Sierra Leone Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Annual and Monthly Source-Level Data

Climate TRACE provides greenhouse gas and air pollutant emission estimates for Sierra Leone, featuring annual country-level data since 2015 and monthly source-level data since 2021. The inventory tracks emissions across specific sub-sectors and gas types, derived from a global database of over 2.7 million sources. It includes confidence metrics for monthly estimates and ownership details where available.

Use Cases

• Analyzing industrial pollution trends using the sub-sector and gas type columns
• Validating national emission targets using the annual country-level data starting from 2015
• Quantifying uncertainty in climate models using the provided confidence scores

Strengths

• Monthly temporal resolution for source-level data since 2021
• Covers both greenhouse gases and air pollutants
• Includes confidence scores for monthly source-level estimates

Limitations

• Asset-level data is restricted to the period starting in 2021
• Inconsistent availability of ownership fields across different sources

Provenance

Source

Climate TRACE

Collection Method

Estimated via a coalition of organizations using satellite imagery, sensor data, and modeling

Time Range

2015 - 2026

Freshness

Updated as recently as March 2026

Geography

Sierra Leone