Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods was -19,726 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Sierra Leone, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Sierra Leone is -19,726 hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Sierra Leone peaked at -19,726 hectares in 2011 and was at its lowest, -19,727 hectares, in 1991.
Sierra Leone ranks 197th of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -19,727 hectares | -19,727 hectares | -19,727 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | -19,727 hectares | -19,727 hectares | -19,727 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | -19,726 hectares | -19,727 hectares | -19,726 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | -19,726 hectares | -19,726 hectares | -19,726 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 7.93 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.9174 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7175 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0007 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 5.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.7846 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Sierra Leone?
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Sierra Leone was -19,726 hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was -19,726 hectares in 2011.
- What is the lowest change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was -19,727 hectares in 1991.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Sierra Leone ranks 197th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.