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 34th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
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
- 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 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 34th out of 241 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.