Sierra Leone - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Sierra Leone was 25,349 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31,267 in 1990 and a minimum value of 25,349 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 31,267
1991 31,070
1992 30,872
1993 30,675
1994 30,478
1995 30,281
1996 30,083
1997 29,886
1998 29,689
1999 29,492
2000 29,294
2001 29,097
2002 28,900
2003 28,702
2004 28,505
2005 28,308
2006 28,111
2007 27,913
2008 27,716
2009 27,519
2010 27,322
2011 27,124
2012 26,927
2013 26,730
2014 26,533
2015 26,335
2016 26,138
2017 25,941
2018 25,743
2019 25,546
2020 25,349

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Sierra Leone was 35.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 43.32 in 1990, while its lowest value was 35.12 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 43.32
1991 43.04
1992 42.77
1993 42.50
1994 42.22
1995 41.95
1996 41.68
1997 41.40
1998 41.13
1999 40.86
2000 40.59
2001 40.31
2002 40.04
2003 39.77
2004 39.49
2005 39.22
2006 38.95
2007 38.67
2008 38.40
2009 38.13
2010 37.85
2011 37.58
2012 37.31
2013 37.03
2014 36.76
2015 36.49
2016 36.21
2017 35.94
2018 35.67
2019 35.39
2020 35.12

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use