Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nigeria
Nigeria: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 9,998 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nigeria, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 9,998 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nigeria peaked at 16,372 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 9,998 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Nigeria 29th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 16,372 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 16,371 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 16,370 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 15,935 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 15,566 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 15,245 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 15,094 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 14,516 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 13,924 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 13,705 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 13,483 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 13,319 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 12,550 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 12,444 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 12,316 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 12,035 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 11,698 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 11,472 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 11,391 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 11,281 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 11,154 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 11,113 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 11,012 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 11,008 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 10,883 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 10,787 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 10,570 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 10,334 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 10,293 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 10,152 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 9,998 1000 ha | -1.5% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 9,998 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 12.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 9,998 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 3.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15,684 1000 ha | 14,516 1000 ha | 16,372 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 12,695 1000 ha | 11,472 1000 ha | 13,924 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,953 1000 ha | 10,334 1000 ha | 11,391 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,148 1000 ha | 9,998 1000 ha | 10,293 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More environment data for Nigeria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.07 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4617 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nigeria?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nigeria was 9,998 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 16,372 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,998 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Nigeria rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Nigeria ranks 29th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. 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 Shrub-covered areas — 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.