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Carbon intensity of electricity — Sierra Leone

Carbon intensity of electricity in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 48 g/kWh. Ranked 12 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 91.4%.

2024 48 g/kWh +0% vs 2023
World rank 12of 195
Period maximum 615 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 48 g/kWh2023

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Sierra Leone, 2000–202402004006008002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 556 g/kWh2001: 615 g/kWh2002: 563 g/kWh2003: 600 g/kWh2004: 583 g/kWh2005: 500 g/kWh2006: 600 g/kWh2007: 500 g/kWh2008: 500 g/kWh2009: 500 g/kWh2010: 71 g/kWh2011: 59 g/kWh2012: 222 g/kWh2013: 250 g/kWh2014: 133 g/kWh2015: 188 g/kWh2016: 238 g/kWh2017: 261 g/kWh2018: 222 g/kWh2019: 50 g/kWh2020: 50 g/kWh2021: 50 g/kWh2022: 50 g/kWh2023: 48 g/kWh2024: 48 g/kWh
Change over the period: −508 (−91.43%) Average annual rate: -9.73 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 48 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 48 +0 +0%
2023 48 −2 −4.76%
2022 50 +0 +0%
2021 50 +0 +0%
2020 50 +0 +0%
2019 50 −172 −77.5%
2018 222 −39 −14.82%
2017 261 +23 +9.56%
2016 238 +51 +26.99%
2015 188 +54 +40.63%
2014 133 −117 −46.67%
2013 250 +28 +12.5%
2012 222 +163 +277.8%
2011 59 −13 −17.65%
2010 71 −429 −85.71%
2009 500 +0 +0%
2008 500 +0 +0%
2007 500 −100 −16.67%
2006 600 +100 +20%
2005 500 −83 −14.29%
2004 583 −17 −2.78%
2003 600 +38 +6.67%
2002 563 −53 −8.59%
2001 615 +60 +10.77%
2000 556 — —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SL Sierra Leone 48 GN Guinea 181 LR Liberia 316 CI Côte d'Ivoire 405 TG Togo 423 CV Cabo Verde 462 GH Ghana 469 NG Nigeria 496 MR Mauritania 512 ML Mali 539 SN Senegal 540 BF Burkina Faso 562 BJ Benin 584 GW Guinea-Bissau 625 GM Gambia 667 NE Niger 674
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.

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