Australia vs Nigeria

Australia vs Nigeria: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 17.4% in Australia and 19% in Nigeria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Australia.

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% of land · FAO

Australia vs Nigeria: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 17.4% in Australia and 19% in Nigeria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Australia.
AustraliaNigeriaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2024, Australia ranked 137 and Nigeria ranked 132 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearAustraliaNigeriaWorld
202417.419–
202317.419.131.1
202217.319.231.1
202117.319.431.2
202017.319.531.2
201917.319.631.2
201817.319.831.3
201717.319.931.3
201617.320.131.3
201517.320.231.4
201417.220.331.4
201317.220.531.4
201217.120.631.5
201117.120.831.9
201017.120.932
200917.12132
200817.121.232
200717.121.332.1
200617.221.532.1
200517.221.632.1
200417.221.732.2
200317.221.932.3
200217.32232.3
200117.322.232.3
200017.322.332.4
199917.322.432.5
199817.322.632.5
199717.422.732.6
199617.422.932.7
199517.42332.7
199417.423.132.8
199317.523.332.8
199217.523.433
199117.523.5–
199017.523.7–

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
  • Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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