Democratic Republic of the Congo Urban Growth Metrics Over Time

Multi-temporal city data for the Democratic Republic of the Congo includes annual land consumption rate, population growth rate, their ratio, and built-up area per capita. The dataset was produced by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Data and Analytics Section. It was last updated on May 6, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze urban sprawl patterns based on annual land consumption rate.
• Model the relationship between population growth and land use change based on the land consumption to population growth ratio.
• Assess urban density and resource efficiency based on built-up area per capita metrics.
• Track temporal changes in urbanization metrics for policy evaluation.

Strengths

• Data includes multi-temporal metrics enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Produced by the authoritative UN-Habitat Data and Analytics Section.
• Covers key urban sustainability indicators like built-up area per capita.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Data and Analytics Section.

Time Range

Multi-temporal (annual).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:39:51.686174; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo, city and urban area level.