Nepal vs Sierra Leone: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Nepal
0.2%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.3%
in 2024
Nepal rank
65th
Sierra Leone rank
62nd
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Nepal
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Nepal, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Nepal ranks 65th and Sierra Leone ranks 62nd of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 1860s | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 1870s | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | Sierra Leone |
| 1880s | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | Sierra Leone |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Sierra Leone |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Nepal |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Nepal |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nepal |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Nepal |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, Nepal or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change between Nepal and Sierra Leone?
- 0.1%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Sierra Leone?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Sierra Leone rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Nepal ranks 65th and Sierra Leone ranks 62nd 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 cumulative 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
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from land-use change.