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Share of global CO2 emissions — Sierra Leone

Share of global CO2 emissions in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 0.004%. Ranked 52 in the world out of 214. Since 1950, the indicator has risen by 0.001 pp.

2024 0.004% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 52of 214
Period maximum 0.008%1960
Period minimum 0.001%1951

Trend over time

1950–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Sierra Leone, 1950–202400.0020.0040.0060.00819501958196619741982199019982006201420221950: 0.003%1952: 0.003%1954: 0.002%1956: 0.002%1958: 0.002%1960: 0.008%1962: 0.003%1964: 0.003%1966: 0.003%1968: 0.003%1970: 0.006%1972: 0.004%1974: 0.003%1976: 0.003%1978: 0.004%1980: 0.003%1982: 0.003%1984: 0.003%1986: 0.003%1988: 0.002%1990: 0.002%1992: 0.001%1994: 0.001%1996: 0.001%1998: 0.001%2000: 0.001%2002: 0.002%2004: 0.002%2006: 0.002%2008: 0.002%2010: 0.002%2012: 0.002%2014: 0.003%2016: 0.003%2018: 0.003%2020: 0.003%2022: 0.004%2024: 0.004%
Change over the period: +0.001 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Sierra Leone 0.004%
World computed 96.886%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 2.272%
Western Africa computed 0.582%
Low-income countries computed 0.551%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.004 +0 pp
2023 0.004 +0 pp
2022 0.004 +0 pp
2021 0.004 +0.001 pp
2020 0.003 +0 pp
2019 0.003 +0 pp
2018 0.003 +0 pp
2017 0.003 +0 pp
2016 0.003 +0 pp
2015 0.003 +0 pp
2014 0.003 +0 pp
2013 0.003 +0.001 pp
2012 0.002 +0 pp
2011 0.002 +0 pp
2010 0.002 +0 pp
2009 0.002 +0 pp
2008 0.002 +0 pp
2007 0.002 +0 pp
2006 0.002 +0.001 pp
2005 0.001 −0.001 pp
2004 0.002 +0 pp
2003 0.002 +0 pp
2002 0.002 +0.001 pp
2001 0.001 +0 pp
2000 0.001 +0 pp
1999 0.001 +0 pp
1998 0.001 +0 pp
1997 0.001 +0 pp
1996 0.001 +0 pp
1995 0.001 +0 pp
1994 0.001 +0 pp
1993 0.001 +0 pp
1992 0.001 −0.001 pp
1991 0.002 +0 pp
1990 0.002 +0 pp
1989 0.002 +0 pp
1988 0.002 +0 pp
1987 0.002 −0.001 pp
1986 0.003 +0 pp
1985 0.003 +0 pp
1984 0.003 −0.001 pp
1983 0.004 +0.001 pp
1982 0.003 −0.001 pp
1981 0.004 +0.001 pp
1980 0.003 +0 pp
1979 0.003 −0.001 pp
1978 0.004 +0.001 pp
1977 0.003 +0 pp
1976 0.003 +0 pp
1975 0.003 +0 pp
1974 0.003 +0 pp
1973 0.003 −0.001 pp
1972 0.004 −0.001 pp
1971 0.005 −0.001 pp
1970 0.006 −0.002 pp
1969 0.008 +0.005 pp
1968 0.003 +0.001 pp
1967 0.002 −0.001 pp
1966 0.003 +0.001 pp
1965 0.002 −0.001 pp
1964 0.003 −0.001 pp
1963 0.004 +0.001 pp
1962 0.003 +0 pp
1961 0.003 −0.005 pp
1960 0.008 +0.005 pp
1959 0.003 +0.001 pp
1958 0.002 −0.003 pp
1957 0.005 +0.003 pp
1956 0.002 +0 pp
1955 0.002 +0 pp
1954 0.002 −0.001 pp
1953 0.003 +0 pp
1952 0.003 +0.002 pp
1951 0.001 −0.002 pp
1950 0.003 —

Western Africa, 2024

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

SH Saint Helena 0 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.001 CV Cabo Verde 0.002 GM Gambia 0.002 LR Liberia 0.002 SL Sierra Leone 0.004 TG Togo 0.007 NE Niger 0.008 GN Guinea 0.01 MR Mauritania 0.014 BJ Benin 0.016 BF Burkina Faso 0.017 ML Mali 0.018 SN Senegal 0.037 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.038 GH Ghana 0.054 NG Nigeria 0.352
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

A country's share of global carbon dioxide emissions for the year. The indicator answers the question of current responsibility and differs noticeably from the share of cumulative emissions: countries that industrialized late stand higher on current emissions than on historical ones, and the other way around. That divergence is the main subject of the dispute over the fair sharing of the effort.

Important: Shares add up, so the sum over a group of countries is its weight in global emissions, and “the world” should come to one hundred percent.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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