Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) was 3,351 kt in 2025. ▬ Flat
Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Sierra Leone, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Sierra Leone is 3,351 kt, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Sierra Leone peaked at 3,351 kt in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,344 kt, in 1990.
Sierra Leone ranks 44th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,344 kt | — |
| 1991 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,348 kt | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 3,348 kt | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,348 kt | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,348 kt | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,348 kt | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,348 kt | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,348 kt | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,348 kt | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,348 kt | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,348 kt | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,344 kt | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,344 kt | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,351 kt | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,351 kt | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,351 kt | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,351 kt | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3,351 kt | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,344 kt | 3,344 kt | 3,344 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,347 kt | 3,344 kt | 3,348 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,344 kt | 3,344 kt | 3,348 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,350 kt | 3,344 kt | 3,351 kt | 6 |
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More climate change data for Sierra Leone
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 3.65 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,547 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 538.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,008 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 36.02 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,431 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 201.66 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,229 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.761 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Sierra Leone?
- Carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Sierra Leone was 3,351 kt in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 3,351 kt in 2021.
- What is the lowest carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,344 kt in 1990.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2)?
- Sierra Leone ranks 44th out of 223 countries with data for 2025.
- Is carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).