Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Melanesia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Melanesia
How they compare
Democratic Republic of the Congo currently reports 185,074 1000 ha against 45,155 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 139,919 1000 ha.
That makes Democratic Republic of the Congo's figure about 4.1 times Melanesia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Democratic Republic of the Congo has been ahead every year.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and Melanesia ranks 6th of 20 countries.
Democratic Republic of the Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 186,770 1000 ha | 45,335 1000 ha | 141,435 1000 ha | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 2000s | 186,210 1000 ha | 45,098 1000 ha | 141,112 1000 ha | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 2010s | 185,861 1000 ha | 45,481 1000 ha | 140,381 1000 ha | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 2020s | 185,204 1000 ha | 45,205 1000 ha | 139,999 1000 ha | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Melanesia?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, at 185,074 1000 ha against 45,155 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Melanesia?
- 139,919 1000 ha, with Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Melanesia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Melanesia rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and Melanesia ranks 6th of 20 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.