Ivory Coast · Bas-Sassandra District · 2 cities
Air quality in Bas-Sassandra District today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Soubré has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Bas-Sassandra District (AQI 35, Good), and San-Pédro the worst (AQI 42, Good). San-Pédro has the most tree cover, at 18.8% — #10 of 20 cities measured in Ivory Coast.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
- cities tracked
- 2
- average tree cover
- 13.7%
- Ivory Coast: 19.0%
- worst air now: San-Pédro
- 42
- cleanest air now: Soubré
- 35
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Bas-Sassandra District
Air quality today across Bas-Sassandra District, city by city
| San-Pédro | 42Good | 18.8% | 34.1K | #10 of 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soubré | 35Good | 8.5% | 67.2K | #20 of 20 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Ivory Coast.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bas-Sassandra District lost?
Since 2001, Bas-Sassandra District has lost about 596,000 hectares of forest (about 6,000 km²): 26% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 596,000 haabout 6,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 26%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 592,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 43,500 ha | 98 ha | 43,600 ha |
| 2002 | 32,200 ha | 115 ha | 32,300 ha |
| 2003 | 25,100 ha | 116 ha | 25,200 ha |
| 2004 | 13,700 ha | 19 ha | 13,800 ha |
| 2005 | 9,930 ha | 19 ha | 9,940 ha |
| 2006 | 18,100 ha | 51 ha | 18,200 ha |
| 2007 | 28,100 ha | 56 ha | 28,100 ha |
| 2008 | 18,800 ha | 61 ha | 18,800 ha |
| 2009 | 24,400 ha | 68 ha | 24,500 ha |
| 2010 | 15,900 ha | 91 ha | 16,000 ha |
| 2011 | 18,300 ha | 65 ha | 18,300 ha |
| 2012 | 13,800 ha | 76 ha | 13,900 ha |
| 2013 | 23,300 ha | 158 ha | 23,400 ha |
| 2014 | 46,100 ha | 302 ha | 46,400 ha |
| 2015 | 15,300 ha | 181 ha | 15,500 ha |
| 2016 | 22,400 ha | 200 ha | 22,600 ha |
| 2017 | 42,100 ha | 347 ha | 42,400 ha |
| 2018 | 34,500 ha | 313 ha | 34,800 ha |
| 2019 | 28,200 ha | 197 ha | 28,400 ha |
| 2020 | 18,200 ha | 244 ha | 18,500 ha |
| 2021 | 19,200 ha | 198 ha | 19,400 ha |
| 2022 | 17,300 ha | 199 ha | 17,500 ha |
| 2023 | 20,500 ha | 220 ha | 20,700 ha |
| 2024 | 19,300 ha | 237 ha | 19,500 ha |
| 2025 | 24,000 ha | 200 ha | 24,200 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 20,300 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 29,300 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 46,400 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Bas-Sassandra District?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good98% · 583,000 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.5% · 8,840 ha
Also: shifting farming, mining and energy, logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
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