Africa vs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
How they compare
Africa currently reports 812,809 1000 ha against 220,821 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 591,988 1000 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 3.7 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 7th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd of 26 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 832,651 1000 ha | 220,689 1000 ha | 611,963 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 827,268 1000 ha | 221,292 1000 ha | 605,976 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 815,016 1000 ha | 221,311 1000 ha | 593,706 1000 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, Africa or Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Africa, at 812,809 1000 ha against 220,821 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between Africa and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- 591,988 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Democratic Republic of the Congo rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Africa ranks 7th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. 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.