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Congo: Forest area (% of land area)

63.95percent · 2024-0.4% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Annual figures for Congo from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202463.953
202363.912
202263.871
202163.83
202063.789
201963.864
201863.94
201764.016
201664.092
201564.168
201464.227
201364.287
201264.346
201164.406
201064.466
200964.501
200864.536
200764.571
200664.606
200564.641
200464.676
200364.712
200264.747
200164.782
200064.817
199964.852
199864.887
199764.922
199664.958
199564.993
199465.028
199365.063
199265.098
199165.133
199065.168

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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