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Sierra Leone — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Sierra Leone, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
34.30%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -20.8% since 1990
Forest area for Sierra Leone was 34.30% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 43.32% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.70% per year.
Sierra Leone ranks 92 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 43%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Sierra Leone sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 21% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
34.30%
First (1990)
43.32%
Change
-20.8%
Highest
43.32%
in 1990
Lowest
34.30%
in 2023
Average
38.81%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.70%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 34.3% |
| 2022 | 34.57% |
| 2021 | 34.85% |
| 2020 | 35.12% |
| 2019 | 35.39% |
| 2018 | 35.67% |
| 2017 | 35.94% |
| 2016 | 36.21% |
| 2015 | 36.49% |
| 2014 | 36.76% |
| 2013 | 37.03% |
| 2012 | 37.31% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.