Deforestation statistics for DR Congo
DR Congo: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 2,267,050 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 199281650.5 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 87.90% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 15897316.29 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 0.079773106 |
Tropical primary forest Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 104,580,063 Primary forest extent as % of land area: 46.10% Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 52.50% Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 5,318,708 Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 0.05085776 Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 99,261,355 Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 43.80% Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 50% |
DR Congo: Annual forest and tree cover data
DR Congo: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2002: 168,993 2003: 78,138 2004: 123,521 2005: 149,894 2006: 146,457 2007: 154,991 2008: 121,474 2009: 218,277 2010: 265,180 2011: 148,639 2012: 211,234 2013: 351,217 2014: 439,345 2015: 322,814 2016: 499,560 2017: 471,868 2018: 481,248 2019: 475,246 2020: 490,613 |
DR Congo: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 455516.6578 2002: 514476.584 2003: 274739.9316 2004: 400044.1997 2005: 485292.7812 2006: 453170.5236 2007: 462903.2327 2008: 404830.6405 2009: 635215.0782 2010: 810712.2096 2011: 429540.0244 2012: 630999.4147 2013: 920604.0927 2014: 1337960.897 2015: 928115.5119 2016: 1381278.169 2017: 1467956.452 2018: 1373807.195 2019: 1220177.307 2020: 1309975.383 |
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2019 forest data for DR Congo | Archived forest data for DR Congo | Forest data for DR Congo
Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.
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