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

Democratic Republic of the Congo
220,821 1000 ha
in 2024
Middle Africa
449,391 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
3rd
Middle Africa rank
2nd

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Middle Africa
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How they compare

Middle Africa currently reports 449,391 1000 ha against 220,821 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 228,570 1000 ha.

That makes Middle Africa's figure about 2.0 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and Middle Africa ranks 2nd of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Middle Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 220,689 1000 ha 453,422 1000 ha 232,733 1000 ha Middle Africa
2010s 221,292 1000 ha 453,200 1000 ha 231,908 1000 ha Middle Africa
2020s 221,311 1000 ha 450,338 1000 ha 229,027 1000 ha Middle Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Middle Africa?
Middle Africa, at 449,391 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo and Middle Africa?
228,570 1000 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Middle Africa?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Middle Africa rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and Middle Africa ranks 2nd of 20 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.