Forest cover in Dem. Rep. Congo
54.2%
% of land area · 2023
41st highest of 213 countries
In 2013: 59.0%
Nearby in the ranking
- Peru 56.1%
- Latvia 55.0%
- Belize 54.5%
- Dem. Rep. Congo 54.2%
- N. Mariana Is. 53.0%
- Colombia 52.8%
- Cayman Is. 52.5%
More about Dem. Rep. Congo
About the data
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.
- Unit
- % of land area
- Years
- 1990–2023
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS), CC BY 4.0