Burundi vs Sierra Leone: Imported deforestation

Burundi

982.24 hectares

in 2023

Sierra Leone

989.15 hectares

in 2023

Burundi rank

140th

Sierra Leone rank

139th

Imported deforestation over time

Burundi
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 989.15 hectares against 982.24 hectares in Burundi, a difference of 6.91 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 140th and Sierra Leone ranks 139th of 178 countries.

Individual pages

Imported deforestation in Burundi
Imported deforestation in Sierra Leone
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Imported deforestation
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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Imported deforestation is the amount of deforestation in other countries that is driven by the production of food and forestry products that are imported. This is measured in hectares.