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Sierra Leone: Forest area (% of land area)

34.03percent · 2024-7.4% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202434.026
202334.299
202234.573
202134.846
202035.119
201935.392
201835.666
201735.939
201636.212
201536.486
201436.759
201337.032
201237.305
201137.579
201037.852
200938.125
200838.399
200738.672
200638.945
200539.219
200439.492
200339.765
200240.039
200140.312
200040.585
199940.858
199841.132
199741.405
199641.678
199541.952
199442.225
199342.498
199242.772
199143.045
199043.318

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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