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

Democratic Republic of the Congo
220,821 1000 ha
in 2024
Peru
78,982 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
3rd
Peru rank
11th

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Peru
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k200120122024

How they compare

Democratic Republic of the Congo currently reports 220,821 1000 ha against 78,982 1000 ha in Peru, a difference of 141,839 1000 ha.

That makes Democratic Republic of the Congo's figure about 2.8 times Peru's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Democratic Republic of the Congo has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and Peru ranks 11th of 20 regions.

Democratic Republic of the Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Peru Difference Ahead
2000s 220,689 1000 ha 78,807 1000 ha 141,882 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010s 221,292 1000 ha 79,062 1000 ha 142,229 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2020s 221,311 1000 ha 78,968 1000 ha 142,342 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 modis, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Peru?
Democratic Republic of the Congo, at 220,821 1000 ha against 78,982 1000 ha in Peru as of 2024.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Peru?
141,839 1000 ha, with Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Peru?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Peru rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd and Peru ranks 11th of 20 regions.
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.