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Ethiopia vs Sierra Leone: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Ethiopia
20,253 hectares
in 2024
Sierra Leone
16,830 hectares
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
38th
Sierra Leone rank
39th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Sierra Leone
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k200120122024

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 20,253 hectares against 16,830 hectares in Sierra Leone, a difference of 3,424 hectares.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 38th and Sierra Leone ranks 39th of 187 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Agriculture-driven deforestation
Unit
hectares
Source
Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 4,269 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

Long-term, permanent tree cover loss for small- to large-scale agriculture.