Forest area in Sierra Leone

Forest area in Sierra Leone: 43.3% in 1990 and 34% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 34%
Since 1990: −9.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 101 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Sierra Leone	World
2024	34	–
2023	34.3	31.1
2022	34.6	31.1
2021	34.9	31.2
2020	35.1	31.2
2019	35.4	31.2
2018	35.7	31.3
2017	35.9	31.3
2016	36.2	31.3
2015	36.5	31.4
2014	36.8	31.4
2013	37	31.4
2012	37.3	31.5
2011	37.6	31.9
2010	37.9	32
2009	38.1	32
2008	38.4	32
2007	38.7	32.1
2006	39	32.1
2005	39.2	32.1
2004	39.5	32.2
2003	39.8	32.3
2002	40	32.3
2001	40.3	32.3
2000	40.6	32.4
1999	40.9	32.5
1998	41.1	32.5
1997	41.4	32.6
1996	41.7	32.7
1995	42	32.7
1994	42.2	32.8
1993	42.5	32.8
1992	42.8	33
1991	43	–
1990	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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