Guyana vs Sierra Leone: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Guyana

13,014 hectares

in 2024

Sierra Leone

16,830 hectares

in 2024

Guyana rank

41st

Sierra Leone rank

39th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Sierra Leone currently reports 16,830 hectares against 13,014 hectares in Guyana, a difference of 3,816 hectares.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Guyana ranks 41st 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.