Nigeria | Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Records
53
Source
Nigeria | Forest area (% of land area)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990 18.92245023
1991 18.47261109
1992 18.02277194
1993 17.57293279
1994 17.12309365
1995 16.6732545
1996 16.22341535
1997 15.7735762
1998 15.32373706
1999 14.87389791
2000 14.42405876
2001 13.97432941
2002 13.52460006
2003 13.07487071
2004 12.62514136
2005 12.17541201
2006 11.72568266
2007 11.27595331
2008 10.82622396
2009 10.37649461
2010 9.92676526
2011 9.47703591
2012

Nigeria | Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Records
53
Source