ha | 14,677 1000 ha | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Congo or Northern Africa?
- Congo, at 26,955 1000 ha against 12,408 1000 ha in Northern Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Congo and Northern Africa?
- 14,547 1000 ha, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Northern Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Congo and Northern Africa rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Congo ranks 27th and Northern Africa ranks 26th of 241 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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About this data
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.