Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 66.1% in Liberia and 34% in Sierra Leone, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Liberia, by 32.1 percentage points, or 1.94 times that in Sierra Leone.

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% of land · FAO

LiberiaSierra LeoneWorld

What the numbers say

Liberia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Liberia ranked 21 and Sierra Leone ranked 101 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Liberia	Sierra Leone	World
2024	66.1	34	–
2023	66.5	34.3	31.1
2022	67	34.6	31.1
2021	67.4	34.9	31.2
2020	67.8	35.1	31.2
2019	68.8	35.4	31.2
2018	69.9	35.7	31.3
2017	71	35.9	31.3
2016	72	36.2	31.3
2015	73.1	36.5	31.4
2014	74.3	36.8	31.4
2013	75.5	37	31.4
2012	76.7	37.3	31.5
2011	77.9	37.6	31.9
2010	79.1	37.9	32
2009	79.5	38.1	32
2008	79.9	38.4	32
2007	80.3	38.7	32.1
2006	80.7	39	32.1
2005	81.1	39.2	32.1
2004	81.5	39.5	32.2
2003	81.9	39.8	32.3
2002	82.3	40	32.3
2001	82.7	40.3	32.3
2000	83.2	40.6	32.4
1999	83.2	40.9	32.5
1998	83.2	41.1	32.5
1997	83.2	41.4	32.6
1996	83.2	41.7	32.7
1995	83.2	42	32.7
1994	83.2	42.2	32.8
1993	83.2	42.5	32.8
1992	83.2	42.8	33
1991	83.2	43	–
1990	83.2	43.3	–

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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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