Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Congo
Congo: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,165 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Congo, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Congo is 2,165 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Congo peaked at 2,395 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,165 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Congo 54th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Congo, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,395 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,395 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,395 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,387 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 2,380 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 2,378 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 2,380 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 2,373 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 2,326 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 2,323 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,320 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,315 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,301 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 2,298 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,296 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,292 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,274 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 2,268 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,265 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,257 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 2,256 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,250 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,233 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,233 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,216 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,212 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,198 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,184 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 2,175 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 2,168 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,165 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 2,165 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 2.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Congo's 2,165 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 85% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,385 1000 ha | 2,373 1000 ha | 2,395 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,301 1000 ha | 2,268 1000 ha | 2,326 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,231 1000 ha | 2,184 1000 ha | 2,265 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,169 1000 ha | 2,165 1000 ha | 2,175 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More environment data for Congo
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.96 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.202 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8453 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.4756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Congo?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Congo was 2,165 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 2,395 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,165 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Congo rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Congo ranks 54th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.