Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Congo
Congo: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 129.15 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Congo, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Congo is 129.15 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 8.9% over five years.
Congo ranks 91st of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Congo, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 141.69 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 136.44 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 133.5 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 130.67 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 129.15 1000 ha | -1.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 129.15 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 331.72 1000 ha, 39% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Congo's 129.15 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,408 1000 ha, 4% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Congo
- 88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 146.22 1000 ha compare
- 89 Cyprus 139.34 1000 ha compare
- 90 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 135.67 1000 ha compare
- 92 Israel 124.14 1000 ha compare
- 93 Serbia 122.71 1000 ha compare
- 94 Philippines 117.01 1000 ha compare
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 cgls in Congo?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Congo was 129.15 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 141.69 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 129.15 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Congo rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Congo ranks 91st out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
- 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 CGLS. 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.