China vs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS

China
270,880 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo
220,821 1000 ha
in 2024
China rank
4th
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
3rd

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • China
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
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How they compare

China currently reports 270,880 1000 ha against 220,821 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 50,059 1000 ha.

That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 4th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd of 223 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Democratic Republic of the Congo Difference Ahead
2000s 256,741 1000 ha 220,689 1000 ha 36,052 1000 ha China
2010s 265,026 1000 ha 221,292 1000 ha 43,734 1000 ha China
2020s 269,313 1000 ha 221,311 1000 ha 48,002 1000 ha China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, China or Democratic Republic of the Congo?
China, at 270,880 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 China and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
50,059 1000 ha, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do China and Democratic Republic of the Congo rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
China ranks 4th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd of 223 countries.
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

Indicator
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.