Land use changes in Nigeria

Country area
Land area
Arable land
Land under permanent crops
Land under perm. meadows and pastures
Total
Forest land
Inland waters
Other land

1965
1%

32%
34%

4%
28%

Fo
35.000

30.000
f(x) = − 0.878644038461539
 Fo
35.000

30.000
f(x) = − 0.878644038461539
R² = 0.991844161141371
25.000

20.000

15.000

10.000

5.000

0.000
0 2 4 6
 1965 1970 1975
92.377 92.377 92.377
91.077 91.077 91.077
29.570 31.880 26.000
3.500 3.150 3.150
26.000 26.000 26.000
59.070 61.030 55.150
31.274 30.573 29.856
1.300 1.300 1.300

1965
1%

32% 27%

4% 27%

Forest land

44038461539 x + 32.0166766666667
 Forest land

44038461539 x + 32.0166766666667
61141371

4 6 8 10 12 14
1980 1985 1990
92.377 92.377 92.377
91.077 91.077 91.077
19.603 23.000 28.174
3.500 3.500 3.900
27.335 28.424 29.512
50.438 54.924 61.586
28.043 27.221 26.526
1.300 1.300 1.300
2.965

2000
1%

27%
38%

27% 6%
12 14
1995 2000 2005
92.377 92.377 92.377
91.077 91.077 91.077
32.900 35.000 36.000
5.200 6.000 6.400
27.267 25.184 24.600
65.367 66.184 67.000
25.710 24.893 24.077
1.300 1.300 1.300
0.000 0.000 0.000

2019
1%

24%
37%

31% 7%
 2010 2015 2019
92.377 92.377 92.377
91.077 91.077 91.077
33.000 34.000 34.000
6.700 6.500 6.500
28.117 28.134 28.623
67.817 68.634 69.123
23.260 22.443 21.790
1.300 1.300 1.300
0.000 0.000 0,163

2019
1%

24%
37%

31% 7%
Structure of national economy of Nigeria (1960-2020)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
Services, value added (% of GDP)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO esti

GDP growth (annual %)

Nigeria
Niger
Benin

1960

3
39% 41% 1 2 3 4

12% 7%

GDP growth (annual %)

30
 GDP growth (annual %)
30

25

20

15

10

0
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
-5
Nigeria Niger

-10
 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985
55 40 27 65 35 18.228
10 20 31 10 32 33.467
16 15 15 25 15 47.319
52.69 52.39 52.07 51.85 51.38 50.96

1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990

4.885 25.007 -5.228 4.205 5.913 11.777
6.92 3.056 -2.793 -2.455 7.718 -1.308
5.294 2.098 -4.895 6.782 7.53 8.976

1990 2020

14% 18%
26%
%
1
1 2 3 4
24% 21%

35%
28%
2010 2015 2020

Benin
 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
21.556 25.487 21.357 26.089 23.894 20.632 24.143
35.41 36.54 33.823 28.202 25.317 20.161 28.221
42.047 36.979 43.798 44.684 50.789 58.122 46.386
50.57 50.18 48.75 44.95 41.36 36.94 34.97

1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

-0.073 5.016 6.439 8.006 2.653 -1.794
2.457 -1.208 7.332 8.578 4.393 3.58
6.045 5.858 1.713 2.114 1.778 3.849

2020

18%

1 2 3 4

21%

35%
Overview of population statistics for Nigeria (1960-2020)
Total population
Urban population
Urban population (%)
Population growth (%)
Fertility
Net migrant
Total area (km²)
Agricultural land (km²)
Arable land (km²)
Population density per km²
Disponible agricultural land per person
Disponible arable land per person (km²)
Labour force
Labour force (% of total population ages 15-64)
Emplyment in agriculture (%)
Employment in industry (%)
Employment in services (%)
Total employment (%)
1960 1965 1970 1975
45,138,460 50,127,920 55,982,142 63,374,289
6,955,837 8,296,672 9,942,428 12,535,434
15.41% 16.55% 17.76% 19.78%
2.03% 2.14% 2.29% 2.71%
6.354 6.335 6.571 6.706
1.021
923,770 923,770 923,770 923,770
531,765.10 590,701.30 610,304.70 551,500
236,765 295,701 318,805 260,000
50.577 55.039 61.467 69.583
0.011780754 0.01178388 0.01090177 0.00870227
0.00514 0.0059 0.00569 0.0041
1980 1985 1990
73,423,646 83,562,776 95,212,454
16,131,175 21,421,318 28,259,056
21.97% 25.64% 29.68%
2.85% 2.56% 2.58%
6.783 6.698 6.49

923,770 923,770 923,770

504,380 549,240 615,860
196,030 230,000 281,740
80.617 91.75 104.541
0.006869449 0.0065727831 0.0064682715
0.00267 0.00275 0.00296
31,787,602
61.21%
50.57%
13.42%
36.01%
100%
1995 2000 2005 2010
107,948,339 122,283,853 138,865,014 158,503,203
34,764,763 42,603,694 54,260,116 68,917,193
32.21% 34.84% 39.07% 43.48%
2.49% 2.50% 2.59% 2.67%
6.262 6.106 5.985 5.839

923,770 923,770 923,770 923,770

653,674.35 661,839.60 670,004.90 678,170.20
329,000 350,000 360,000 330,000
118.524 134.264 152.47 174.032
0.006055437 0.005412322 0.004824865 0.00427859
0.00275 0.00305 0.00286 0.00259
36,383,806 41,549,406 47,143,645 53,563,331
60.58% 60.07% 59.82% 59.98%
50.18% 48.75% 44.95% 41.36%
13.12% 12.36% 11.44% 10.25%
36.70% 38.89% 43.61% 48.39%
100% 100% 100% 100%
2015 2020
181,137,454 206,139,587
86,652,535 107,106,007
47.84% 51.96%
2.65% 2.54%
5.592 5.317
-300
923,770 923,770
686,335.50 691,234.50
340,000 340,000
198.884 226.336
0.0037890314 0.003353235
0.00208 0.00174
55,815,157 62,259,271
54.40% 56.66%
36.94% 34.97%
11.94% 12%
51.12% 53.03
100% 100%
Year Healthy and long life
Life expectancy at birth HALE

years years

1960 36.976
1970 40.971
1980 45.333
1990 45.9
2000 46.267
2010 50.896
2020 54.687
 Acces to Education
Adult literacy rate Youth literacy rate (15-24) Mean years of schooling

% % years

55.447 71.189
54.773 68.994 5.2
51.078 66.384 5.2
62.016 75.029 6.7
o Education
Combined gross enrollment ratio expected years of schooling

% years

6.7
70 8
67.6 8.4
66 10
 Descent standard of living
Gross national income Gross domestic product

2017 PPP$ billions 2017 PPP$ billions

3109 310.4
2739 364
4636 781.8
4910 1032

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ng HDI until 2010
Gini coefficient
HDI Health index Education index
%

0.1996
0.266183333
38.7 0.338883333
45 0.348333333
40.1 0.38952468024 0.35445 0.598486666667
43 0.44689324223 0.4316 0.565853333333
35.1 0.50593049448 0.494783333 0.63344

Gini coefficient = gini index x 100

10 HDI since 2010

Living standard index HDI Helth index Education index

0.261169231
0.322630769
0.389738462
0.189050872856739 0.398461538
0.215637374049434 0.3316082626 0.404107692 0.3955555555556
0.343226393347079 0.3975416984 0.475323077 0.4066666666667
0.389568150107815 0.4624446648 0.533646154 0.5011111111111
010 FTA-HDI

Living standard index HDI Health index Education index

0.195161539962152
0.31063535148557
0.352576729476491
DI

Living standard index