Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 7,529 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 7,529 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 8,495 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 7,418 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places Democratic Republic of the Congo 6th out of 20 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8,495 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 8,495 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,494 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,437 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 8,391 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 8,423 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 8,392 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 8,362 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 8,303 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 8,277 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 8,205 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 7,982 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 7,715 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 7,625 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 7,536 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 7,506 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 7,445 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 7,419 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 7,461 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 7,466 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 7,474 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 7,478 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 7,468 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 7,468 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,427 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 7,418 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 7,441 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 7,471 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 7,490 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 7,511 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 7,529 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,436 1000 ha | 8,362 1000 ha | 8,495 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 7,801 1000 ha | 7,419 1000 ha | 8,303 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,457 1000 ha | 7,418 1000 ha | 7,478 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,510 1000 ha | 7,490 1000 ha | 7,529 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.22 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.17 ha/cap (2024)
- Country area — Area 234,541 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 8.16 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 50.42 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 18,510 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 7,529 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 8,495 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,418 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th out of 20 regions with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the 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.