Sierra Leone vs Zambia: Deforestation embedded in trade

Sierra Leone
309.58 hectares
in 2023
Zambia
242.33 hectares
in 2023
Sierra Leone rank
114th
Zambia rank
117th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Zambia
-15.0k-10.0k-5.0k0200520142023

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 309.58 hectares against 242.33 hectares in Zambia, a difference of 67.25 hectares.

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

Across all 19 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Sierra Leone ranks 114th and Zambia ranks 117th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Deforestation embedded in trade
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
178 places, 3,320 data points, 2005–2023
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Deforestation driven by imported goods minus exported goods from agriculture and forest plantations. Net importers of deforestation are countries who contribute to net deforestation in other countries – the deforestation that they cause in other countries is given as a positive value.