Congo Subnational NDVI: 10-Day Vegetation Indicators and Anomalies

A source of dekadal (10-day) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) indicators for Congo, aggregated by sub-national administrative units. Produced by the World Food Programme (WFP) using NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite data, the records include vegetation health metrics and long-term averages.

Use Cases

• Identifying agricultural stress by comparing vim against vim_lta to detect drought
• Analyzing vegetation health trends using the viq anomaly percentage column
• Correlating vegetation density with food security by joining Pcode references to WFP survey data

Strengths

• Derived from NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite data
• Includes n_pixels column to quantify the underlying data density for each aggregate
• Uses standardized Pcode references for administrative units

Limitations

• Spatial resolution is limited to administrative aggregates rather than raw pixel-level data
• Geographic scope is limited to sub-national units within Congo

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP) using NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

Collection Method

Satellite sensor data aggregation by administrative unit

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Congo (sub-national level)