Namibia vs Sierra Leone: Greenhouse gas emissions

Namibia
17.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Sierra Leone
16.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Namibia rank
133rd
Sierra Leone rank
134th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Namibia
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 17.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 16.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.47 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Namibia ranks 133rd and Sierra Leone ranks 134th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.