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Greenhouse gas emissions — Sierra Leone

Greenhouse gas emissions in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 16.29 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 66 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has fallen by 38.6%.

2024 16.29 Mt CO₂e −1.85% vs 2023
World rank 66of 199
Period maximum 79.89 Mt CO₂e2002
Period minimum 1.55 Mt CO₂e1917

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Sierra Leone, 1850–2024020406080185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 26.54 Mt CO₂e1853: 44.51 Mt CO₂e1856: 48.74 Mt CO₂e1859: 53.37 Mt CO₂e1862: 14.78 Mt CO₂e1865: 9.43 Mt CO₂e1868: 6.49 Mt CO₂e1871: 5.35 Mt CO₂e1874: 4.98 Mt CO₂e1877: 4.45 Mt CO₂e1880: 4.12 Mt CO₂e1883: 3.8 Mt CO₂e1886: 4.12 Mt CO₂e1889: 3.48 Mt CO₂e1892: 3.22 Mt CO₂e1895: 2.99 Mt CO₂e1898: 2.91 Mt CO₂e1901: 2.6 Mt CO₂e1904: 2.61 Mt CO₂e1907: 2.42 Mt CO₂e1910: 1.94 Mt CO₂e1913: 1.68 Mt CO₂e1916: 1.75 Mt CO₂e1919: 1.57 Mt CO₂e1922: 6.19 Mt CO₂e1925: 6.79 Mt CO₂e1928: 8.02 Mt CO₂e1931: 7.05 Mt CO₂e1934: 7.2 Mt CO₂e1937: 7.58 Mt CO₂e1940: 7.76 Mt CO₂e1943: 8.99 Mt CO₂e1946: 10.18 Mt CO₂e1949: 10.6 Mt CO₂e1952: 7.98 Mt CO₂e1955: 6.89 Mt CO₂e1958: 6.16 Mt CO₂e1961: 6.94 Mt CO₂e1964: 7.53 Mt CO₂e1967: 8.74 Mt CO₂e1970: 8.92 Mt CO₂e1973: 8.51 Mt CO₂e1976: 8.59 Mt CO₂e1979: 9.4 Mt CO₂e1982: 9.65 Mt CO₂e1985: 12.55 Mt CO₂e1988: 9.24 Mt CO₂e1991: 8.96 Mt CO₂e1994: 8.75 Mt CO₂e1997: 8.39 Mt CO₂e2000: 34.78 Mt CO₂e2003: 77.81 Mt CO₂e2006: 46.77 Mt CO₂e2009: 40.59 Mt CO₂e2012: 30.6 Mt CO₂e2015: 18.68 Mt CO₂e2018: 17.19 Mt CO₂e2021: 16.88 Mt CO₂e2024: 16.29 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: −10.25 (−38.62%) Average annual rate: -0.28 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Sierra Leone 16.29 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e
Western Africa computed 993.26 Mt CO₂e
Low-income countries computed 2,052.87 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 16.29 −0.31 −1.85%
2023 16.6 +0.52 +3.22%
2022 16.08 −0.8 −4.76%
2021 16.88 +1.23 +7.86%
2020 15.65 +0.06 +0.42%
2019 15.59 −1.6 −9.31%
2018 17.19 −0.72 −4.05%
2017 17.91 −0.93 −4.96%
2016 18.85 +0.17 +0.92%
2015 18.68 −2.54 −11.95%
2014 21.21 −2.94 −12.16%
2013 24.15 −6.46 −21.09%
2012 30.6 +1.39 +4.74%
2011 29.21 −9.55 −24.64%
2010 38.77 −1.83 −4.5%
2009 40.59 +3.89 +10.6%
2008 36.7 −1.51 −3.96%
2007 38.22 −8.55 −18.29%
2006 46.77 −32 −40.63%
2005 78.77 +14.26 +22.11%
2004 64.51 −13.31 −17.1%
2003 77.81 −2.07 −2.59%
2002 79.89 +23.96 +42.84%
2001 55.93 +21.15 +60.81%
2000 34.78 +23.61 +211.4%
1999 11.17 +2.01 +21.97%
1998 9.16 +0.77 +9.19%
1997 8.39 +0.14 +1.67%
1996 8.25 −0.29 −3.43%
1995 8.54 −0.21 −2.39%
1994 8.75 +0.3 +3.55%
1993 8.45 −0.33 −3.7%
1992 8.78 −0.19 −2.11%
1991 8.96 −0.47 −4.97%
1990 9.43 +0.3 +3.27%
1989 9.13 −0.11 −1.14%
1988 9.24 −0.65 −6.61%
1987 9.89 −1.33 −11.81%
1986 11.22 −1.33 −10.63%
1985 12.55 −4.49 −26.34%
1984 17.04 +6.04 +54.85%
1983 11 +1.35 +14.03%
1982 9.65 −0.81 −7.74%
1981 10.46 +1.17 +12.64%
1980 9.29 −0.12 −1.25%
1979 9.4 −0.51 −5.1%
1978 9.91 +0.53 +5.63%
1977 9.38 +0.79 +9.22%
1976 8.59 +0.17 +1.98%
1975 8.42 +0.12 +1.38%
1974 8.31 −0.2 −2.4%
1973 8.51 +0.01 +0.07%
1972 8.51 −0.23 −2.69%
1971 8.74 −0.18 −2.02%
1970 8.92 −0.3 −3.3%
1969 9.22 +0.78 +9.29%
1968 8.44 −0.3 −3.38%
1967 8.74 +0.57 +6.94%
1966 8.17 +0.36 +4.56%
1965 7.81 +0.28 +3.72%
1964 7.53 −0.08 −1%
1963 7.61 +0.17 +2.29%
1962 7.44 +0.5 +7.21%
1961 6.94 +0.53 +8.32%
1960 6.41 +0.39 +6.4%
1959 6.02 −0.14 −2.23%
1958 6.16 −0.48 −7.2%
1957 6.64 −0.02 −0.24%
1956 6.65 −0.24 −3.52%
1955 6.89 −0.22 −3.02%
1954 7.11 −0.31 −4.19%
1953 7.42 −0.56 −7.03%
1952 7.98 −1.48 −15.61%
1951 9.46 −0.79 −7.67%
1950 10.24 −0.36 −3.35%
1949 10.6 +0.18 +1.76%
1948 10.42 +0.45 +4.53%
1947 9.96 −0.22 −2.11%
1946 10.18 +0.9 +9.66%
1945 9.28 +0.04 +0.4%
1944 9.25 +0.25 +2.79%
1943 8.99 +0.47 +5.5%
1942 8.53 −0.03 −0.32%
1941 8.55 +0.79 +10.19%
1940 7.76 +0.46 +6.34%
1939 7.3 −0.1 −1.33%
1938 7.4 −0.18 −2.38%
1937 7.58 −0.2 −2.62%
1936 7.78 +0.16 +2.07%
1935 7.62 +0.42 +5.88%
1934 7.2 +0.22 +3.17%
1933 6.98 +0.05 +0.75%
1932 6.93 −0.12 −1.69%
1931 7.05 +0.11 +1.56%
1930 6.94 −1.05 −13.18%
1929 7.99 −0.03 −0.35%
1928 8.02 +0.91 +12.75%
1927 7.11 +0.27 +3.93%
1926 6.84 +0.05 +0.78%
1925 6.79 −0.03 −0.37%
1924 6.81 +0.73 +11.98%
1923 6.09 −0.1 −1.63%
1922 6.19 +1.24 +24.99%
1921 4.95 +1 +25.35%
1920 3.95 +2.37 +150.83%
1919 1.57 −0.02 −1.32%
1918 1.6 +0.04 +2.7%
1917 1.55 −0.19 −11%
1916 1.75 −0.09 −5.01%
1915 1.84 −0.12 −6.23%
1914 1.96 +0.28 +16.96%
1913 1.68 −0.14 −7.56%
1912 1.81 +0.04 +2.43%
1911 1.77 −0.18 −9%
1910 1.94 −0.47 −19.6%
1909 2.42 −0.11 −4.5%
1908 2.53 +0.11 +4.63%
1907 2.42 −0.38 −13.48%
1906 2.8 +0.17 +6.31%
1905 2.63 +0.02 +0.92%
1904 2.61 +0.06 +2.28%
1903 2.55 +0.02 +0.59%
1902 2.53 −0.06 −2.46%
1901 2.6 −0.14 −5.01%
1900 2.74 −0.24 −8.01%
1899 2.97 +0.07 +2.31%
1898 2.91 −0 −0.07%
1897 2.91 −0.04 −1.19%
1896 2.94 −0.05 −1.67%
1895 2.99 −0.07 −2.22%
1894 3.06 −0.04 −1.29%
1893 3.1 −0.12 −3.76%
1892 3.22 −0.01 −0.34%
1891 3.23 −0.1 −3.09%
1890 3.34 −0.15 −4.25%
1889 3.48 −0.09 −2.49%
1888 3.57 −0.13 −3.48%
1887 3.7 −0.42 −10.19%
1886 4.12 +0.05 +1.33%
1885 4.07 +0.37 +10.06%
1884 3.7 −0.11 −2.79%
1883 3.8 −0.13 −3.36%
1882 3.93 −0.38 −8.87%
1881 4.32 +0.2 +4.86%
1880 4.12 −0.07 −1.7%
1879 4.19 −0.11 −2.45%
1878 4.29 −0.15 −3.44%
1877 4.45 −0.21 −4.57%
1876 4.66 −0.52 −10.11%
1875 5.18 +0.21 +4.18%
1874 4.98 +0.06 +1.14%
1873 4.92 −0.15 −3%
1872 5.07 −0.28 −5.16%
1871 5.35 −0.05 −0.89%
1870 5.4 −0.14 −2.6%
1869 5.54 −0.95 −14.68%
1868 6.49 −1.25 −16.09%
1867 7.74 −0.66 −7.88%
1866 8.4 −1.03 −10.91%
1865 9.43 −1.38 −12.78%
1864 10.81 −1.62 −13.05%
1863 12.43 −2.35 −15.9%
1862 14.78 −4.26 −22.35%
1861 19.04 −9.08 −32.29%
1860 28.12 −25.25 −47.31%
1859 53.37 +2.55 +5.02%
1858 50.82 +0.01 +0.02%
1857 50.81 +2.07 +4.24%
1856 48.74 −0.24 −0.49%
1855 48.98 +4.76 +10.76%
1854 44.22 −0.29 −0.66%
1853 44.51 +2.28 +5.41%
1852 42.23 +5.74 +15.72%
1851 36.49 +9.95 +37.5%
1850 26.54 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

SH Saint Helena 0.02 CV Cabo Verde 0.84 GM Gambia 2.94 GW Guinea-Bissau 8.14 TG Togo 12.76 SL Sierra Leone 16.29 MR Mauritania 18.2 LR Liberia 24.54 SN Senegal 35.41 BJ Benin 40.94 GH Ghana 52.01 NE Niger 52.14 BF Burkina Faso 59.46 ML Mali 65.66 GN Guinea 78.53 CI Côte d'Ivoire 140.72 NG Nigeria 384.68
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

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

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