CO2 emissions from land use — all countries

CO2 emissions from land use — Sierra Leone

CO2 emissions from land use in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 8.15 Mt. Ranked 143 in the world out of 197. Since 1850, the indicator has fallen by 74.5%.

2024 8.15 Mt −2.48% vs 2023
World rank 143of 197
Period maximum 98.99 Mt2002
Period minimum 0.36 Mt1919

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from land use — Sierra Leone, 1850–20240255075100185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 32.01 Mt1853: 56.09 Mt1856: 62.16 Mt1859: 67.01 Mt1862: 18.46 Mt1865: 9.73 Mt1868: 6.55 Mt1871: 5.08 Mt1874: 4.19 Mt1877: 3.57 Mt1880: 3.18 Mt1883: 2.88 Mt1886: 3.4 Mt1889: 2.66 Mt1892: 2.37 Mt1895: 2.17 Mt1898: 2.15 Mt1901: 1.83 Mt1904: 1.77 Mt1907: 1.66 Mt1910: 1.08 Mt1913: 0.61 Mt1916: 0.52 Mt1919: 0.36 Mt1922: 5.9 Mt1925: 6.92 Mt1928: 8.15 Mt1931: 6.92 Mt1934: 7.49 Mt1937: 7.81 Mt1940: 8.12 Mt1943: 9.4 Mt1946: 10.8 Mt1949: 11.39 Mt1952: 7.71 Mt1955: 5.95 Mt1958: 5.4 Mt1961: 6.58 Mt1964: 7.57 Mt1967: 8.99 Mt1970: 8.37 Mt1973: 8.01 Mt1976: 7.82 Mt1979: 8.58 Mt1982: 8.69 Mt1985: 12.99 Mt1988: 8.42 Mt1991: 6.4 Mt1994: 5.84 Mt1997: 5.7 Mt2000: 41.35 Mt2003: 95.17 Mt2006: 47.76 Mt2009: 44.07 Mt2012: 29.03 Mt2015: 14.69 Mt2018: 11.3 Mt2021: 9.17 Mt2024: 8.15 Mt
Change over the period: −23.85 (−74.52%) Average annual rate: -0.78 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Sierra Leone 8.15 Mt
World computed 5,141.76 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,830.12 Mt
Western Africa computed 500.59 Mt
Low-income countries computed 1,185.14 Mt
CO2 emissions from land use — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 8.15 −0.21 −2.48%
2023 8.36 −0.36 −4.08%
2022 8.72 −0.45 −4.94%
2021 9.17 −1 −9.86%
2020 10.17 −0.58 −5.42%
2019 10.76 −0.55 −4.85%
2018 11.3 −1.83 −13.93%
2017 13.13 −1.29 −8.94%
2016 14.42 −0.26 −1.8%
2015 14.69 −2.18 −12.9%
2014 16.86 −3.86 −18.64%
2013 20.73 −8.3 −28.59%
2012 29.03 +3.39 +13.2%
2011 25.64 −14.79 −36.58%
2010 40.43 −3.63 −8.25%
2009 44.07 +3.02 +7.36%
2008 41.04 −0.55 −1.32%
2007 41.59 −6.16 −12.9%
2006 47.76 −48.02 −50.14%
2005 95.77 +18.84 +24.48%
2004 76.94 −18.23 −19.15%
2003 95.17 −3.82 −3.86%
2002 98.99 +29.82 +43.11%
2001 69.17 +27.82 +67.28%
2000 41.35 +32.67 +376.21%
1999 8.68 +2.43 +38.95%
1998 6.25 +0.55 +9.65%
1997 5.7 +0.22 +4%
1996 5.48 −0.13 −2.25%
1995 5.61 −0.23 −3.96%
1994 5.84 +0.12 +2.13%
1993 5.72 −0.23 −3.92%
1992 5.95 −0.45 −7.06%
1991 6.4 −0.87 −11.92%
1990 7.27 −0.54 −6.92%
1989 7.81 −0.61 −7.26%
1988 8.42 −1.11 −11.66%
1987 9.53 −1.58 −14.25%
1986 11.11 −1.88 −14.44%
1985 12.99 −6.36 −32.87%
1984 19.35 +9.04 +87.71%
1983 10.31 +1.62 +18.61%
1982 8.69 −1.1 −11.21%
1981 9.79 +1.59 +19.38%
1980 8.2 −0.38 −4.43%
1979 8.58 −0.66 −7.15%
1978 9.24 +0.4 +4.53%
1977 8.84 +1.02 +13.03%
1976 7.82 −0.04 −0.55%
1975 7.86 −0.09 −1.09%
1974 7.95 −0.06 −0.69%
1973 8.01 −0.05 −0.66%
1972 8.06 +0.03 +0.35%
1971 8.03 −0.34 −4.07%
1970 8.37 +0.09 +1.11%
1969 8.28 +0.02 +0.22%
1968 8.26 −0.73 −8.11%
1967 8.99 +1.07 +13.57%
1966 7.92 +0.12 +1.53%
1965 7.8 +0.23 +3.03%
1964 7.57 +0.12 +1.56%
1963 7.45 +0.17 +2.28%
1962 7.29 +0.71 +10.73%
1961 6.58 +1.32 +25.17%
1960 5.26 −0 −0.08%
1959 5.26 −0.14 −2.5%
1958 5.4 −0.21 −3.68%
1957 5.6 −0.34 −5.71%
1956 5.94 −0 −0.08%
1955 5.95 −0.33 −5.21%
1954 6.27 −0.5 −7.33%
1953 6.77 −0.94 −12.17%
1952 7.71 −1.78 −18.79%
1951 9.49 −1.62 −14.57%
1950 11.11 −0.28 −2.47%
1949 11.39 +0.3 +2.66%
1948 11.09 +0.42 +3.95%
1947 10.67 −0.13 −1.17%
1946 10.8 +1 +10.24%
1945 9.8 +0.12 +1.22%
1944 9.68 +0.28 +2.98%
1943 9.4 +0.41 +4.52%
1942 8.99 −0.08 −0.83%
1941 9.07 +0.95 +11.69%
1940 8.12 +0.66 +8.85%
1939 7.46 −0.03 −0.37%
1938 7.49 −0.32 −4.12%
1937 7.81 −0.14 −1.79%
1936 7.95 +0.05 +0.67%
1935 7.9 +0.41 +5.49%
1934 7.49 +0.58 +8.45%
1933 6.9 +0.13 +1.84%
1932 6.78 −0.14 −2.04%
1931 6.92 −0.2 −2.76%
1930 7.11 −1.12 −13.62%
1929 8.24 +0.09 +1.1%
1928 8.15 +0.84 +11.44%
1927 7.31 +0.32 +4.59%
1926 6.99 +0.07 +1.06%
1925 6.92 +0.04 +0.64%
1924 6.87 +0.93 +15.63%
1923 5.94 +0.04 +0.68%
1922 5.9 +1.47 +33.13%
1921 4.43 +1.14 +34.69%
1920 3.29 +2.93 +814.44%
1919 0.36 −0.04 −9.09%
1918 0.4 −0.05 −10.61%
1917 0.44 −0.08 −14.81%
1916 0.52 −0.15 −21.8%
1915 0.67 −0.43 −39.27%
1914 1.1 +0.49 +80.69%
1913 0.61 −0.1 −13.8%
1912 0.7 −0.14 −16.61%
1911 0.84 −0.24 −21.94%
1910 1.08 −0.56 −33.94%
1909 1.64 −0.01 −0.67%
1908 1.65 −0.02 −0.96%
1907 1.66 −0.01 −0.72%
1906 1.67 −0.03 −1.7%
1905 1.7 −0.06 −3.62%
1904 1.77 +0.04 +2.2%
1903 1.73 −0.04 −2.21%
1902 1.77 −0.06 −3.18%
1901 1.83 −0.1 −5.39%
1900 1.93 −0.27 −12.11%
1899 2.2 +0.05 +2.28%
1898 2.15 +0.04 +2%
1897 2.11 −0.02 −1.13%
1896 2.13 −0.04 −1.66%
1895 2.17 −0.07 −3.26%
1894 2.24 −0 −0.22%
1893 2.24 −0.12 −5.24%
1892 2.37 −0.02 −0.75%
1891 2.39 −0.12 −4.6%
1890 2.5 −0.16 −6.16%
1889 2.66 −0.09 −3.44%
1888 2.76 −0.14 −4.66%
1887 2.89 −0.51 −14.86%
1886 3.4 +0.11 +3.19%
1885 3.29 +0.52 +18.7%
1884 2.78 −0.1 −3.51%
1883 2.88 −0.16 −5.27%
1882 3.04 −0.42 −12.13%
1881 3.46 +0.27 +8.51%
1880 3.18 −0.07 −2.18%
1879 3.26 −0.14 −3.98%
1878 3.39 −0.18 −5.07%
1877 3.57 −0.28 −7.29%
1876 3.85 −0.64 −14.32%
1875 4.5 +0.31 +7.43%
1874 4.19 −0.11 −2.58%
1873 4.3 −0.33 −7.09%
1872 4.62 −0.45 −8.89%
1871 5.08 −0.26 −4.84%
1870 5.33 −0.39 −6.81%
1869 5.72 −0.82 −12.56%
1868 6.55 −1.29 −16.5%
1867 7.84 −0.59 −7.01%
1866 8.43 −1.3 −13.39%
1865 9.73 −1.91 −16.38%
1864 11.64 −2.72 −18.93%
1863 14.36 −4.1 −22.22%
1862 18.46 −5.7 −23.59%
1861 24.16 −11.55 −32.34%
1860 35.7 −31.3 −46.72%
1859 67.01 +3.06 +4.78%
1858 63.95 −0.35 −0.54%
1857 64.3 +2.14 +3.44%
1856 62.16 −0.12 −0.19%
1855 62.28 +6.05 +10.77%
1854 56.22 +0.13 +0.24%
1853 56.09 +4.62 +8.97%
1852 51.47 +6.83 +15.31%
1851 44.64 +12.63 +39.47%
1850 32.01

About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from land-use change: deforestation, peatland drainage, conversion of land to agriculture — net of absorption by growing forests. This is the only series in the section where values can be negative: a country whose forest cover is expanding absorbs more than it releases. For several countries with active logging this item is comparable to all other emissions combined.

Important: Negative values mean absorption. The estimates here are the most uncertain in all of carbon statistics: they are built from satellite data on forest cover and from models of soil carbon stocks.

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