Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 185,074 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-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
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 185,074 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 187,013 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 185,074 1000 ha, in 2022.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd of 20 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 187,013 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 187,013 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 187,013 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 186,889 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 186,907 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 186,708 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 186,453 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 186,162 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 186,003 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 185,750 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 185,797 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 185,951 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 186,358 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 186,393 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 186,454 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 186,458 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 186,491 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 186,444 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 186,203 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 186,111 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 186,001 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 185,944 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 185,842 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 185,841 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 185,879 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 185,838 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 185,561 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 185,392 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 185,328 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 185,210 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 185,074 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 186,770 1000 ha | 186,162 1000 ha | 187,013 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 186,210 1000 ha | 185,750 1000 ha | 186,491 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 185,861 1000 ha | 185,392 1000 ha | 186,203 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 185,204 1000 ha | 185,074 1000 ha | 185,328 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 — 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 tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 185,074 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 187,013 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 185,074 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd out of 20 regions with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 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.