Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Nigeria
Nigeria: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 15,443 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Nigeria, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Nigeria stood at 15,443 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Nigeria peaked at 19,310 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 15,443 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Nigeria 42nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16,176 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 17,555 1000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 18,306 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 18,763 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 18,880 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 19,201 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 19,310 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 19,027 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 18,718 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 18,750 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 18,828 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 19,070 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 19,015 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 18,850 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 18,324 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 18,114 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 17,621 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 17,722 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 18,094 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 17,695 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 17,046 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 16,057 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 15,710 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 15,443 1000 ha | -1.7% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 15,443 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 7.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 15,443 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 6.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18,437 1000 ha | 16,176 1000 ha | 19,310 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 18,439 1000 ha | 17,621 1000 ha | 19,070 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,390 1000 ha | 15,443 1000 ha | 17,695 1000 ha | 5 |
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 modis in Nigeria?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Nigeria was 15,443 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 19,310 1000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,443 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Nigeria rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Nigeria ranks 42nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. 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 Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. 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.