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Sierra Leone — CO2 per capita
CO2 Emissions per Capita for Sierra Leone, 1970–2024.
Latest value · 2024
0.17
CO2 Emissions per Capita · metric tons per capita · +25.2% since 1970
CO2 per capita for Sierra Leone was 0.17 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 0.23 in 1987. The lowest was 0.10 in 2000 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.42% per year.
Sierra Leone ranks 182 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 90%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 0.38, so Sierra Leone sits below it. It peaked in 1987 and has fallen 28% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
0.17
First (1970)
0.14
Change
+25.2%
Highest
0.23
in 1987
Lowest
0.10
in 2000
Average
0.15
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.42%
Years of data
55
Recent years
| Year | metric tons per capita |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.17 |
| 2023 | 0.17 |
| 2022 | 0.18 |
| 2021 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 0.16 |
| 2019 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 0.15 |
| 2015 | 0.15 |
| 2014 | 0.18 |
| 2013 | 0.17 |
Reading this correctly. Carbon dioxide emissions per person, excluding those from land use change. There is usually a multi-year lag because of how emissions are reported. Figures are in metric tons per capita. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 — CO2 Emissions per Capita. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.