Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Nigeria
Nigeria: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 40.6 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Nigeria, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Nigeria is 40.6 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and down 29.5% over five years.
That places Nigeria 73rd out of 170 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 57.61 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 52.5 1000 ha | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 48.48 1000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 44.12 1000 ha | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 40.6 1000 ha | -8.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 40.6 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 33.11 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 40.6 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.65 1000 ha, 11.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
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 terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Nigeria?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Nigeria was 40.6 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 57.61 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.6 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Nigeria rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
- Nigeria ranks 73rd out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS. 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.