Nicaragua vs Sierra Leone: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Nicaragua
0.2%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.2%
in 2024
Nicaragua rank
52nd
Sierra Leone rank
55th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Nicaragua
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 52nd and Sierra Leone ranks 55th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 13 and Sierra Leone in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 1860s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 1870s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1880s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1890s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1930s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1940s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.7% | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.8% | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Nicaragua or Sierra Leone?
- Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Sierra Leone?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Nicaragua and Sierra Leone rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Nicaragua ranks 52nd 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.