Liberia vs Nigeria: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Liberia
-0.6%
in 2025
Nigeria
-0.7%
in 2025
Liberia rank
200th
Nigeria rank
203rd
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- Liberia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Liberia currently reports -0.6% against -0.7% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Liberia ahead.
Liberia ranks 200th and Nigeria ranks 203rd of 228 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | -0.6% | 0.6% | Liberia |
| 2000s | -0.4% | -0.6% | 0.2% | Liberia |
| 2010s | -1.5% | -0.7% | 0.8% | Nigeria |
| 2020s | -0.8% | -0.7% | 0.1% | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area as a share of forest area, Liberia or Nigeria?
- Liberia, at -0.6% against -0.7% in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between Liberia and Nigeria?
- 0.1%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Nigeria?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and Nigeria rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Liberia ranks 200th and Nigeria ranks 203rd of 228 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.