Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Congo

Congo: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 235.87 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
235.87 1000 ha
Change on year
up 11.4%
World rank
55th
of 194 countries
All-time high
235.87 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
148.48 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Congo, 2015–2019

0501001502002502015201720192015: 148.5 1000 ha2016: 184.5 1000 ha2017: 191.7 1000 ha2018: 211.7 1000 ha2019: 235.9 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2019, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Congo stood at 235.87 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.4% on the previous year and up 58.9% over five years.

That places Congo 55th out of 194 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Congo, year by year

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in Congo, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 148.48 1000 ha —
2016 184.5 1000 ha +24.3%
2017 191.68 1000 ha +3.9%
2018 211.69 1000 ha +10.4%
2019 235.87 1000 ha +11.4%

Congo compared with similar countries

  • Congo's 235.87 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 86.85 1000 ha, 2.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
  • Congo's 235.87 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 199.03 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Congo

  1. 52 Poland 241.74 1000 ha compare
  2. 53 Kenya 240.17 1000 ha compare
  3. 54 South Africa 239.05 1000 ha compare
  4. 56 Iraq 224.38 1000 ha compare
  5. 57 Sudan 219.04 1000 ha compare
  6. 58 Guinea-Bissau 209.27 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Congo?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Congo was 235.87 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Congo?
The highest recorded value was 235.87 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 148.48 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Congo rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Congo ranks 55th out of 194 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 Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 1,190 data points, 2015–2019
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.