Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Guinea

32,983 hectares

in 2024

Sierra Leone

16,830 hectares

in 2024

Guinea rank

37th

Sierra Leone rank

39th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Guinea currently reports 32,983 hectares against 16,830 hectares in Sierra Leone, a difference of 16,153 hectares.

That makes Guinea's figure about 2.0 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 37th and Sierra Leone ranks 39th of 187 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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