Burkina Faso vs Sierra Leone: Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre
Burkina Faso
127.75 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2024
Sierra Leone
132.83 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
131st
Sierra Leone rank
128th
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre over time
- Burkina Faso
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 132.83 tonnes per square kilometre against 127.75 tonnes per square kilometre in Burkina Faso, a difference of 5.08 tonnes per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 131st and Sierra Leone ranks 128th of 192 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.31 tonnes per square kilometre | 113.45 tonnes per square kilometre | 95.14 tonnes per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 10.94 tonnes per square kilometre | 123.34 tonnes per square kilometre | 112.4 tonnes per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 49.07 tonnes per square kilometre | 155.17 tonnes per square kilometre | 106.11 tonnes per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 89.11 tonnes per square kilometre | 91.18 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.07 tonnes per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 100.67 tonnes per square kilometre | 909.6 tonnes per square kilometre | 808.93 tonnes per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 127.05 tonnes per square kilometre | 286.43 tonnes per square kilometre | 159.38 tonnes per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 125.67 tonnes per square kilometre | 142.71 tonnes per square kilometre | 17.04 tonnes per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre, Burkina Faso or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 132.83 tonnes per square kilometre against 127.75 tonnes per square kilometre in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre between Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
- 5.08 tonnes per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone rank globally for annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre?
- Burkina Faso ranks 131st and Sierra Leone ranks 128th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.