Ecuador vs Sierra Leone: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported
Ecuador
-30,154 hectares
in 2025
Sierra Leone
-19,726 hectares
in 2025
Ecuador rank
200th
Sierra Leone rank
197th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported over time
- Ecuador
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports -19,726 hectares against -30,154 hectares in Ecuador, a difference of 10,428 hectares.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Ecuador ranks 200th and Sierra Leone ranks 197th of 235 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -90,171 hectares | -19,727 hectares | 70,444 hectares | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | -72,209 hectares | -19,727 hectares | 52,482 hectares | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | -56,587 hectares | -19,726 hectares | 36,861 hectares | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | -37,065 hectares | -19,726 hectares | 17,339 hectares | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods, Ecuador or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at -19,726 hectares against -30,154 hectares in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods between Ecuador and Sierra Leone?
- 10,428 hectares, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Sierra Leone rank globally for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Ecuador ranks 200th and Sierra Leone ranks 197th of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.