India vs Nigeria

India vs Nigeria: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 24.4% in India and 19% in Nigeria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 5.5 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Nigeria.

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Change since 1990, percentage points · FAO

All yearsSince 2010
ValuesChange
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India vs Nigeria: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 24.4% in India and 19% in Nigeria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 5.5 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Nigeria.
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Latest figures

% of land · FAO

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
India24.4 202423.7120 of 209
Nigeria19 202420.3132 of 209
World31.1 202331.4

What the numbers say

  • India has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Nigeria.
  • In 2024, India ranked 120 and Nigeria ranked 132 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearIndiaNigeriaWorld
202424.419–
202324.419.131.1
202224.419.231.1
202124.419.431.2
202024.319.531.2
201924.219.631.2
201824.119.831.3
20172419.931.3
201623.920.131.3
201523.820.231.4
201423.720.331.4
201323.620.531.4
201223.620.631.5
201123.520.831.9
201023.420.932
200923.32132
200823.321.232
200723.221.332.1
200623.121.532.1
200523.121.632.1
20042321.732.2
200322.921.932.3
200222.92232.3
200122.822.232.3
200022.722.332.4
199922.622.432.5
199822.522.632.5
199722.422.732.6
199622.222.932.7
199522.12332.7
19942223.132.8
199321.923.332.8
199221.823.433
199121.623.5–
199021.523.7–

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time