Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre in Nigeria
Nigeria: Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre was 0.0001 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
0.0001 ha per square kilometre
Change on year
up 100.0%
World rank
76th
of 186 countries
All-time high
0.3472 ha per square kilometre
in 2000
All-time low
0 ha per square kilometre
in 2019
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre in Nigeria, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.0001 ha per square kilometre for other forest — burned area, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 100.0% on the previous year and down 76.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other forest — burned area, per square kilometre in Nigeria peaked at 0.3472 ha per square kilometre in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per square kilometre, in 2019.
That places Nigeria 76th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.326 ha per square kilometre | +517.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2621 ha per square kilometre | -19.6% |
| 1998 | 0.3163 ha per square kilometre | +20.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2751 ha per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3472 ha per square kilometre | +26.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | -99.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | -26.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | -63.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | +350.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | -38.9% |
| 2007 | 0 ha per square kilometre | -81.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 0 ha per square kilometre | -75.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | +1600.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | -70.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | +40.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | +142.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | +111.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | -86.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | -40.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 0 ha per square kilometre | -75.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 2021 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 0 ha per square kilometre | -66.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | +100.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +1600.2% | 0 ha per square kilometre | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre |
| 1996 | +517.3% | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | 0.326 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1496 ha per square kilometre | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | 0.326 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0349 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre | 0.3472 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 0 ha per square kilometre | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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- 78 Mongolia 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Aruba 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Afghanistan 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Andorra 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 United Arab Emirates 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 American Samoa 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Antigua and Barbuda 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Austria 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Azerbaijan 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Belgium 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Benin 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Burkina Faso 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Bangladesh 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Bahrain 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Belize 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Bermuda 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Barbados 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Botswana 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Switzerland 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Congo 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Comoros 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Cayman Islands 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Cyprus 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Czechia 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Germany 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Djibouti 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Dominica 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Denmark 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Egypt 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Eritrea 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Estonia 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Finland 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Fiji 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Faroe Islands 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Gabon 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Ghana 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Gibraltar 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Guinea 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Gambia 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Guinea-Bissau 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Equatorial Guinea 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Grenada 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Greenland 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Guam 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Isle of Man 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Ireland 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Iraq 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Iceland 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Israel 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Jamaica 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Jordan 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Kyrgyzstan 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Kiribati 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Kuwait 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Lebanon 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Liberia 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Libya 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Saint Lucia 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Liechtenstein 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Lesotho 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Lithuania 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Luxembourg 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Maldives 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Marshall Islands 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Mali 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Malta 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Montenegro 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Northern Mariana Islands 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Mauritania 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Mauritius 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 New Caledonia 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Niger 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Norway 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Oman 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Pakistan 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Panama 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Palau 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Poland 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Puerto Rico 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Palestine 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 French Polynesia 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Qatar 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Saudi Arabia 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Senegal 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Singapore 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Solomon Islands 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Somalia 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Serbia 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Sao Tome and Principe 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Suriname 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Slovakia 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Slovenia 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Sweden 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Seychelles 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Togo 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Tajikistan 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Turkmenistan 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Tonga 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Trinidad and Tobago 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Tuvalu 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Uzbekistan 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 British Virgin Islands 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 United States Virgin Islands 0 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Vanuatu 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Samoa 0 ha per square kilometre
- 79 Yemen 0 ha per square kilometre
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- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other forest — burned area, per square kilometre in Nigeria?
- Other forest — burned area, per square kilometre in Nigeria was 0.0001 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest other forest — burned area, per square kilometre recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3472 ha per square kilometre in 2000.
- What is the lowest other forest — burned area, per square kilometre recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per square kilometre in 2019.
- How does Nigeria rank for other forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Nigeria ranks 76th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is other forest — burned area, per square kilometre rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Other forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Other forest — Burned Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Other forest — Burned Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Other forest — Burned Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Other forest — Burned Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.