Botswana vs Nigeria: Forest area
Botswana
15.73 million hectares
in 2025
Nigeria
17.13 million hectares
in 2025
Botswana rank
40th
Nigeria rank
39th
Forest area over time
- Botswana
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 17.13 million hectares against 15.73 million hectares in Botswana, a difference of 1.40 million hectares.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 40th and Nigeria ranks 39th of 235 countries.
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About this data
Forest area is land 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.