Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.422% in Sierra Leone in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 0.432% in 1990 and an all time low of 0.378% in 2010. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Burkina Faso amounted to 0.196%, 0.259% in Guinea, 0.434% in Liberia and 0.039% in Mali in 2015.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 52nd within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | % | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.209% | 0.206% | 0.204% | 0.202% | 0.200% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 0.403% | 0.404% | 0.405% | 0.407% | 0.408% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 0.268% | 0.266% | 0.265% | 0.263% | 0.262% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 0.453% | 0.449% | 0.446% | 0.443% | 0.440% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.043% | 0.042% | 0.041% | 0.041% | 0.040% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.010% | 0.010% | 0.009% | 0.009% | 0.009% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 0.442% | 0.440% | 0.438% | 0.436% | 0.434% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 0.380% | 0.378% | 0.386% | 0.395% | 0.404% | ... |
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