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.

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Change since 1990, percentage points · FAO

All yearsSince 2010
ValuesChange
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World
Iran vs Nigeria: Forest areaForest 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.
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Latest figures

% of land · FAO

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Iran6.6 20246.6175 of 209
Nigeria19 202420.3132 of 209
World31.1 202331.4

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

YearIranNigeriaWorld
20246.619–
20236.619.131.1
20226.619.231.1
20216.619.431.2
20206.619.531.2
20196.619.631.2
20186.619.831.3
20176.619.931.3
20166.620.131.3
20156.620.231.4
20146.620.331.4
20136.620.531.4
20126.620.631.5
20116.620.831.9
20106.620.932
20096.62132
20086.621.232
20076.621.332.1
20066.621.532.1
20056.621.632.1
20046.621.732.2
20036.621.932.3
20026.62232.3
20016.622.232.3
20006.622.332.4
19996.622.432.5
19986.622.632.5
19976.622.732.6
19966.622.932.7
19956.62332.7
19946.623.132.8
19936.623.332.8
19926.623.433
19916.623.5–
19906.623.7–

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