Annual forest expansion in Niger
Niger: Annual forest expansion was 15,000 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual forest expansion in Niger, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
Niger recorded 15,000 hectares per year for annual forest expansion in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Niger peaked at 15,000 hectares per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,500 hectares per year, in 1990.
Niger ranks 22nd of 110 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,500 hectares per year | 2,500 hectares per year | 2,500 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 7,500 hectares per year | 7,500 hectares per year | 7,500 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 7,500 hectares per year | 7,500 hectares per year | 7,500 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 15,000 hectares per year | 15,000 hectares per year | 15,000 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Niger
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 41.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.52 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 24.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4738 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 27.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Niger?
- Annual forest expansion in Niger was 15,000 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual forest expansion recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 hectares per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Niger rank for annual forest expansion?
- Niger ranks 22nd out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).