Cooling Degree Days in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cooling Degree Days was 5,609 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Sierra Leone, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Sierra Leone stood at 5,609. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Sierra Leone peaked at 5,609 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,373, in 1976.
Sierra Leone ranks 49th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,512 | 4,379 | 4,657 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,626 | 4,373 | 4,958 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,793 | 4,628 | 5,113 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,728 | 4,506 | 5,088 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,824 | 4,639 | 4,927 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,958 | 4,718 | 5,272 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,332 | 5,171 | 5,609 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 46 Seychelles 5,736 compare
- 47 Solomon Islands 5,688 compare
- 48 Guinea 5,652 compare
- 50 Dominica 5,584 compare
- 51 El Salvador 5,561 compare
- 52 Philippines 5,527 compare
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 7.93 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.9174 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7175 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0007 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 5.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.7846 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Sierra Leone?
- Cooling degree days in Sierra Leone was 5,609 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 5,609 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,373 in 1976.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cooling degree days?
- Sierra Leone ranks 49th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.