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Air quality in Ekiti State today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Efon-Alaaye has the cleanest air of the 5 cities we track in Ekiti State (AQI 66, Moderate), and Ise-Ekiti the worst (AQI 75, Moderate). Efon-Alaaye has the most tree cover, at 76.1% — #1 of 94 cities measured in Nigeria.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
Average right now
AQI 70
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 5
- average tree cover
- 52.0%
- Nigeria: 19.4%
- worst air now: Ise-Ekiti
- 75
- cleanest air now: Efon-Alaaye
- 66
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Ekiti State · average AQI 70
Air quality today across Ekiti State, city by city
| Ado-Ekiti | 69Moderate | 27.4% | 8.2K | #17 of 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efon-Alaaye | 66Moderate | 76.1% | — | #1 of 94 |
| Ise-Ekiti | 75Moderate | 41.1% | — | #9 of 94 |
| Ijero-Ekiti | 73Moderate | 72.1% | — | #2 of 94 |
| Ikere-Ekiti | 69Moderate | 43.1% | — | #7 of 94 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Nigeria.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ekiti State lost?
Since 2001, Ekiti State has lost about 80,000 hectares of forest (about 110,000 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (94%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 80,000 haabout 110,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 20%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 75,500 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 181 ha | 4 ha | 185 ha |
| 2002 | 535 ha | 8 ha | 543 ha |
| 2003 | 44 ha | 2 ha | 46 ha |
| 2004 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2005 | 1,140 ha | 24 ha | 1,160 ha |
| 2006 | 109 ha | 3 ha | 112 ha |
| 2007 | 247 ha | 13 ha | 260 ha |
| 2008 | 585 ha | 15 ha | 600 ha |
| 2009 | 840 ha | 42 ha | 882 ha |
| 2010 | 733 ha | 34 ha | 767 ha |
| 2011 | 678 ha | 9 ha | 687 ha |
| 2012 | 726 ha | 23 ha | 749 ha |
| 2013 | 1,230 ha | 32 ha | 1,260 ha |
| 2014 | 1,360 ha | 62 ha | 1,430 ha |
| 2015 | 1,810 ha | 129 ha | 1,940 ha |
| 2016 | 3,980 ha | 342 ha | 4,320 ha |
| 2017 | 10,900 ha | 845 ha | 11,700 ha |
| 2018 | 7,030 ha | 697 ha | 7,730 ha |
| 2019 | 5,990 ha | 423 ha | 6,410 ha |
| 2020 | 5,430 ha | 346 ha | 5,780 ha |
| 2021 | 8,010 ha | 368 ha | 8,380 ha |
| 2022 | 5,950 ha | 274 ha | 6,220 ha |
| 2023 | 4,750 ha | 196 ha | 4,940 ha |
| 2024 | 7,370 ha | 291 ha | 7,660 ha |
| 2025 | 5,840 ha | 279 ha | 6,120 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 6,660 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 7,200 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 11,700 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Ekiti State?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good89% · 71,100 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back5.5% · 4,380 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5.4% · 4,320 ha
Also: mining and energy, wildfires, logging, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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