Environment in Sierra Leone

1,717 indicators covering environment for Sierra Leone.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0039 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 65.6% 118th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0022 t per square kilometre 2023 down 79.2% 121st
Carbon intensity of GDP 0.0546 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 2024 down 12.5% 176th
Wood pulp — Import value, per capita 0.0001 1000 USD per person 2024 down 29.0% 110th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per capita 0.0002 t per person 2024 down 34.6% 102nd
Wood charcoal — Production, per square kilometre 7.15 t per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% 6th
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita 0.04 kg/cap 2024 up 33.3% 170th
Other fibreboard — Export quantity 98 m3 2024 unchanged 76th
Other fibreboard — Export value 34 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 80th
Wood charcoal — Import quantity 47 t 2024 up 1,466.7% 146th
Wood charcoal — Import value 30 1000 USD 2024 up 1,400.0% 160th
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland 0.2 kg/ha 2024 up 53.8% 168th
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 1,003 t 2024 up 65.2% 153rd
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 0.05 t 2024 down 96.0% 181st
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 130.6% 2024 up 38.4% 35th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 130.9% 2024 up 44.4% 100th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 110.6% 2024 up 22.8% 47th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 128.3% 2024 up 37.6% 76th
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 71st
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 361 t 2024 up 59.7% 136th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 99 t 2024 up 54.7% 120th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 121 t 2024 up 63.5% 111th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 116 t 2024 up 68.1% 129th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2022 58th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 4 t 2024 up 100.0% 56th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 20 t 2024 up 33.3% 62nd
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 1 t 2024 unchanged 97th
Forest land — Share in Land area 34.03 % 2024 down 7.4% 119th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.6% 72nd
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.4% 60th
Other land — Area 774.53 1000 ha 2024 up 25.8% 147th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.18 g/Int$ 2024 up 38.5% 151st
Solid biofuels — Energy production 57,336 TJ 2024 up 8.8% 83rd
Fuelwood — Energy production 57,048 TJ 2024 up 8.6% 74th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 508 t 2024 unchanged 70th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 300 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 73rd
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 108th
Veneer sheets — Production 1,000 m3 2024 unchanged 116th
Recovered paper — Export value 12 1000 USD 2024 up 140.0% 182nd
Recovered paper — Export quantity 82 t 2024 up 272.7% 183rd
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 57,336 TJ 2024 up 8.8% 89th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 172nd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 180th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 43,941 TJ 2024 up 4.5% 80th
Municipal water withdrawal 111.00 million cubic meters 2023 unchanged 139th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 28,273 TJ 2024 down 3.9% 84th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 43,941 TJ 2024 up 4.5% 85th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 153 t 2024 up 337.1% 196th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 229 1000 USD 2024 up 247.0% 195th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.012 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% 103rd
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0206 t per square kilometre 2023 down 17.8% 89th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 22.46 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 up 8.7% 69th
Charcoal — Energy production 15,488 TJ 2024 up 24.4% 29th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 508 t 2024 unchanged 62nd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 300 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 63rd
Wood fuel — Import quantity 84 m3 2016 down 36.4% 108th
Wood fuel — Import value 54 1000 USD 2016 up 1,700.0% 89th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 24,524 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.7% 85th
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0.012 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% 99th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0206 t per square kilometre 2023 down 17.8% 85th