Congo - Kinshasa vs Nigeria: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 61.5% in Congo - Kinshasa and 19% in Nigeria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 42.6 percentage points, or 3.25 times that in Nigeria.

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% of land · FAO

Congo - KinshasaNigeriaWorld

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 29 and Nigeria ranked 132 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Nigeria	World
2024	61.5	19	–
2023	61.7	19.1	31.1
2022	61.8	19.2	31.1
2021	61.9	19.4	31.2
2020	62	19.5	31.2
2019	62.2	19.6	31.2
2018	62.3	19.8	31.3
2017	62.4	19.9	31.3
2016	62.5	20.1	31.3
2015	62.6	20.2	31.4
2014	63.1	20.3	31.4
2013	63.5	20.5	31.4
2012	64	20.6	31.5
2011	64.4	20.8	31.9
2010	64.9	20.9	32
2009	65.2	21	32
2008	65.5	21.2	32
2007	65.8	21.3	32.1
2006	66.1	21.5	32.1
2005	66.4	21.6	32.1
2004	66.7	21.7	32.2
2003	66.9	21.9	32.3
2002	67.2	22	32.3
2001	67.5	22.2	32.3
2000	67.8	22.3	32.4
1999	68.1	22.4	32.5
1998	68.4	22.6	32.5
1997	68.7	22.7	32.6
1996	69	22.9	32.7
1995	69.3	23	32.7
1994	69.6	23.1	32.8
1993	69.9	23.3	32.8
1992	70.2	23.4	33
1991	70.5	23.5	–
1990	70.8	23.7	–

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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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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Nigeria: 2,803 deaths in 2022