Nigeria · Lagos · 6 cities
Air quality in Lagos today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Irewe has the cleanest air of the 6 cities we track in Lagos (AQI 62, Moderate), and Agege the worst (AQI 113, Unhealthy for sensitive groups). Ebute Ikorodu has the most tree cover, at 15.4% — #39 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.
AQI 93
Average right now
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 6
- average tree cover
- 15.4%
- Nigeria: 19.4%
- worst air now: Agege
- 113
- cleanest air now: Irewe
- 62
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Lagos · average AQI 93
Air quality today across Lagos, city by city
| Lagos | 88Moderate | 0.3% | 53.6K | #93 of 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agege | 113Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 1.0% | 107K | #91 of 94 |
| Ebute Ikorodu | 93Moderate | 15.4% | 33.2K | #39 of 94 |
| Lekki | 93Moderate | 0.0% | 72.9K | #94 of 94 |
| Mushin | 111Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 0.8% | 105K | #92 of 94 |
| Irewe | 62Moderate | 74.7% | — | — |
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 Lagos lost?
Since 2001, Lagos has lost about 18,700 hectares of forest (about 26,000 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 18,700 haabout 26,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 27%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 18,200 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 | 292 ha | 1 ha | 293 ha |
| 2002 | 97 ha | 4 ha | 101 ha |
| 2003 | 40 ha | 3 ha | 43 ha |
| 2004 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2005 | 182 ha | 2 ha | 184 ha |
| 2006 | 265 ha | under 1 ha | 265 ha |
| 2007 | 441 ha | 1 ha | 442 ha |
| 2008 | 367 ha | 6 ha | 373 ha |
| 2009 | 357 ha | 3 ha | 360 ha |
| 2010 | 134 ha | 4 ha | 138 ha |
| 2011 | 688 ha | 4 ha | 692 ha |
| 2012 | 628 ha | 2 ha | 630 ha |
| 2013 | 374 ha | 10 ha | 384 ha |
| 2014 | 462 ha | 4 ha | 466 ha |
| 2015 | 530 ha | 3 ha | 533 ha |
| 2016 | 1,090 ha | 11 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 2017 | 2,450 ha | 88 ha | 2,540 ha |
| 2018 | 1,380 ha | 66 ha | 1,450 ha |
| 2019 | 1,160 ha | 37 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 2020 | 657 ha | 15 ha | 672 ha |
| 2021 | 1,620 ha | 28 ha | 1,650 ha |
| 2022 | 1,180 ha | 52 ha | 1,230 ha |
| 2023 | 1,330 ha | 29 ha | 1,360 ha |
| 2024 | 1,390 ha | 53 ha | 1,440 ha |
| 2025 | 1,040 ha | 33 ha | 1,080 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 1,350 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 1,390 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 2,540 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Lagos?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good66% · 12,300 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good26% · 4,770 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good6.2% · 1,160 ha
Also: shifting farming, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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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