Sierra Leone's exports rose from US$164M in 1996 to US$1.56B in 2025.
Sierra Leone · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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Sierra Leone's imports rose from US$303M in 1996 to US$2.11B in 2025.
Sierra Leone's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$47M in 1996 to US$1.53B in 2025.
Sierra Leone's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$211M in 1996 to US$1.89B in 2025.
Sierra Leone's services exports fell from US$86.8M in 1995 to US$49.6M in 2024.
Sierra Leone's trade balance fell from US$-138M in 1996 to US$-546M in 2025.
Sierra Leone's current account balance (us$) fell from US$-118M in 1995 to US$-984M in 2024.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +3.6 pts111th of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +4.9 pts104th of 138
- Trade opennessup +8.6 pts107th of 138
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- Current accountdown −6.3 pts159th of 173
- FDI inflowsdown −0.5 pts118th of 192
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- High-tech exportsup +0.7 pts142nd of 167*
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.1 pts132nd of 168*
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)down −27.7 pts38th of 174*
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)up +21.8 pts104th of 173*
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)up +10.5 pts26th of 173*
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- Net barter terms of trade indexdown −0.3 pts95th of 203
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- Tariffsdown −0.6 pts13th of 143
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- FDI outflowsup +0.0 pts141st of 162*
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +2.7 %155th of 159*