Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Congo
Congo: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 26,955 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Congo, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 26,955 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Congo peaked at 26,998 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 26,261 1000 ha, in 1998.
That places Congo 23rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Congo, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 26,295 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 26,295 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 26,295 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 26,307 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 26,325 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 26,327 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 26,261 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 26,282 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 26,462 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 26,515 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 26,530 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 26,552 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 26,608 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 26,621 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 26,630 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 26,658 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 26,755 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 26,786 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 26,790 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 26,811 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 26,776 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 26,793 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 26,845 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 26,845 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 26,889 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 26,902 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 26,928 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 26,970 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 26,998 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 26,985 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 26,955 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 26,955 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,523 1000 ha, 10.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Congo's 26,955 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 5.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,298 1000 ha | 26,261 1000 ha | 26,327 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 26,612 1000 ha | 26,462 1000 ha | 26,786 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,855 1000 ha | 26,776 1000 ha | 26,970 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,980 1000 ha | 26,955 1000 ha | 26,998 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 20 Sudan (former) 32,911 1000 ha compare
- 21 Myanmar 29,751 1000 ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 13,148 1000 ha compare
- 22 Sweden 27,702 1000 ha compare
- 24 South Sudan 25,502 1000 ha compare
- 25 Ethiopia 25,465 1000 ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 9,734 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 10.63 1000 ha compare
- 26 Japan 25,112 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 tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Congo?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Congo was 26,955 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 26,998 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,261 1000 ha in 1998.
- How does Congo rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Congo ranks 23rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-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.