Malawi vs Sierra Leone: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Malawi
9.26 million tonnes
in 2024
Sierra Leone
8.15 million tonnes
in 2024
Malawi rank
53rd
Sierra Leone rank
55th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

  • Malawi
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 9.26 million tonnes against 8.15 million tonnes in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.10 million tonnes.

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.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.