Share of global plastic waste imports in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Share of global plastic waste imports was 0.0% in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Share of global plastic waste imports in Sierra Leone, 2000–2018
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of global plastic waste imports in Sierra Leone stood at 0.0%. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 143.8% on the previous year and up 23.1% over five years.
Over the whole period, share of global plastic waste imports in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2002.
Sierra Leone ranks 83rd of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
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 share of global plastic waste imports in Sierra Leone?
- Share of global plastic waste imports in Sierra Leone was 0.0% in 2018, according to United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2002.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for share of global plastic waste imports?
- Sierra Leone ranks 83rd out of 183 countries with data for 2018.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global plastic waste imports. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of global plastic waste imports that a country accounts for.