Iran vs Nigeria
Iran vs Nigeria: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 6.6% in Iran and 19% in Nigeria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 12.3 percentage points, or 2.86 times that in Iran.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Iran ranked 175 and Nigeria ranked 132 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Iran | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.6 | 19 | – |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 19.1 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 6.6 | 19.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 6.6 | 19.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 6.6 | 19.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 19.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 6.6 | 19.8 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 6.6 | 19.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 6.6 | 20.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 6.6 | 20.2 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 6.6 | 20.3 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 6.6 | 20.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 6.6 | 20.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 6.6 | 20.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 6.6 | 20.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 6.6 | 21 | 32 |
| 2008 | 6.6 | 21.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 6.6 | 21.3 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 6.6 | 21.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 6.6 | 21.6 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 6.6 | 21.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 6.6 | 21.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 6.6 | 22 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 6.6 | 22.2 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 6.6 | 22.3 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 6.6 | 22.4 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 6.6 | 22.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 6.6 | 22.7 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 6.6 | 22.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 6.6 | 23 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 6.6 | 23.1 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 6.6 | 23.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 6.6 | 23.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 6.6 | 23.5 | – |
| 1990 | 6.6 | 23.7 | – |
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
Iran vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIran: 94.2% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIran: 80 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022