Botswana vs Nigeria: Share of global forest area

Botswana

0.4%

in 2025

Nigeria

0.4%

in 2025

Botswana rank

40th

Nigeria rank

39th

Share of global forest area over time

Nigeria currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Botswana, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 40th and Nigeria ranks 39th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Share of global forest area
Unit: %
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

Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.