Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use was 0.166 tonnes per person in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.166 tonnes per person
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
194th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.4075 tonnes per person
in 1969
All-time low
0.0407 tonnes per person
in 1999
Years of data
75
1950–2024

Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Sierra Leone, 1950–2024

00.10.20.30.4195019872024

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.

Analysis

Sierra Leone recorded 0.166 tonnes per person for per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.4075 tonnes per person in 1969 and was at its lowest, 0.0407 tonnes per person, in 1999.

That places Sierra Leone 194th out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 0.0902 tonnes per person 0.0471 tonnes per person 0.1785 tonnes per person 10
1960s 0.1739 tonnes per person 0.0987 tonnes per person 0.4075 tonnes per person 10
1970s 0.2142 tonnes per person 0.1488 tonnes per person 0.3161 tonnes per person 10
1980s 0.1629 tonnes per person 0.0926 tonnes per person 0.2074 tonnes per person 10
1990s 0.0696 tonnes per person 0.0407 tonnes per person 0.1312 tonnes per person 10
2000s 0.0877 tonnes per person 0.0613 tonnes per person 0.104 tonnes per person 10
2010s 0.139 tonnes per person 0.0877 tonnes per person 0.1641 tonnes per person 10
2020s 0.1674 tonnes per person 0.15 tonnes per person 0.1833 tonnes per person 5

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 191 Yemen 0.2494 tonnes per person compare
  2. 192 Mozambique 0.2487 tonnes per person compare
  3. 193 Eritrea 0.21 tonnes per person compare
  4. 195 Guinea-Bissau 0.1554 tonnes per person compare
  5. 196 Liberia 0.1531 tonnes per person compare
  6. 197 Rwanda 0.1426 tonnes per person compare

See the full ranking of 213 places →

More climate change data for Sierra Leone

All data for Sierra Leone →

Frequently asked questions

What is per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Sierra Leone?
Per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Sierra Leone was 0.166 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 0.4075 tonnes per person in 1969.
What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0407 tonnes per person in 1999.
How does Sierra Leone rank for per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use?
Sierra Leone ranks 194th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 75 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Sierra Leone. Statizoid, drawing on Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/per-capita-consumption-based-co-emissions-vs-per-capita-energy-consumption/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/per-capita-consumption-based-co-emissions-vs-per-capita-energy-consumption/sierra-leone/">Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Sierra Leone</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use
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

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.