Malawi vs Sierra Leone: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Malawi
0.2%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.2%
in 2024
Malawi rank
53rd
Sierra Leone rank
55th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Malawi
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Malawi ranks 53rd and Sierra Leone ranks 55th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 1.9% | 1.8% | Sierra Leone |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1890s | -0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1900s | -0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1910s | -0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Malawi |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Malawi or Sierra Leone?
- Malawi, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Malawi ranks 53rd and Sierra Leone ranks 55th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.