Nigeria
Forest area in Nigeria
Forest area in Nigeria: 23.7% in 1990 and 19% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 19%
- Since 1990
- −4.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 132 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19 | – |
| 2023 | 19.1 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 19.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 19.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 19.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 19.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 19.8 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 19.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 20.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 20.2 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 20.3 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 20.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 20.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 20.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 20.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 21 | 32 |
| 2008 | 21.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 21.3 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 21.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 21.6 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 21.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 21.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 22 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 22.2 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 22.3 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 22.4 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 22.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 22.7 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 22.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 23 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 23.1 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 23.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 23.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 23.5 | – |
| 1990 | 23.7 | – |
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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Military
- Military spending0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per person$9 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel223,000 people in 2020
- National power1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2022