Colombia vs Congo - Kinshasa
Colombia vs Congo - Kinshasa: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 53.7% in Colombia and 61.5% in Congo - Kinshasa, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 7.8 percentage points, or 1.15 times that in Colombia.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Colombia ranked 45 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 29 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Colombia | Congo - Kinshasa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53.7 | 61.5 | – |
| 2023 | 53.8 | 61.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 54 | 61.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 54.1 | 61.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 54.2 | 62 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 54.3 | 62.2 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 54.5 | 62.3 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 54.6 | 62.4 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 54.8 | 62.5 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 55 | 62.6 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 55 | 63.1 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 55.1 | 63.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 55.2 | 64 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 55.3 | 64.4 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 55.4 | 64.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 55.5 | 65.2 | 32 |
| 2008 | 55.6 | 65.5 | 32 |
| 2007 | 55.7 | 65.8 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 55.8 | 66.1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 55.9 | 66.4 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 56 | 66.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 56.1 | 66.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 56.2 | 67.2 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 56.3 | 67.5 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 56.4 | 67.8 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 56.6 | 68.1 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 56.9 | 68.4 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 57.1 | 68.7 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 57.3 | 69 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 57.5 | 69.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 57.8 | 69.6 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 58 | 69.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 58.2 | 70.2 | 33 |
| 1991 | 58.5 | 70.5 | – |
| 1990 | 58.7 | 70.8 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Colombia vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personColombia: $6,976 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025
- GDP growthColombia: 2.6% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023
- InflationColombia: 5.1% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtColombia: 59.9% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997