Forest land area rose 2.13% to 30.4 '000 sq km in Sierra Leone in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 31.2 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 27.3 '000 sq km in 2010. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, forest land area in Burkina Faso amounted to 53.5 '000 sq km, 63.6 '000 sq km in Guinea, 41.8 '000 sq km in Liberia and 47.2 '000 sq km in Mali in 2015.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 92nd within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area.
| Forest 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 | '000 sq km | 15.0 | 19.2 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | '000 sq km | 57.1 | 56.5 | 55.9 | 55.3 | 54.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | '000 sq km | 50.6 | 92.0 | 92.2 | 92.5 | 92.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | '000 sq km | 65.8 | 65.4 | 65.1 | 64.7 | 64.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | '000 sq km | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | '000 sq km | 43.6 | 43.3 | 43.0 | 42.7 | 42.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | '000 sq km | 126 | 51.1 | 50.3 | 49.5 | 48.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | '000 sq km | 2.47 | 2.42 | 2.39 | 2.35 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 sq km | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | '000 sq km | 85.1 | 84.7 | 84.3 | 83.9 | 83.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | '000 sq km | 27.5 | 27.3 | 27.9 | 28.5 | 29.2 |
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