Eritrea vs Sierra Leone: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Eritrea

0.21 tonnes per person

in 2024

Sierra Leone

0.166 tonnes per person

in 2024

Eritrea rank

198th

Sierra Leone rank

199th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Eritrea
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 0.21 tonnes per person against 0.166 tonnes per person in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0441 tonnes per person.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.3 times Sierra Leone's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Eritrea has been ahead every year.

Eritrea ranks 198th and Sierra Leone ranks 199th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.