France vs Nigeria: Forest area

France

17.80 million hectares

in 2025

Nigeria

17.13 million hectares

in 2025

France rank

38th

Nigeria rank

39th

Forest area over time

France
Nigeria

How they compare

France currently reports 17.80 million hectares against 17.13 million hectares in Nigeria, a difference of 665,000 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.

France ranks 38th and Nigeria ranks 39th of 235 countries.

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Forest area in France
Forest area in Nigeria
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.