Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 20% in Guinea and 34% in Sierra Leone, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sierra Leone, by 14 percentage points, or 1.7 times that in Guinea.

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% of land · FAO

GuineaSierra LeoneWorld

What the numbers say

Sierra Leone has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Guinea ranked 130 and Sierra Leone ranked 101 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Guinea	Sierra Leone	World
2024	20	34	–
2023	20.3	34.3	31.1
2022	20.6	34.6	31.1
2021	20.9	34.9	31.2
2020	21.1	35.1	31.2
2019	21.4	35.4	31.2
2018	21.7	35.7	31.3
2017	22	35.9	31.3
2016	22.2	36.2	31.3
2015	22.5	36.5	31.4
2014	22.8	36.8	31.4
2013	23	37	31.4
2012	23.3	37.3	31.5
2011	23.6	37.6	31.9
2010	23.9	37.9	32
2009	24.1	38.1	32
2008	24.4	38.4	32
2007	24.7	38.7	32.1
2006	25	39	32.1
2005	25.2	39.2	32.1
2004	25.5	39.5	32.2
2003	25.8	39.8	32.3
2002	26	40	32.3
2001	26.3	40.3	32.3
2000	26.6	40.6	32.4
1999	26.9	40.9	32.5
1998	27.1	41.1	32.5
1997	27.4	41.4	32.6
1996	27.7	41.7	32.7
1995	28	42	32.7
1994	28.2	42.2	32.8
1993	28.5	42.5	32.8
1992	28.8	42.8	33
1991	29	43	–
1990	29.3	43.3	–

Each country on its own

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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