Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nigeria
Nigeria: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 22,091 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nigeria, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nigeria stood at 22,091 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nigeria peaked at 22,091 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18,812 1000 ha, in 1992.
Nigeria ranks 30th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 18,812 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 18,813 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 18,813 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 18,827 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 18,914 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 19,026 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 19,074 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 19,450 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 19,727 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 19,764 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 19,826 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 19,833 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 20,422 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 20,415 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 20,400 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 20,433 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 20,483 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 20,503 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 20,501 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 20,520 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 20,521 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20,528 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 20,582 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 20,583 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20,758 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 20,899 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 21,270 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 21,642 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 21,678 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 21,881 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 22,091 1000 ha | +1.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 22,091 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,523 1000 ha, 8.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 22,091 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 4.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18,966 1000 ha | 18,812 1000 ha | 19,450 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 20,181 1000 ha | 19,727 1000 ha | 20,503 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,780 1000 ha | 20,501 1000 ha | 21,642 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,884 1000 ha | 21,678 1000 ha | 22,091 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 tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nigeria?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nigeria was 22,091 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 22,091 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,812 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Nigeria rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Nigeria ranks 30th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-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.