Deforestation statistics for Nigeria

Nigeria: Demographic data

Population (2022)	206,139,589
Annual population growth rate (2022)	2.60%
Population density (people/sq km)	226
Net migration	-60,000
Fertility rate	5.4
Median age	18
Urban population share	52%

Nigeria: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 910,770

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 10,048,736
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 11.00%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 1,044,335
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 10.40%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 1,903,125
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 2.10%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 18.90%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 140,630
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 7.40%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 1,762,495
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 1.90%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 18%

Nigeria: Annual forest and tree cover data

Nigeria: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2002: 6,132
2003: 1,830
2004: 3,055
2005: 1,922
2006: 3,458
2007: 2,753
2008: 4,090
2009: 3,924
2010: 6,781
2011: 7,403
2012: 6,062
2013: 6,385
2014: 9,928
2015: 5,318
2016: 12,336
2017: 17,389
2018: 15,183
2019: 12,095
2020: 14,587

Nigeria: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 43,387
2002: 32,347
2003: 13,381
2004: 14,644
2005: 13,280
2006: 26,168
2007: 24,573
2008: 27,471
2009: 25,290
2010: 32,782
2011: 53,892
2012: 34,971
2013: 43,435
2014: 68,637
2015: 40,928
2016: 72,189
2017: 171,046
2018: 119,823
2019: 86,895
2020: 99,200

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1	Tree cover extent (2001) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Abia	113,200	4,192	1,227	4,118	6,299	15,837	14.0%
Delta	986,686	8,599	9,117	14,475	29,479	61,670	6.3%
Ebonyi	15,014	390	80	720	757	1,947	13.0%
Edo	1,043,490	30,913	35,869	72,672	128,749	268,204	25.7%
Ekiti	403,423	1,983	2,597	6,048	35,856	46,483	11.5%
Enugu	62,687	255	316	683	702	1,957	3.1%
Federal Capital Territory	15,914	673	490	646	1,190	2,998	18.8%
Gombe	2	0	1	0	0	2	91.7%
Imo	100,800	5,021	3,342	2,914	3,014	14,291	14.2%
Jigawa	3	0	1	0	0	1	26.2%
Kaduna	5,461	95	92	58	88	332	6.1%
Adamawa	97,165	448	281	251	173	1,152	1.2%
Kano	3	0	0	0	0	0	8.6%
Katsina	10	8	2	0	0	10	100.0%
Kebbi	166	102	56	3	0	161	96.5%
Kogi	256,792	6,570	5,526	5,740	33,850	51,686	20.1%
Kwara	104,619	2,560	3,733	4,237	19,092	29,622	28.3%
Lagos	69,435	663	1,589	2,689	6,818	11,760	16.9%
Nassarawa	11,819	519	1,217	772	569	3,078	26.0%
Niger	15,143	3,245	2,236	4,577	356	10,415	68.8%
Ogun	481,752	7,850	14,603	15,733	43,777	81,963	17.0%
Ondo	1,032,169	11,716	13,833	23,203	57,816	106,568	10.3%
Akwa Ibom	120,857	2,787	1,352	1,557	2,641	8,337	6.9%
Osun	695,568	1,732	4,006	8,511	33,023	47,271	6.8%
Oyo	295,171	3,306	6,140	8,726	22,781	40,953	13.9%
Plateau	8,238	18	26	48	107	200	2.4%
Rivers	394,749	1,916	2,113	6,122	11,306	21,458	5.4%
Sokoto	4	3	1	0	0	4	100.0%
Taraba	1,535,875	9,369	13,668	25,546	42,566	91,149	5.9%
Yobe	26	5	16	4	0	25	95.1%
Zamfara	32	23	2	3	0	28	87.9%
Anambra	33,615	180	261	296	588	1,326	3.9%
Bauchi	895	1	3	0	0	4	0.5%
Bayelsa	823,062	1,762	3,036	5,140	8,630	18,569	2.3%
Benue	55,366	230	194	388	2,448	3,260	5.9%
Borno	42	13	8	8	0	28	66.1%
Cross River	1,269,477	9,888	9,252	25,972	56,475	101,586	8.0%

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Tree cover extent (2000) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Abia	Osisioma Ngwa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Abia	Ukwa East	1,734	0	0	0	0	1	0.0%
Abia	Ukwa West	475	0	0	0	0	1	0.1%
Abia	Umu-Nneochi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Abia	Arochukw	206	2	0	14	15	31	14.9%
Abia	Isiala Ngwa South	101	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Abia	Oboma Ngwa	7	0	0	0	0	0	2.2%
Delta	AniochaN	521	1	27	225	13	266	51.0%
Delta	IsokoSou	3,618	9	62	46	101	218	6.0%
Delta	Ndokwa East	7,758	11	29	58	274	373	4.8%
Delta	Ndokwa West	1,759	16	17	16	9	59	3.3%
Delta	Okpe	4,722	16	32	44	38	130	2.8%
Delta	Oshimili North	1,113	1	1	7	8	16	1.5%
Delta	Oshimili South	1,291	2	7	9	14	32	2.5%
Delta	Patani	2,106	6	10	11	83	110	5.2%
Delta	Sapele	10,679	7	28	23	82	139	1.3%
Delta	Udu	664	0	6	12	6	24	3.6%
Delta	Ughelli North	1,176	15	20	21	13	69	5.8%
Delta	AniochaS	1,369	7	73	295	10	385	28.1%
Delta	Ughelli South	7,568	16	19	45	170	250	3.3%
Delta	Ukwuani	1,587	5	4	3	9	21	1.3%
Delta	Uvwie	542	1	4	9	13	28	5.1%
Delta	Warri North	62,602	11	17	113	144	285	0.5%
Delta	Warri South	5,688	7	27	39	31	104	1.8%
Delta	Warri South-West	43,367	70	97	115	205	487	1.1%
Delta	Bomadi	4,277	23	36	49	171	280	6.5%
Delta	Burutu	62,854	144	193	261	558	1,156	1.8%
Delta	Ethiope West	5,218	13	21	11	9	55	1.0%
Delta	EthiopeE	280	0	1	1	0	2	0.8%
Delta	IkaSouth	163	1	1	2	1	4	2.7%
Delta	IsokoNor	636	0	1	0	3	4	0.7%
Ebonyi	Ishielu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Edo	Igueben	1,093	0	2	10	197	209	19.1%
Edo	Ikpoba-Okha	10,261	52	166	268	534	1,020	9.9%
Edo	Oredo Edo	2,544	52	71	287	585	995	39.1%
Edo	Orhionmw	6,202	113	214	238	76	642	10.3%
Edo	OviaNort	56,297	1,429	2,103	2,300	3,082	8,913	15.8%
Edo	OviaSouth-West	53,814	898	1,093	2,015	818	4,824	9.0%
Edo	Owan East	3,097	325	212	257	754	1,549	50.0%
Edo	OwanWest	11,274	647	1,433	1,416	2,954	6,450	57.2%
Edo	Uhunmwonde	15,564	421	1,916	2,879	4,835	10,051	64.6%
Edo	EsanCent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Edo	EsanSout	811	6	16	13	33	68	8.3%
Edo	EsanWest	848	5	6	60	231	302	35.7%
Edo	EtsakoWe	690	142	50	79	63	333	48.3%
Ekiti	Ise/Orun	2,182	4	108	67	155	333	15.3%
Enugu	Oji-River	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Enugu	Uzo-Uwani	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Enugu	Ezeagu	12	0	0	0	0	0	1.2%
Imo	Ngor-Okp	161	0	0	0	0	1	0.5%
Imo	Oguta	465	1	1	0	1	3	0.6%
Imo	Ohaji/Eg	2,219	4	3	3	24	33	1.5%
Adamawa	Teungo	4,507	2	1	0	1	5	0.1%
Lagos	Ikorodu	12	0	0	0	0	1	4.4%
Lagos	Kosofe	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Lagos	LagosIsland	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.5%
Lagos	Ojo	268	0	1	1	2	4	1.5%
Lagos	Alimosho	50	1	2	1	0	4	7.1%
Lagos	Amuwo Odofin	268	0	0	1	3	4	1.5%
Lagos	Apapa	15	0	0	0	0	0	2.6%
Lagos	Badagary	356	0	0	1	3	4	1.1%
Lagos	Epe	1,589	4	4	10	93	112	7.0%
Lagos	Eti-Osa	4	0	1	0	0	1	22.9%
Lagos	Ibeju/Lekki	508	5	20	67	96	188	37.0%
Ogun	IjebuNorth	1,445	10	91	41	82	224	15.5%
Ogun	IjebuOde	28	0	1	0	2	3	12.4%
Ogun	Ipokia	79	0	0	0	0	0	0.3%
Ogun	Obafemi-Owode	4	0	1	0	1	1	36.7%
Ogun	Odogbolu	18	0	0	1	4	5	26.0%
Ogun	OgunWaterside	11,846	34	30	58	258	380	3.2%
Ogun	Shagamu	61	0	1	7	3	11	17.9%
Ogun	AdoOdo/Ota	581	1	4	5	1	11	1.9%
Ogun	Ewekoro	1	0	0	0	0	0	75.0%
Ogun	Ifo	38	0	1	0	6	7	19.5%
Ogun	IjebuEast	46,116	1,169	816	1,197	2,184	5,366	11.6%
Ondo	IlajeEseodo	10,288	70	110	78	224	482	4.7%
Ondo	IleOluji/Okeigbo	100	0	0	0	9	9	8.9%
Ondo	Irele	906	2	3	2	44	52	5.7%
Ondo	Odigbo	21,448	587	813	777	967	3,144	14.7%
Ondo	Okitipupa	2,576	12	8	11	70	102	3.9%
Ondo	Ondo East	15	0	0	0	0	1	4.6%
Ondo	Ondo West	8,478	295	321	167	220	1,002	11.8%
Ondo	Ose	14,444	842	1,293	1,714	3,248	7,098	49.1%
Ondo	Owo	5,165	89	358	625	2,373	3,444	66.7%
Ondo	Akure North	137	4	18	12	3	37	26.8%
Ondo	Ese-Odo	19,184	8	6	21	94	129	0.7%
Ondo	Idanre	63,891	892	2,044	4,192	11,542	18,669	29.2%
Ondo	Ifedore	450	18	12	5	48	82	18.3%
Akwa Ibom	Ikot-Aba	640	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Ini	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Itu	19	0	0	1	0	2	12.6%
Akwa Ibom	Mbo	575	0	0	1	2	4	0.7%
Akwa Ibom	Mkpat Enin	30	0	0	0	1	1	3.8%
Akwa Ibom	Eastern Obolo	342	0	0	1	20	21	6.1%
Akwa Ibom	Nsit Ubium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Okobo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Onna	28	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Oron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Oruk-Ana	300	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Udung Uko	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Akwa Ibom	Ukanafun	101	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Uruan	395	0	1	1	1	2	0.6%
Akwa Ibom	Eket	503	0	0	0	1	1	0.2%
Akwa Ibom	UrueOffo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Uyo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Esit Eket	275	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Akwa Ibom	Etinan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Ibeno	3,558	0	1	3	4	9	0.2%
Osun	Ife North	27,223	159	283	423	1,114	1,978	7.3%
Osun	Ife South	5,028	62	104	33	378	577	11.5%
Osun	Isokan	420	2	26	72	104	203	48.3%
Osun	Ayedaade	16,619	90	367	962	1,111	2,531	15.2%
Oyo	Oluyole	1,952	15	289	639	112	1,055	54.1%
Oyo	Ona-Ara	660	1	30	101	174	305	46.2%
Rivers	Abua/Odu	17,221	23	18	101	262	403	2.3%
Rivers	Emuoha	306	2	2	1	0	5	1.7%
Rivers	Etche	73	0	1	0	2	3	3.9%
Rivers	Ikwerre	58	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Khana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Obio/Akp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Ogba/Egbe	5,811	31	42	28	100	202	3.5%
Rivers	Ogu/Bolo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Okrika	107	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Rivers	Omumma	73	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Rivers	Ahoada East	279	1	1	1	1	3	1.1%
Rivers	Opobo/Nkoro	372	1	3	5	3	11	3.1%
Rivers	Oyigbo	242	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Rivers	Port Harcourt	39	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Ahoada West	5,292	15	10	33	63	122	2.3%
Rivers	Akukutor	3,637	0	1	1	5	7	0.2%
Rivers	Andoni/O	361	0	0	0	1	1	0.4%
Rivers	Asari-To	68	0	1	2	0	3	5.1%
Rivers	Bonny	519	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Rivers	Degema	3,323	1	9	1	6	17	0.5%
Taraba	Sardauna	20,679	467	363	718	629	2,178	10.5%
Taraba	Ussa	517	0	3	0	0	4	0.8%
Taraba	Bali	7,493	20	49	42	125	236	3.1%
Taraba	Donga	6,321	52	72	75	204	402	6.4%
Taraba	Gashaka	107,272	87	211	549	1,094	1,941	1.8%
Taraba	Kurmi	94,614	1,074	1,034	1,343	7,019	10,469	11.1%
Anambra	Idemili South	85	0	0	0	1	1	1.1%
Anambra	Ogbaru	687	0	1	0	7	8	1.1%
Anambra	Onitsha North	15	0	0	0	0	0	1.6%
Anambra	Onitsha South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Anambra	OrumbaNo	132	0	0	0	0	1	0.5%
Anambra	Anambra East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Anambra	AwkaNort	203	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Anambra	AwkaSout	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.8%
Anambra	Ayamelum	3	1	0	0	0	1	20.0%
Anambra	Ekwusigo	142	0	2	0	1	3	2.2%
Bayelsa	Brass	24,217	21	97	63	57	237	1.0%
Bayelsa	Ekeremor	70,530	116	136	174	308	734	1.0%
Bayelsa	Kolokuma/Opokuma	11,243	45	98	345	300	788	7.0%
Bayelsa	Nembe	6,480	5	4	61	31	102	1.6%
Bayelsa	Ogbia	35,195	50	74	396	542	1,062	3.0%
Bayelsa	Sagbama	28,981	84	200	192	785	1,262	4.4%
Bayelsa	Southern Ijaw	80,259	81	96	206	505	888	1.1%
Bayelsa	Yenegoa	13,390	26	97	165	347	635	4.7%
Benue	Kwande	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Cross River	Etung	52,663	290	208	293	1,776	2,566	4.9%
Cross River	Ikom	38,270	153	298	254	994	1,698	4.4%
Cross River	Obanliku	15,747	9	16	32	101	158	1.0%
Cross River	Obubra	10,413	114	96	124	810	1,144	11.0%
Cross River	Obudu	5,584	10	12	88	140	250	4.5%
Cross River	Odukpani	3,520	1	5	5	37	48	1.4%
Cross River	Ogoja	507	1	3	3	9	15	3.0%
Cross River	Yakurr	3,967	106	150	157	521	934	23.5%
Cross River	Akamkpa	343,131	847	1,522	4,922	9,100	16,391	4.8%
Cross River	Akpabuyo	3,921	1	10	11	10	33	0.8%
Cross River	Bakassi	273	0	1	0	0	1	0.5%
Cross River	Bekwarra	78	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Cross River	Biase	5,945	74	94	321	1,040	1,530	25.7%
Cross River	Boki	197,353	272	780	1,826	3,724	6,601	3.3%
Cross River	Calabar	239	0	0	2	0	3	1.2%
Cross River	Calabar South	27	0	0	0	0	0	0.3%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Primary forest extent (2000) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Abia	2,523	2	0	14	16	32	1.3%
Delta	231,559	384	733	1,416	1,965	4,497	1.9%
Ebonyi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Edo	162,495	4,090	7,281	9,823	14,163	35,357	21.8%
Ekiti	2,182	4	108	67	155	333	15.3%
Enugu	33	0	0	0	0	0	0.5%
Imo	2,845	6	3	3	25	37	1.3%
Adamawa	4,507	2	1	0	1	5	0.1%
Lagos	3,092	10	28	81	198	317	10.3%
Ogun	60,216	1,214	944	1,311	2,541	6,010	10.0%
Ondo	147,081	2,819	4,985	7,603	18,842	34,250	23.3%
Akwa Ibom	6,803	1	4	7	29	41	0.6%
Osun	49,290	313	780	1,490	2,706	5,289	10.7%
Oyo	2,612	16	319	740	286	1,361	52.1%
Rivers	37,781	74	87	173	444	778	2.1%
Taraba	236,897	1,700	1,731	2,728	9,071	15,230	6.4%
Anambra	1,269	1	2	1	9	14	1.1%
Bayelsa	270,295	428	803	1,601	2,875	5,707	2.1%
Benue	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Cross River	681,638	1,877	3,193	8,038	18,263	31,372	4.6%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational area (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Primary forest extent (2001) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Abia	Osisioma Ngwa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Abia	Ukwa East	1,734	0	0	0	0	1	0.0%
Abia	Ukwa West	475	0	0	0	0	1	0.1%
Abia	Umu-Nneochi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Abia	Arochukw	206	2	0	14	15	31	14.9%
Abia	Isiala Ngwa South	101	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%
Abia	Oboma Ngwa	7	0	0	0	0	0	2.2%
Delta	AniochaN	521	1	27	225	13	266	51.0%
Delta	IsokoSou	3,618	9	62	46	101	218	6.0%
Delta	Ndokwa East	7,758	11	29	58	274	373	4.8%
Delta	Ndokwa West	1,759	16	17	16	9	59	3.3%
Delta	Okpe	4,722	16	32	44	38	130	2.8%
Delta	Oshimili North	1,113	1	1	7	8	16	1.5%
Delta	Oshimili South	1,291	2	7	9	14	32	2.5%
Delta	Patani	2,106	6	10	11	83	110	5.2%
Delta	Sapele	10,679	7	28	23	82	139	1.3%
Delta	Udu	664	0	6	12	6	24	3.6%
Delta	Ughelli North	1,176	15	20	21	13	69	5.8%
Delta	AniochaS	1,369	7	73	295	10	385	28.1%
Delta	Ughelli South	7,568	16	19	45	170	250	3.3%
Delta	Ukwuani	1,587	5	4	3	9	21	1.3%
Delta	Uvwie	542	1	4	9	13	28	5.1%
Delta	Warri North	62,602	11	17	113	144	285	0.5%
Delta	Warri South	5,688	7	27	39	31	104	1.8%
Delta	Warri South-West	43,367	70	97	115	205	487	1.1%
Delta	Bomadi	4,277	23	36	49	171	280	6.5%
Delta	Burutu	62,854	144	193	261	558	1,156	1.8%
Delta	Ethiope West	5,218	13	21	11	9	55	1.0%
Delta	EthiopeE	280	0	1	1	0	2	0.8%
Delta	IkaSouth	163	1	1	2	1	4	2.7%
Delta	IsokoNor	636	0	1	0	3	4	0.7%
Ebonyi	Ishielu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Edo	Igueben	1,093	0	2	10	197	209	19.1%
Edo	Ikpoba-Okha	10,261	52	166	268	534	1,020	9.9%
Edo	Oredo Edo	2,544	52	71	287	585	995	39.1%
Edo	Orhionmw	6,202	113	214	238	76	642	10.3%
Edo	OviaNort	56,297	1,429	2,103	2,300	3,082	8,913	15.8%
Edo	OviaSouth-West	53,814	898	1,093	2,015	818	4,824	9.0%
Edo	Owan East	3,097	325	212	257	754	1,549	50.0%
Edo	OwanWest	11,274	647	1,433	1,416	2,954	6,450	57.2%
Edo	Uhunmwonde	15,564	421	1,916	2,879	4,835	10,051	64.6%
Edo	EsanCent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Edo	EsanSout	811	6	16	13	33	68	8.3%
Edo	EsanWest	848	5	6	60	231	302	35.7%
Edo	EtsakoWe	690	142	50	79	63	333	48.3%
Ekiti	Ise/Orun	2,182	4	108	67	155	333	15.3%
Enugu	Oji-River	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Enugu	Uzo-Uwani	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Enugu	Ezeagu	12	0	0	0	0	0	1.2%
Imo	Ngor-Okp	161	0	0	0	0	1	0.5%
Imo	Oguta	465	1	1	0	1	3	0.6%
Imo	Ohaji/Eg	2,219	4	3	3	24	33	1.5%
Adamawa	Teungo	4,507	2	1	0	1	5	0.1%
Lagos	Ikorodu	12	0	0	0	0	1	4.4%
Lagos	Kosofe	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Lagos	LagosIsland	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.5%
Lagos	Ojo	268	0	1	1	2	4	1.5%
Lagos	Alimosho	50	1	2	1	0	4	7.1%
Lagos	Amuwo Odofin	268	0	0	1	3	4	1.5%
Lagos	Apapa	15	0	0	0	0	0	2.6%
Lagos	Badagary	356	0	0	1	3	4	1.1%
Lagos	Epe	1,589	4	4	10	93	112	7.0%
Lagos	Eti-Osa	4	0	1	0	0	1	22.9%
Lagos	Ibeju/Lekki	508	5	20	67	96	188	37.0%
Ogun	IjebuNorth	1,445	10	91	41	82	224	15.5%
Ogun	IjebuOde	28	0	1	0	2	3	12.4%
Ogun	Ipokia	79	0	0	0	0	0	0.3%
Ogun	Obafemi-Owode	4	0	1	0	1	1	36.7%
Ogun	Odogbolu	18	0	0	1	4	5	26.0%
Ogun	OgunWaterside	11,846	34	30	58	258	380	3.2%
Ogun	Shagamu	61	0	1	7	3	11	17.9%
Ogun	AdoOdo/Ota	581	1	4	5	1	11	1.9%
Ogun	Ewekoro	1	0	0	0	0	0	75.0%
Ogun	Ifo	38	0	1	0	6	7	19.5%
Ogun	IjebuEast	46,116	1,169	816	1,197	2,184	5,366	11.6%
Ondo	IlajeEseodo	10,288	70	110	78	224	482	4.7%
Ondo	IleOluji/Okeigbo	100	0	0	0	9	9	8.9%
Ondo	Irele	906	2	3	2	44	52	5.7%
Ondo	Odigbo	21,448	587	813	777	967	3,144	14.7%
Ondo	Okitipupa	2,576	12	8	11	70	102	3.9%
Ondo	Ondo East	15	0	0	0	0	1	4.6%
Ondo	Ondo West	8,478	295	321	167	220	1,002	11.8%
Ondo	Ose	14,444	842	1,293	1,714	3,248	7,098	49.1%
Ondo	Owo	5,165	89	358	625	2,373	3,444	66.7%
Ondo	Akure North	137	4	18	12	3	37	26.8%
Ondo	Ese-Odo	19,184	8	6	21	94	129	0.7%
Ondo	Idanre	63,891	892	2,044	4,192	11,542	18,669	29.2%
Ondo	Ifedore	450	18	12	5	48	82	18.3%
Akwa Ibom	Ikot-Aba	640	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Ini	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Itu	19	0	0	1	0	2	12.6%
Akwa Ibom	Mbo	575	0	0	1	2	4	0.7%
Akwa Ibom	Mkpat Enin	30	0	0	0	1	1	3.8%
Akwa Ibom	Eastern Obolo	342	0	0	1	20	21	6.1%
Akwa Ibom	Nsit Ubium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Okobo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Onna	28	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Oron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Oruk-Ana	300	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Udung Uko	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Akwa Ibom	Ukanafun	101	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Uruan	395	0	1	1	1	2	0.6%
Akwa Ibom	Eket	503	0	0	0	1	1	0.2%
Akwa Ibom	UrueOffo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Uyo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Esit Eket	275	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Akwa Ibom	Etinan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Akwa Ibom	Ibeno	3,558	0	1	3	4	9	0.2%
Osun	Ife North	27,223	159	283	423	1,114	1,978	7.3%
Osun	Ife South	5,028	62	104	33	378	577	11.5%
Osun	Isokan	420	2	26	72	104	203	48.3%
Osun	Ayedaade	16,619	90	367	962	1,111	2,531	15.2%
Oyo	Oluyole	1,952	15	289	639	112	1,055	54.1%
Oyo	Ona-Ara	660	1	30	101	174	305	46.2%
Rivers	Abua/Odu	17,221	23	18	101	262	403	2.3%
Rivers	Emuoha	306	2	2	1	0	5	1.7%
Rivers	Etche	73	0	1	0	2	3	3.9%
Rivers	Ikwerre	58	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Khana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Obio/Akp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Ogba/Egbe	5,811	31	42	28	100	202	3.5%
Rivers	Ogu/Bolo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Okrika	107	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Rivers	Omumma	73	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Rivers	Ahoada East	279	1	1	1	1	3	1.1%
Rivers	Opobo/Nkoro	372	1	3	5	3	11	3.1%
Rivers	Oyigbo	242	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Rivers	Port Harcourt	39	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Rivers	Ahoada West	5,292	15	10	33	63	122	2.3%
Rivers	Akukutor	3,637	0	1	1	5	7	0.2%
Rivers	Andoni/O	361	0	0	0	1	1	0.4%
Rivers	Asari-To	68	0	1	2	0	3	5.1%
Rivers	Bonny	519	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Rivers	Degema	3,323	1	9	1	6	17	0.5%
Taraba	Sardauna	20,679	467	363	718	629	2,178	10.5%
Taraba	Ussa	517	0	3	0	0	4	0.8%
Taraba	Bali	7,493	20	49	42	125	236	3.1%
Taraba	Donga	6,321	52	72	75	204	402	6.4%
Taraba	Gashaka	107,272	87	211	549	1,094	1,941	1.8%
Taraba	Kurmi	94,614	1,074	1,034	1,343	7,019	10,469	11.1%
Anambra	Idemili South	85	0	0	0	1	1	1.1%
Anambra	Ogbaru	687	0	1	0	7	8	1.1%
Anambra	Onitsha North	15	0	0	0	0	0	1.6%
Anambra	Onitsha South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Anambra	OrumbaNo	132	0	0	0	0	1	0.5%
Anambra	Anambra East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Anambra	AwkaNort	203	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Anambra	AwkaSout	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.8%
Anambra	Ayamelum	3	1	0	0	0	1	20.0%
Anambra	Ekwusigo	142	0	2	0	1	3	2.2%
Bayelsa	Brass	24,217	21	97	63	57	237	1.0%
Bayelsa	Ekeremor	70,530	116	136	174	308	734	1.0%
Bayelsa	Kolokuma/Opokuma	11,243	45	98	345	300	788	7.0%
Bayelsa	Nembe	6,480	5	4	61	31	102	1.6%
Bayelsa	Ogbia	35,195	50	74	396	542	1,062	3.0%
Bayelsa	Sagbama	28,981	84	200	192	785	1,262	4.4%
Bayelsa	Southern Ijaw	80,259	81	96	206	505	888	1.1%
Bayelsa	Yenegoa	13,390	26	97	165	347	635	4.7%
Benue	Kwande	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Cross River	Etung	52,663	290	208	293	1,776	2,566	4.9%
Cross River	Ikom	38,270	153	298	254	994	1,698	4.4%
Cross River	Obanliku	15,747	9	16	32	101	158	1.0%
Cross River	Obubra	10,413	114	96	124	810	1,144	11.0%
Cross River	Obudu	5,584	10	12	88	140	250	4.5%
Cross River	Odukpani	3,520	1	5	5	37	48	1.4%
Cross River	Ogoja	507	1	3	3	9	15	3.0%
Cross River	Yakurr	3,967	106	150	157	521	934	23.5%
Cross River	Akamkpa	343,131	847	1,522	4,922	9,100	16,391	4.8%
Cross River	Akpabuyo	3,921	1	10	11	10	33	0.8%
Cross River	Bakassi	273	0	1	0	0	1	0.5%
Cross River	Bekwarra	78	0	0	0	0	0	0.2%
Cross River	Biase	5,945	74	94	321	1,040	1,530	25.7%
Cross River	Boki	197,353	272	780	1,826	3,724	6,601	3.3%
Cross River	Calabar	239	0	0	2	0	3	1.2%
Cross River	Calabar South	27	0	0	0	0	0	0.3%

2019 forest data for Nigeria | Archived forest data for Nigeria | Forest data for Nigeria

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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