Burkina Faso vs Sierra Leone: Cumulative CO₂ emissions, per capita
Burkina Faso
4.07 tonnes per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
4.93 tonnes per person
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
191st
Sierra Leone rank
189th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions, per capita over time
- Burkina Faso
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 4.93 tonnes per person against 4.07 tonnes per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.86 tonnes per person.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Burkina Faso's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 191st and Sierra Leone ranks 189th of 204 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0988 tonnes per person | 1.66 tonnes per person | 1.56 tonnes per person | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.324 tonnes per person | 3.31 tonnes per person | 2.98 tonnes per person | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.7632 tonnes per person | 4.37 tonnes per person | 3.61 tonnes per person | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 1.19 tonnes per person | 4.79 tonnes per person | 3.6 tonnes per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 1.6 tonnes per person | 4.45 tonnes per person | 2.84 tonnes per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 2.4 tonnes per person | 4.42 tonnes per person | 2.02 tonnes per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 3.67 tonnes per person | 4.8 tonnes per person | 1.13 tonnes per person | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions, per capita, Burkina Faso or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 4.93 tonnes per person against 4.07 tonnes per person in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions, per capita between Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
- 0.86 tonnes per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions, per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 191st and Sierra Leone ranks 189th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative CO₂ emissions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.