Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change was 0.527 in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change in Sierra Leone, 1990–2019
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
Analysis
In 2019, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - land use change in Sierra Leone stood at 0.527.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - land use change in Sierra Leone peaked at 7.89 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.029, in 2001.
That places Sierra Leone 46th out of 209 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.98 | — |
| 1991 | 1.98 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.98 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.98 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.98 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.98 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2.32 | +17.6% |
| 1997 | 3.01 | +29.4% |
| 1998 | 7.34 | +144.1% |
| 1999 | 5.05 | -31.3% |
| 2000 | 4.88 | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.029 | -99.4% |
| 2002 | 0.029 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.65 | +5576.2% |
| 2004 | 2.05 | +24.4% |
| 2005 | 1.14 | -44.5% |
| 2006 | 2.18 | +92.3% |
| 2007 | 1.26 | -42.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5062 | -59.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9129 | +80.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4667 | -48.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4524 | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6847 | +51.3% |
| 2013 | 0.581 | -15.1% |
| 2014 | 1.75 | +201.0% |
| 2015 | 7.89 | +351.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9172 | -88.4% |
| 2017 | 1.26 | +37.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5394 | -57.4% |
| 2019 | 0.527 | -2.3% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 0.527 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.2666, 2.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 0.527 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1193, 4.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +5576.2% | 0.029 | 1.65 |
| 2015 | +351.0% | 1.75 | 7.89 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.96 | 1.98 | 7.34 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.46 | 0.029 | 4.88 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.51 | 0.4524 | 7.89 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More reference data data for Sierra Leone
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0238 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0797 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6534 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - land use change in Sierra Leone?
- Emission totals - emissions (ch4) - land use change in Sierra Leone was 0.527 in 2019, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
- What is the highest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - land use change recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 7.89 in 2015.
- What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - land use change recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.029 in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - land use change?
- Sierra Leone ranks 46th out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
- Is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - land use change rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).