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
- Botswana
- Nigeria
How they compare
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.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global forest area, Botswana or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.4% against 0.4% in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of global forest area between Botswana and Nigeria?
- 0.0%, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Nigeria?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Nigeria rank globally for share of global forest area?
- Botswana ranks 40th and Nigeria ranks 39th of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.