Democratic Republic of the Congo vs South America: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 837,192 1000 ha against 185,074 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 652,118 1000 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 4.5 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and South America ranks 5th of 20 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Democratic Republic of the Congo | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 186,770 1000 ha | 876,545 1000 ha | 689,775 1000 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 186,210 1000 ha | 845,955 1000 ha | 659,745 1000 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 185,861 1000 ha | 834,716 1000 ha | 648,855 1000 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 185,204 1000 ha | 835,921 1000 ha | 650,717 1000 ha | South America |
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 South America?
- South America, at 837,192 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo and South America?
- 652,118 1000 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and South America?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and South America rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and South America ranks 5th 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.