Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 5.61 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 5.61 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.2% on the previous year and down 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 28.29 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5.61 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Democratic Republic of the Congo 11th out of 20 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.39 1000 ha | 16.62 1000 ha | 28.29 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 13.58 1000 ha | 10.7 1000 ha | 17.35 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.59 1000 ha | 5.61 1000 ha | 14.41 1000 ha | 5 |
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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 — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.22 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.46 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 modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 5.61 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 28.29 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.61 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 11th out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.6%. 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 MODIS. 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.