Sierra Leone: Trade balance, in dollars

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 Sierra Leone

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value -0.82
 Year 2022
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1977 - 2022
 Average -0.37
 Min - Max -1.95 - 0.03
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2022 is -0.82 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from -0.79 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 3.58 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 163 countries. Historically, the average for Sierra Leone from 1977 to 2022 is -0.37 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -1.95 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2011 while the maximum of 0.03 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 1987. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Sierra Leone - Trade balance, in dollars - Recent values chart

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Sierra Leone - Trade balance, in dollars - historical chart - 1977-2022




Definition: Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Terms of trade 120.80 2021 percent
 Trade openness 107.75 2023 percent
 Financial openness -1.242 2021 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 40.47 2023 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 1.54 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 16.33 2023 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 67.28 2023 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 2.56 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 6.90 2023 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 0.29 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 0.00 2022 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -6.10 2023 percent
 Current account, in dollars -0.16 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -26.81 2023 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -0.82 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 0.50 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 6.10 2023 percent
 Remittances 232.35 2023 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -320.44 2022 million USD
 External debt 48.94 2022 percent
 Short-term external debt 6.93 2022 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 25.88 2022 percent
 Foreign exchange reserves 10,744.47 5/2024 billion
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