Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS was 220,821 1000 ha in 2024. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2024)
220,821 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
10th
of 44 regions
All-time high
221,803 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
218,587 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2001–2024

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k2001201220242001: 218.6k 1000 ha2002: 220.9k 1000 ha2003: 221.1k 1000 ha2004: 221.0k 1000 ha2005: 221.0k 1000 ha2006: 221.0k 1000 ha2007: 221.1k 1000 ha2008: 220.8k 1000 ha2009: 220.7k 1000 ha2010: 220.8k 1000 ha2011: 221.0k 1000 ha2012: 221.3k 1000 ha2013: 221.6k 1000 ha2014: 221.8k 1000 ha2015: 221.3k 1000 ha2016: 221.3k 1000 ha2017: 221.2k 1000 ha2018: 221.3k 1000 ha2019: 221.4k 1000 ha2020: 221.6k 1000 ha2021: 221.4k 1000 ha2022: 221.4k 1000 ha2023: 221.3k 1000 ha2024: 220.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 220,821 1000 ha for tree-covered areas β€” area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas β€” area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 221,803 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 218,587 1000 ha, in 2001.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 10th of 44 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 220,689 1000 ha 218,587 1000 ha 221,134 1000 ha 9
2010s 221,292 1000 ha 220,753 1000 ha 221,803 1000 ha 10
2020s 221,311 1000 ha 220,821 1000 ha 221,564 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo

  1. 7 Colombia 101,965 1000 ha compare
  2. 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
  3. 9 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
  4. 10 Mexico 79,404 1000 ha compare
  5. 11 Peru 78,982 1000 ha compare
  6. 12 Angola 72,958 1000 ha compare
  7. 13 Argentina 58,070 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas β€” area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Tree-covered areas β€” area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 220,821 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest tree-covered areas β€” area from modis recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The highest recorded value was 221,803 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas β€” area from modis recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 218,587 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for tree-covered areas β€” area from modis?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 10th out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas β€” area from modis rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 β€” Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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 UniversitΓ© 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.