Nigeria vs Suriname: Forest area
Nigeria
17.13 million hectares
in 2025
Suriname
14.67 million hectares
in 2025
Nigeria rank
39th
Suriname rank
42nd
Forest area over time
- Nigeria
- Suriname
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 17.13 million hectares against 14.67 million hectares in Suriname, a difference of 2.46 million hectares.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Suriname's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 39th and Suriname ranks 42nd 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.