Environment in Nigeria

2,363 indicators covering environment for Nigeria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Forest land — Area 17,130 1000 ha 2025 down 6.9% 46th
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 14,472 1000 ha 2025 down 9.8% 48th
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 84.48 % 2025 down 3.1% 163rd
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 0.016 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% 88th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate 703.39 % change on previous year 2024 up 4,826.4% 8th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 3 t 2024 down 97.2% 131st
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 15 1000 USD 2024 down 88.2% 130th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 468 m3 2024 up 524.0% 109th
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 142 m3 2024 down 92.0% 159th
Other fibreboard — Import value 124 1000 USD 2024 down 92.6% 134th
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0146 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 79.1% 138th
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0477 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 69.9% 123rd
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 203 1000 USD 2024 up 515.2% 103rd
Planted Forest — Area 2,658 1000 ha 2025 up 12.7% 25th
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 15.52 % 2025 up 21.1% 80th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 2,000 m3 2024 unchanged 123rd
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0198 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 64.6% 70th
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.057 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 59.3% 72nd
Total fibre furnish — Export value 226 1000 USD 2024 down 89.0% 144th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year 2024 up 101.3% 73rd
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 789 t 2024 down 92.1% 149th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 121st
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0218 t per person 2024 down 5.4% 36th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0003 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 140.0% 28th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 77th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0003 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 140.0% 29th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0003 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 138.4% 28th
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0003 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 138.4% 32nd
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.0251 t per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% 120th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0038 t per square kilometre 2023 down 81.6% 143rd
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.0501 t per square kilometre 2023 up 149.9% 107th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.0001 t per square kilometre 2023 down 99.7% 160th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.2577 t per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% 98th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0649 t per square kilometre 2023 up 77.5% 124th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 99th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 181.1% 139th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 358.6% 122nd
Emissions of air pollutants 1.02 million tonnes 2022 up 40.9% 24th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 107th
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0909 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 289.8% 71st
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0651 t per square kilometre 2023 up 139.4% 87th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0005 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 68.6% 145th
Graphic papers — Export quantity 437 t 2024 up 111.1% 99th
Graphic papers — Export value 539 1000 USD 2024 down 59.3% 99th
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0006 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 19.2% 136th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0019 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 705.5% 132nd
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.003 t per square kilometre 2023 up 441.2% 126th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, annual growth rate -14.29 % change on previous year 2024 up 44.1% 149th
Wood-based panels — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 174.7% 150th
Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0018 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 1,582.8% 139th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per square kilometre 1.53 t per square kilometre 2023 up 570,043.0% 22nd
Heat Index 35 44.53 2024 up 258.0% 22nd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Production 1.42 million t 2024 up 1,709.9% 15th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.7231 % change on previous year 2024 up 103.5% 97th
Wood pulp — Export quantity 144 t 2024 down 83.0% 107th
Wood pulp — Export value 43 1000 USD 2024 down 92.3% 114th
Newsprint — Export quantity 79 t 2024 up 229.2% 80th
Veneer sheets — Export quantity 4,807 m3 2024 up 11,345.2% 69th
Veneer sheets — Export value 879 1000 USD 2024 up 1,558.5% 87th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 77th