Middle East and North Africa vs Nigeria: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland

Middle East and North Africa
5,293 Square kilometres
in 2022
Nigeria
26,169 Square kilometres
in 2022
Middle East and North Africa rank
49th
Nigeria rank
47th

Land cover and land cover change — Grassland over time

  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Nigeria
10.0k20.0k30.0k200020112022

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 26,169 Square kilometres against 5,293 Square kilometres in Middle East and North Africa, a difference of 20,876 Square kilometres.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 4.9 times Middle East and North Africa's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Middle East and North Africa ranks 49th and Nigeria ranks 47th of 71 groups.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East and North Africa Nigeria Difference Ahead
2000s 6,700 Square kilometres 30,178 Square kilometres 23,478 Square kilometres Nigeria
2010s 5,108 Square kilometres 27,406 Square kilometres 22,298 Square kilometres Nigeria
2020s 5,300 Square kilometres 26,361 Square kilometres 21,061 Square kilometres Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land cover and land cover change — grassland, Middle East and North Africa or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 26,169 Square kilometres against 5,293 Square kilometres in Middle East and North Africa as of 2022.
What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — grassland between Middle East and North Africa and Nigeria?
20,876 Square kilometres, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East and North Africa and Nigeria?
6 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Middle East and North Africa and Nigeria rank globally for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
Middle East and North Africa ranks 49th and Nigeria ranks 47th of 71 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Grassland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
1,053 places, 6,318 data points, 2000–2022
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The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation