Central America vs Nigeria: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- Central America
- Nigeria
How they compare
Central America currently reports 33,211 Square kilometres against 21,656 Square kilometres in Nigeria, a difference of 11,555 Square kilometres.
That makes Central America's figure about 1.5 times Nigeria's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 57 groups.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,994 Square kilometres | 3,323 Square kilometres | 8,671 Square kilometres | Central America |
| 2010s | 22,621 Square kilometres | 6,668 Square kilometres | 15,953 Square kilometres | Central America |
| 2020s | 31,374 Square kilometres | 19,596 Square kilometres | 11,779 Square kilometres | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, Central America or Nigeria?
- Central America, at 33,211 Square kilometres against 21,656 Square kilometres in Nigeria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Central America and Nigeria?
- 11,555 Square kilometres, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Nigeria?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Central America and Nigeria rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Central America ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 57 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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