CO₂ emissions per capita: Sierra Leone
0.165966 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.
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.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.165966 |
| 2023 | 0.1631619 |
| 2022 | 0.17441697 |
| 2021 | 0.18328422 |
| 2020 | 0.15003191 |
| 2019 | 0.14453192 |
| 2018 | 0.13725628 |
| 2017 | 0.1484607 |
| 2016 | 0.15814717 |
| 2015 | 0.15404907 |
| 2014 | 0.16411413 |
| 2013 | 0.15662184 |
| 2012 | 0.12696049 |
| 2011 | 0.11186021 |
| 2010 | 0.08773277 |
| 2009 | 0.08289244 |
| 2008 | 0.08577698 |
| 2007 | 0.08475945 |
| 2006 | 0.10227606 |
| 2005 | 0.078585066 |
| 2004 | 0.09714632 |
| 2003 | 0.10402485 |
| 2002 | 0.10097045 |
| 2001 | 0.07964004 |
| 2000 | 0.061292857 |
| 1999 | 0.040729523 |
| 1998 | 0.05117577 |
| 1997 | 0.04823648 |
| 1996 | 0.054970276 |
| 1995 | 0.05348037 |
| 1994 | 0.06585015 |
| 1993 | 0.063459195 |
| 1992 | 0.06771557 |
| 1991 | 0.13115706 |
| 1990 | 0.11873331 |
| 1989 | 0.09264365 |
| 1988 | 0.11640565 |
| 1987 | 0.130115 |
| 1986 | 0.18082272 |
| 1985 | 0.18227132 |
| 1984 | 0.17296802 |
| 1983 | 0.19784677 |
| 1982 | 0.16233377 |
| 1981 | 0.20739971 |
| 1980 | 0.18588202 |
| 1979 | 0.21132956 |
| 1978 | 0.22597712 |
| 1977 | 0.16625619 |
| 1976 | 0.14879449 |
| 1975 | 0.1761385 |
| 1974 | 0.1781524 |
| 1973 | 0.18786736 |
| 1972 | 0.24084733 |
| 1971 | 0.29039058 |
| 1970 | 0.31610814 |
| 1969 | 0.4075139 |
| 1968 | 0.13889763 |
| 1967 | 0.09866398 |
| 1966 | 0.11947948 |
| 1965 | 0.11428344 |
| 1964 | 0.1254384 |
| 1963 | 0.15534143 |
| 1962 | 0.13922393 |
| 1961 | 0.12561946 |
| 1960 | 0.31497633 |
| 1959 | 0.104918785 |
| 1958 | 0.09472248 |
| 1957 | 0.17846446 |
| 1956 | 0.083583646 |
| 1955 | 0.08637863 |
| 1954 | 0.059461612 |
| 1953 | 0.08139006 |
| 1952 | 0.08769827 |
| 1951 | 0.04708373 |
| 1950 | 0.07879066 |