Change forest area share total in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Change forest area share total was -0.8097 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
-0.8097
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
206th
of 228 countries
All-time high
-0.6349
in 1991
All-time low
-0.8097
in 2025
Years of data
35
1991–2025
Change forest area share total in Sierra Leone, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded -0.8097 for change forest area share total in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change forest area share total in Sierra Leone peaked at -0.6349 in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.8097, in 2025.
That places Sierra Leone 206th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Change forest area share total in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.6349 | — |
| 1992 | -0.639 | +0.6% |
| 1993 | -0.6431 | +0.6% |
| 1994 | -0.6473 | +0.6% |
| 1995 | -0.6515 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | -0.6557 | +0.7% |
| 1997 | -0.6601 | +0.7% |
| 1998 | -0.6645 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | -0.6689 | +0.7% |
| 2000 | -0.6734 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | -0.678 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | -0.6826 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | -0.6873 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | -0.692 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | -0.6969 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | -0.7018 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | -0.7067 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | -0.7118 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | -0.7169 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | -0.722 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | -0.7272 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | -0.7326 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | -0.738 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | -0.7435 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | -0.749 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | -0.7547 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | -0.7604 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | -0.7663 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | -0.7722 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | -0.7782 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | -0.7843 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | -0.7905 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | -0.7968 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | -0.8032 | +0.8% |
| 2025 | -0.8097 | +0.8% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's -0.8097 is below the median for low income countries, which is -0.4663, 1.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's -0.8097 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3469, 2.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.6517 | -0.6689 | -0.6349 | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.6947 | -0.7169 | -0.6734 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.7466 | -0.7722 | -0.722 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.7938 | -0.8097 | -0.7782 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 203 Nigeria -0.7407 compare
- 204 Sudan -0.7923 compare
- 205 Angola -0.8062 compare
- 207 Seychelles -0.822 compare
- 208 Mozambique -0.8282 compare
- 209 Antigua and Barbuda -0.8472 compare
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.2494 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.232 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 30.48 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change forest area share total in Sierra Leone?
- Change forest area share total in Sierra Leone was -0.8097 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change forest area share total recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was -0.6349 in 1991.
- What is the lowest change forest area share total recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.8097 in 2025.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for change forest area share total?
- Sierra Leone ranks 206th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change forest area share total rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change forest area share total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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