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

Sierra Leone

8.15 million tonnes

in 2024

Sudan

8.87 million tonnes

in 2024

Sierra Leone rank

55th

Sudan rank

54th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Sudan currently reports 8.87 million tonnes against 8.15 million tonnes in Sierra Leone, a difference of 711,730 tonnes.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 55th and Sudan ranks 54th of 197 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.