Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Nigeria
Nigeria: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 1,316 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Nigeria, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 1,316 million t for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Nigeria peaked at 1,657 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,316 million t, in 2025.
Nigeria ranks 35th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,657 million t | — |
| 1991 | 1,647 million t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1,637 million t | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 1,628 million t | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1,618 million t | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,608 million t | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,598 million t | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 1,589 million t | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 1,579 million t | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 1,569 million t | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 1,559 million t | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,550 million t | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,540 million t | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,530 million t | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,520 million t | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,511 million t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,501 million t | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,491 million t | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 1,481 million t | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,472 million t | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,462 million t | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,452 million t | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,442 million t | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,433 million t | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,423 million t | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 1,413 million t | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,403 million t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,394 million t | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,384 million t | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 1,374 million t | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,364 million t | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,355 million t | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,345 million t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,335 million t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,326 million t | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 1,316 million t | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,613 million t | 1,569 million t | 1,657 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,516 million t | 1,472 million t | 1,559 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,418 million t | 1,374 million t | 1,462 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,340 million t | 1,316 million t | 1,364 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More climate change data for Nigeria
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 66,810 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 24,814 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 41,996 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 93.64 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,500 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 22,614 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 7,292 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 15,322 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 27.52 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 547.2 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Nigeria?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Nigeria was 1,316 million t in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,657 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,316 million t in 2025.
- How does Nigeria rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Nigeria ranks 35th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.