Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net capita in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net capita was 0.0004 kt per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) in Sierra Leone, 1990–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per person.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 0.0004 kt per person for net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.0008 kt per person in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 kt per person, in 2025.
Sierra Leone ranks 41st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net capita in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kt per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0008 kt per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.0008 kt per person | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0008 kt per person | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0008 kt per person | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0008 kt per person | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0008 kt per person | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0008 kt per person | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0008 kt per person | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0008 kt per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0008 kt per person | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0008 kt per person | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0007 kt per person | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0007 kt per person | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0007 kt per person | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0006 kt per person | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0006 kt per person | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0006 kt per person | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0006 kt per person | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0006 kt per person | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0006 kt per person | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0006 kt per person | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0005 kt per person | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 kt per person | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0005 kt per person | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0005 kt per person | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0005 kt per person | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0005 kt per person | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0005 kt per person | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0005 kt per person | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0004 kt per person | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0004 kt per person | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0004 kt per person | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0004 kt per person | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0004 kt per person | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0004 kt per person | -2.1% |
| 2025 | 0.0004 kt per person | -2.0% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 0.0004 kt per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0003 kt per person, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 0.0004 kt per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0002 kt per person, 1.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0008 kt per person | 0.0008 kt per person | 0.0008 kt per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0007 kt per person | 0.0006 kt per person | 0.0008 kt per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0005 kt per person | 0.0004 kt per person | 0.0006 kt per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0004 kt per person | 0.0004 kt per person | 0.0004 kt per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
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 net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Sierra Leone?
- Net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Sierra Leone was 0.0004 kt per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0008 kt per person in 1993.
- What is the lowest net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 kt per person in 2025.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land)?
- Sierra Leone ranks 41st out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.