Nigeria vs Papua New Guinea: Tree cover loss

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 105,592 hectares against 81,946 hectares in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 23,646 hectares.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 39th and Papua New Guinea ranks 42nd of 197 countries.