Rwanda vs Sierra Leone: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Rwanda

0.1426 tonnes per person

in 2024

Sierra Leone

0.166 tonnes per person

in 2024

Rwanda rank

202nd

Sierra Leone rank

199th

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

Rwanda
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.166 tonnes per person against 0.1426 tonnes per person in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0233 tonnes per person.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Rwanda ranks 202nd and Sierra Leone ranks 199th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.