Sources, licenses and attributions.

Relief, colors and boundaries are produced by our own processing pipeline from the following datasets.

1. NOAA ETOPO 2022 (60 arc-second, surface)

   Use

   World relief and bathymetry

   License

   Public domain (U.S. Government work)

   Files used

   www.ngdc.noaa.gov/…/ETOPO_2022_v1_60s_N90W180_surface.nc

   NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2022: ETOPO 2022 Global Relief Model. https://doi.org/10.25921/fd45-gt74

2. Copernicus DEM GLO-90

   Use

   Detailed DRC relief

   License

   Copernicus DEM licence (free, attribution required)

   Files used

   copernicus-dem-90m.s3.amazonaws.com

   Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

3. ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200

   Use

   Land cover, surface colors

   License

   CC BY 4.0

   Files used

   registry.opendata.aws/…/esa-worldcover-vito

   © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium.

4. geoBoundaries gbOpen COD ADM0 · ADM1

   Use

   DRC border and the boundaries of its 26 provinces

   License

   ODbL 1.0

   Files used

   github.com/…/geoBoundaries-COD-ADM0.geojsongithub.com/…/geoBoundaries-COD-ADM1.geojson

   geoBoundaries (Runfola et al. 2020), derived from © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.

5. Natural Earth 1:50m countries · lakes

   Use

   Country and lake outlines

   License

   Public domain

   Files used

   raw.githubusercontent.com/…/ne_50m_admin_0_countries.geojsonraw.githubusercontent.com/…/ne_50m_lakes.geojson

   Made with Natural Earth.

The ground of each soil layer on the home page is a real photograph from Poly Haven, released under CC0 and graded to our palette by our pipeline.

• Brown Mud Leaves 01CC0 1.0 (public domain)

  Soil layers: bare earth between the crop rows · Author Rob Tuytel

• Leafy GrassCC0 1.0 (public domain)

  Soil layers: the crop rows · Author Charlotte Baglioni

• Mud ForestCC0 1.0 (public domain)

  Soil layers: topsoil · Author eye-candy.xyz

• Mud Cracked Dry 03CC0 1.0 (public domain)

  Soil layers: subsoil · Author Dimitrios Savva, Dario Barresi

• Red Laterite Soil StonesCC0 1.0 (public domain)

  Soil layers: weathered layer · Author Amal Kumar

• Rocky GravelCC0 1.0 (public domain)

  Soil layers: iron-rich gravel of the weathered layer · Author Dimitrios Savva, Dario Barresi

• Rock GroundCC0 1.0 (public domain)

  Soil layers: parent material · Author Rob Tuytel

Every figure published on this site links to its source and to the date we retrieved it.

1. 80M ha

   of potentially arable non-forest land, of which only about 10% is cultivated (World Bank estimate).

   World Bank, Country Partnership Framework FY22-26 · Retrieved September 17, 2026

2. 58%

   of the country’s jobs are in agriculture (modeled ILO estimate, 2025).

   World Bank, WDI · Retrieved September 17, 2026

3. 2.8 kg

   of fertilizer per hectare of arable land, versus 19.6 kg in Sub-Saharan Africa (2023).

   World Bank, WDI (FAO data) · Retrieved September 17, 2026

4. 26.5M

   people in acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above, January-June 2026).

   IPC, DRC analysis · Retrieved September 17, 2026

5. $1.98B

   of food and agricultural imports in 2023.

   USDA FAS, DRC Exporter Guide (2025) · Retrieved September 17, 2026

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• ArchivoSIL Open Font License 1.1
• Instrument SansSIL Open Font License 1.1
• IBM Plex MonoSIL Open Font License 1.1

The globe is rendered in the browser with:

• three.jsMIT License