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Nigeria: Forest area (% of land area)

18.95percent · 2024-6.8% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is 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. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202418.948
202319.087
202219.226
202119.365
202019.505
201919.644
201819.783
201719.923
201620.062
201520.201
201420.341
201320.48
201220.619
201120.759
201020.898
200921.037
200821.177
200721.316
200621.455
200521.594
200421.734
200321.873
200222.012
200122.152
200022.291
199922.43
199822.57
199722.709
199622.848
199522.988
199423.127
199323.266
199223.406
199123.545
199023.684

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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