In 2021, forest area as a share of land area for Democratic Republic of the Congo was 55.2 %. Forest area as a share of land area of Democratic Republic of the Congo fell gradually from 62.9 % in 2002 to 55.2 % in 2021.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Forest area is land 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.