Malawi vs Nigeria
Malawi vs Nigeria: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 22% in Malawi and 19% in Nigeria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malawi, by 3.1 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Nigeria.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Malawi has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Malawi ranked 126 and Nigeria ranked 132 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Malawi | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | 19 | – |
| 2023 | 22.4 | 19.1 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 22.9 | 19.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 23.3 | 19.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 23.8 | 19.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 24.2 | 19.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 24.7 | 19.8 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 25.1 | 19.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 25.6 | 20.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 26 | 20.2 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 26.5 | 20.3 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 26.9 | 20.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 27.3 | 20.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 27.8 | 20.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 28.2 | 20.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 28.7 | 21 | 32 |
| 2008 | 29.1 | 21.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 29.6 | 21.3 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 30 | 21.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 30.5 | 21.6 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 30.9 | 21.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 31.4 | 21.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 31.8 | 22 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 32.2 | 22.2 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 32.7 | 22.3 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 33.1 | 22.4 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 33.6 | 22.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 34 | 22.7 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 34.5 | 22.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 34.9 | 23 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 35.4 | 23.1 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 35.8 | 23.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 36.3 | 23.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 36.7 | 23.5 | – |
| 1990 | 37.1 | 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
Malawi vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyMalawi: 67.4 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMalawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMalawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMalawi: 17.8% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionMalawi: 3.45% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateMalawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMalawi: 21.1 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthMalawi: 2.57% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMalawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMalawi: 17.6% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageMalawi: 17.6 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMalawi: 2.6% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateMalawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMalawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMalawi: $128M in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personMalawi: $7 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMalawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMalawi: 15,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerMalawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMalawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMalawi: 2 million TIV in 2024Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMalawi: 1 million TIV in 2000Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022