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Nitrous oxide emissions — Sierra Leone

Nitrous oxide emissions in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 1.46 Mt. Ranked 71 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 3,742.1%.

2024 1.46 Mt +4.73% vs 2023
World rank 71of 201
Period maximum 1.49 Mt2015
Period minimum 0.04 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Sierra Leone, 1850–202400.511.5185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.04 Mt1853: 0.04 Mt1856: 0.04 Mt1859: 0.04 Mt1862: 0.04 Mt1865: 0.04 Mt1868: 0.04 Mt1871: 0.05 Mt1874: 0.05 Mt1877: 0.06 Mt1880: 0.06 Mt1883: 0.07 Mt1886: 0.07 Mt1889: 0.07 Mt1892: 0.07 Mt1895: 0.08 Mt1898: 0.08 Mt1901: 0.08 Mt1904: 0.09 Mt1907: 0.09 Mt1910: 0.09 Mt1913: 0.1 Mt1916: 0.12 Mt1919: 0.13 Mt1922: 0.14 Mt1925: 0.16 Mt1928: 0.17 Mt1931: 0.17 Mt1934: 0.17 Mt1937: 0.17 Mt1940: 0.17 Mt1943: 0.25 Mt1946: 0.43 Mt1949: 0.56 Mt1952: 0.57 Mt1955: 0.5 Mt1958: 0.44 Mt1961: 0.46 Mt1964: 0.5 Mt1967: 0.54 Mt1970: 0.61 Mt1973: 0.63 Mt1976: 0.6 Mt1979: 0.65 Mt1982: 0.77 Mt1985: 0.65 Mt1988: 0.65 Mt1991: 0.79 Mt1994: 0.82 Mt1997: 0.65 Mt2000: 0.59 Mt2003: 0.88 Mt2006: 1.34 Mt2009: 1.12 Mt2012: 1.38 Mt2015: 1.49 Mt2018: 1.35 Mt2021: 1.37 Mt2024: 1.46 Mt
Change over the period: +1.42 (+3,742.11%) Average annual rate: 2.12 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 1.46 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 448.4 Mt
Western Africa computed 116.35 Mt
Low-income countries computed 266.58 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 1.46 +0.07 +4.73%
2023 1.39 +0.02 +1.23%
2022 1.38 +0 +0.29%
2021 1.37 +0.11 +8.62%
2020 1.26 +0.03 +2.85%
2019 1.23 −0.12 −8.76%
2018 1.35 −0.04 −2.81%
2017 1.39 −0.01 −1%
2016 1.4 −0.09 −6.17%
2015 1.49 +0.07 +5%
2014 1.42 +0.06 +4.64%
2013 1.36 −0.02 −1.81%
2012 1.38 +0.22 +19.02%
2011 1.16 +0.1 +9.01%
2010 1.07 −0.05 −4.65%
2009 1.12 +0.08 +7.71%
2008 1.04 −0.2 −16.09%
2007 1.24 −0.1 −7.69%
2006 1.34 +0.37 +37.72%
2005 0.97 +0.01 +0.83%
2004 0.97 +0.08 +9.29%
2003 0.88 +0.22 +32.38%
2002 0.67 +0.05 +8.1%
2001 0.62 +0.03 +4.4%
2000 0.59 −0.03 −5.14%
1999 0.62 −0.01 −1.11%
1998 0.63 −0.02 −3.37%
1997 0.65 −0.01 −1.95%
1996 0.67 −0.15 −18.3%
1995 0.81 −0 −0.12%
1994 0.82 +0.03 +3.56%
1993 0.79 −0 −0.25%
1992 0.79 −0.01 −0.63%
1991 0.79 −0 −0.5%
1990 0.8 +0.09 +13.35%
1989 0.7 +0.05 +8.14%
1988 0.65 −0.04 −5.92%
1987 0.69 +0.02 +2.82%
1986 0.67 +0.02 +3.06%
1985 0.65 −0.04 −6.31%
1984 0.7 −0.02 −2.52%
1983 0.72 −0.05 −7.02%
1982 0.77 +0.11 +15.81%
1981 0.66 −0.08 −10.87%
1980 0.75 +0.1 +15.15%
1979 0.65 +0.03 +5.2%
1978 0.62 −0.06 −8.75%
1977 0.67 +0.07 +11.77%
1976 0.6 +0.02 +3.43%
1975 0.58 +0.04 +7.17%
1974 0.54 −0.09 −14.06%
1973 0.63 +0.04 +6.21%
1972 0.6 −0 −0.33%
1971 0.6 −0.01 −2.29%
1970 0.61 +0.05 +9.48%
1969 0.56 +0.02 +2.76%
1968 0.54 +0 +0.74%
1967 0.54 +0.01 +2.66%
1966 0.53 +0.01 +2.73%
1965 0.51 +0.02 +3.23%
1964 0.5 +0.01 +2.69%
1963 0.48 +0.02 +3.21%
1962 0.47 +0.01 +2.63%
1961 0.46 +0.03 +6.29%
1960 0.43 −0 −0.46%
1959 0.43 −0.01 −2.27%
1958 0.44 −0.02 −3.71%
1957 0.46 −0.02 −4.58%
1956 0.48 −0.02 −4.76%
1955 0.5 −0.02 −4.36%
1954 0.53 −0.02 −4.01%
1953 0.55 −0.02 −3%
1952 0.57 −0.01 −1.74%
1951 0.58 −0 −0.35%
1950 0.58 +0.02 +2.66%
1949 0.56 +0.03 +6.23%
1948 0.53 +0.05 +9.5%
1947 0.48 +0.06 +13.08%
1946 0.43 +0.06 +16.3%
1945 0.37 +0.06 +19.09%
1944 0.31 +0.06 +21.65%
1943 0.25 +0.05 +21.53%
1942 0.21 +0.03 +17.42%
1941 0.18 +0.01 +7.88%
1940 0.17 +0 +0.61%
1939 0.16 +0 +0%
1938 0.16 −0 −0.61%
1937 0.17 −0 −0.6%
1936 0.17 −0 −0.6%
1935 0.17 −0 −0.6%
1934 0.17 −0 −1.18%
1933 0.17 +0 +0%
1932 0.17 −0 −0.58%
1931 0.17 +0 +0%
1930 0.17 +0 +1.18%
1929 0.17 +0 +1.2%
1928 0.17 +0 +1.83%
1927 0.16 +0 +2.5%
1926 0.16 +0.01 +3.23%
1925 0.16 +0 +2.65%
1924 0.15 +0.01 +3.42%
1923 0.15 +0.01 +3.55%
1922 0.14 +0 +3.68%
1921 0.14 +0 +3.03%
1920 0.13 +0 +3.13%
1919 0.13 +0 +3.23%
1918 0.12 +0 +3.33%
1917 0.12 +0 +4.35%
1916 0.12 +0 +3.6%
1915 0.11 +0 +3.74%
1914 0.11 +0 +3.88%
1913 0.1 +0 +4.04%
1912 0.1 +0 +2.06%
1911 0.1 +0 +3.19%
1910 0.09 +0 +1.08%
1909 0.09 +0 +2.2%
1908 0.09 +0 +1.11%
1907 0.09 +0 +2.27%
1906 0.09 +0 +1.15%
1905 0.09 +0 +1.16%
1904 0.09 +0 +2.38%
1903 0.08 +0 +1.2%
1902 0.08 +0 +1.22%
1901 0.08 +0 +1.23%
1900 0.08 +0 +1.25%
1899 0.08 +0 +2.56%
1898 0.08 +0 +1.3%
1897 0.08 +0 +1.32%
1896 0.08 +0 +1.33%
1895 0.08 +0 +1.35%
1894 0.07 +0 +1.37%
1893 0.07 +0 +0%
1892 0.07 +0 +1.39%
1891 0.07 +0 +1.41%
1890 0.07 +0 +4.41%
1889 0.07 +0 +1.49%
1888 0.07 +0 +0%
1887 0.07 +0 +1.52%
1886 0.07 +0 +0%
1885 0.07 +0 +0%
1884 0.07 +0 +1.54%
1883 0.07 +0 +0%
1882 0.07 +0 +1.56%
1881 0.06 +0 +1.59%
1880 0.06 +0 +1.61%
1879 0.06 +0 +3.33%
1878 0.06 +0 +3.45%
1877 0.06 +0 +3.57%
1876 0.06 +0 +5.66%
1875 0.05 +0 +3.92%
1874 0.05 +0 +6.25%
1873 0.05 +0 +4.35%
1872 0.05 +0 +2.22%
1871 0.05 +0 +2.27%
1870 0.04 +0 +0%
1869 0.04 +0 +0%
1868 0.04 +0 +0%
1867 0.04 +0 +0%
1866 0.04 +0 +0%
1865 0.04 +0 +2.33%
1864 0.04 +0 +0%
1863 0.04 +0 +0%
1862 0.04 +0 +0%
1861 0.04 +0 +0%
1860 0.04 +0 +0%
1859 0.04 +0 +2.38%
1858 0.04 +0 +0%
1857 0.04 +0 +2.44%
1856 0.04 +0 +0%
1855 0.04 +0 +2.5%
1854 0.04 +0 +0%
1853 0.04 +0 +2.56%
1852 0.04 +0 +2.63%
1851 0.04 +0 +0%
1850 0.04 — —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SH Saint Helena 0 CV Cabo Verde 0.09 GM Gambia 0.3 LR Liberia 0.52 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.79 SL Sierra Leone 1.46 TG Togo 2.41 MR Mauritania 3.19 BJ Benin 3.21 CI Côte d'Ivoire 4.02 SN Senegal 6.12 GH Ghana 6.77 GN Guinea 7.76 BF Burkina Faso 9.92 ML Mali 13.77 NE Niger 14.07 NG Nigeria 41.96
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About the indicator

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent. The third greenhouse gas by contribution after CO2 and methane, and the most agricultural of the three: most of it forms in the soil after nitrogen fertilizer and manure are applied. It stays in the atmosphere for more than a century and destroys the ozone layer as well, so after the phase-out of CFCs it has remained the leading ozone-depleting substance.

Important: Estimates of emissions from soil are inevitably approximate: they depend on soil type, moisture and the way fertilizer is applied, and they are measured by models rather than by sensors.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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