Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Nigeria
Nigeria: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 7,233 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Nigeria, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 7,233 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Nigeria peaked at 7,756 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 7,233 1000 ha, in 2022.
Nigeria ranks 40th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,710 1000 ha | 7,636 1000 ha | 7,756 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 7,531 1000 ha | 7,442 1000 ha | 7,639 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,396 1000 ha | 7,311 1000 ha | 7,438 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,271 1000 ha | 7,233 1000 ha | 7,311 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 37 Somalia 7,401 1000 ha compare
- 38 Spain 7,378 1000 ha compare
- 39 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,360 1000 ha compare
- 41 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,147 1000 ha compare
- 42 Germany 6,530 1000 ha compare
- 43 Tajikistan 6,480 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Nigeria
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.74 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 331.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,300 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 27.64 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 35.85 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 25,172 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 11.18 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 7,852 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 52.96 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 37,184 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Nigeria?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Nigeria was 7,233 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 7,756 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,233 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Nigeria rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Nigeria ranks 40th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.