Nigeria vs United States of America: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- Nigeria
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 49,608 Square kilometres against 21,656 Square kilometres in Nigeria, a difference of 27,952 Square kilometres.
That makes United States of America's figure about 2.3 times Nigeria's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 9th and United States of America ranks 7th of 169 countries.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,323 Square kilometres | 17,853 Square kilometres | 14,530 Square kilometres | United States of America |
| 2010s | 6,668 Square kilometres | 33,901 Square kilometres | 27,233 Square kilometres | United States of America |
| 2020s | 19,596 Square kilometres | 47,677 Square kilometres | 28,082 Square kilometres | United States of 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, Nigeria or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 49,608 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 Nigeria and United States of America?
- 27,952 Square kilometres, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and United States of America?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Nigeria and United States of America rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Nigeria ranks 9th and United States of America ranks 7th of 169 countries.
- 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