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Agege Air quality today
Air quality in Agege currently reads AQI 113 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 113
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 40.4
- tree cover
- 1.0%
- trees in this area
- 3.1K
- more trees needed
- 107K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ijaiye, Lagos 102212, Lagos, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jan 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Agege · AQI 113 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Agege's tree count comes to 3,138 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 34 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 106,707 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Agege today: AQI 113, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:14 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Agege Redline Train Station, 1 km away · median of 9 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
40.4
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, HabitatMap, LAMATA, Uniport-UCAM Urban AQ, HabitatMap · AirCasting, Air Quality for Collective Public Health Action Project
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Agege's daily AQI at 73 on average, from 65 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 6.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Agege: Critically low
1.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
3,138
Target trees
109,845
More trees needed
106,707
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,348 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Agege lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Agege has lost about 101 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 84% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 101 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 84%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 101 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 35 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Agege?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good56% · 57 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good43% · 43 ha
Also: mining and energy, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 791 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 484 ha
- Overall change
- −307 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Agege shrank from about 791 hectares to 484 hectares, a net loss of about 307 hectares (−39%). New forest grew on about 63 hectares, but 370 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Agege right now?
The latest reading for Agege shows an AQI of 113 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 18:14 local time by 9 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Agege Redline Train Station, 1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Agege today?
At AQI 113 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Agege been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Agege's daily AQI at 73 on average, from 65 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 112 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Agege lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Agege has lost about 101 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 84% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Agege shrank from about 791 hectares to 484 hectares, a net loss of about 307 hectares (−39%). New forest grew on about 63 hectares, but 370 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Agege?
Agege has an estimated 3,138 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 1.0% tree cover, 34 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Agege need?
Agege needs roughly 106,707 more trees to close a 34-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 2,348 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Agege's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Ijaiye, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Ijaiye; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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