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Congo vs Sierra Leone: Tree cover loss

Congo
114,287 hectares
in 2024
Sierra Leone
130,659 hectares
in 2024
Congo rank
36th
Sierra Leone rank
33rd

Tree cover loss over time

  • Congo
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 130,659 hectares against 114,287 hectares in Congo, a difference of 16,372 hectares.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 36th and Sierra Leone ranks 33rd of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Tree cover loss
Unit
hectares
Source
Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
197 places, 4,728 data points, 2001–2024
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Tree cover loss driven by all causes.