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Sierra Leone Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
7,928,483
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.72%
increase
Global Share
0.01%
Per Capita
0.91
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Sierra Leone were 7,928,483 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1.72% over the previous year, representing an increase by 133,944 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 7,794,539 tons.
  • Per capita: 0.91 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Sierra Leone accounts for 0.01% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 7,928,483 1,461,784 5,571,779 892,723 2,196 0.91 1.72% 0.015%
2023 7,794,539 1,410,425 5,526,153 855,764 2,196 0.91 6.26% 0.015%
2022 7,335,499 1,466,843 5,025,064 841,396 2,196 0.88 −6.36% 0.014%
2021 7,833,319 1,472,370 5,489,136 869,616 2,196 0.95 13.95% 0.015%
2020 6,874,179 1,230,737 4,831,174 810,072 2,196 0.85 2.57% 0.014%
2019 6,702,060 1,207,305 4,706,056 786,503 2,196 0.85 2.29% 0.013%
2018 6,551,938 1,210,764 4,543,492 795,485 2,196 0.85 3.29% 0.013%
2017 6,343,176 1,044,630 4,524,891 771,458 2,196 0.84 0.38% 0.013%
2016 6,319,471 1,058,727 4,491,360 767,188 2,196 0.85 1.23% 0.013%
2015 6,242,856 1,022,389 4,412,533 805,738 2,196 0.86 −6.98% 0.013%
2014 6,711,186 1,207,017 4,696,381 805,592 2,196 0.95 3.2% 0.014%
2013 6,502,988 1,122,734 4,592,722 785,336 2,196 0.94 4.93% 0.013%
2012 6,197,411 974,373 4,460,743 760,099 2,196 0.92 5.74% 0.013%
2011 5,861,023 868,442 4,273,785 716,599 2,196 0.89 7.4% 0.013%
2010 5,457,165 710,264 4,074,876 669,828 2,196 0.84 5.36% 0.012%
2009 5,179,399 652,742 3,872,823 651,639 2,196 0.82 7.68% 0.012%
2008 4,809,885 646,767 3,570,563 590,359 2,196 0.78 4.08% 0.011%
2007 4,621,362 667,231 3,373,344 578,831 1,957 0.77 −9.37% 0.011%
2006 5,098,966 711,602 3,787,650 597,996 1,717 0.87 14.29% 0.012%
2005 4,461,420 567,489 3,387,030 505,593 1,308 0.79 11.73% 0.011%
2004 3,993,183 612,460 2,898,351 481,458 914 0.73 4.94% 0.010%
2003 3,805,210 616,862 2,737,063 450,682 604 0.73 5.12% 0.0100%
2002 3,619,992 579,780 2,639,117 400,723 372 0.73 4.85% 0.0099%
2001 3,452,649 549,431 2,509,756 393,318 144 0.73 1.83% 0.0096%
2000 3,390,763 431,636 2,557,454 401,636 37 0.74 −8.25% 0.0095%
1999 3,695,663 680,439 2,598,494 416,675 55 0.83 2.28% 0.011%
1998 3,613,123 654,150 2,530,257 428,643 72 0.83 1.14% 0.010%
1997 3,572,573 619,345 2,527,820 425,325 83 0.83 1.8% 0.010%
1996 3,509,260 639,671 2,432,644 436,798 148 0.82 1.84% 0.010%
1995 3,445,972 567,462 2,431,294 447,062 154 0.81 2.58% 0.010%
1994 3,359,443 523,375 2,395,537 440,370 161 0.78 0.26% 0.010%
1993 3,350,813 506,539 2,433,466 410,667 141 0.78 0.24% 0.010%
1992 3,342,914 519,546 2,406,927 416,328 113 0.77 −9.1% 0.010%
1991 3,677,604 841,229 2,411,773 424,463 138 0.85 5.88% 0.011%
1990 3,473,438 632,980 2,416,547 423,811 99 0.81 17.06% 0.011%
1989 2,967,277 804,124 1,819,239 343,860 54 0.7 −2.12% 0.0093%
1988 3,031,522 913,318 1,782,980 335,183 41 0.73 1.43% 0.0097%
1987 2,988,652 899,504 1,741,361 347,751 36 0.74 11.18% 0.0098%
1986 2,688,141 596,758 1,752,215 339,131 37 0.69 5.51% 0.0091%
1985 2,547,821 538,632 1,678,728 330,454 7 0.67 1.65% 0.0087%
1984 2,506,490 489,129 1,680,260 337,090 12 0.68 −2.09% 0.0087%
1983 2,560,102 521,172 1,694,386 344,532 12 0.71 −1.51% 0.0091%
1982 2,599,343 498,992 1,744,388 355,952 10 0.74 3.27% 0.0094%
1981 2,517,083 498,147 1,705,639 313,283 14 0.73 −0.82% 0.0090%
1980 2,538,005 520,012 1,707,500 310,491 1 0.75 0.86% 0.0089%
1979 2,516,276 529,593 1,679,653 307,030 0 0.77 −0.29% 0.0088%
1978 2,523,573 459,805 1,757,003 306,765 0 0.79 2.48% 0.0090%
1977 2,462,468 452,605 1,710,988 298,875 0 0.79 2.17% 0.0090%
1976 2,410,109 437,342 1,678,555 294,211 0 0.79 2.98% 0.0091%
1975 2,340,413 422,050 1,632,221 286,142 0 0.78 3.79% 0.0092%
1974 2,254,994 406,549 1,568,692 279,754 0 0.77 3.04% 0.0089%
1973 2,188,442 377,187 1,533,059 278,196 0 0.76 1% 0.0086%
1972 2,166,788 364,717 1,526,519 275,552 0 0.77 1.38% 0.0090%
1971 2,137,334 366,456 1,499,599 271,278 0 0.78 1.21% 0.0092%
1970 2,111,879 366,368 1,472,320 273,191 0 0.78 – 0.0091%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).