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Sierra Leone Foreign Direct Investment 1960-2024

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Sierra Leone foreign direct investment for 2022 was $0.29B, a 38.48% increase from 2021.
  • Sierra Leone foreign direct investment for 2021 was $0.21B, a 22.92% increase from 2020.
  • Sierra Leone foreign direct investment for 2020 was $0.17B, a 49.56% decline from 2019.
  • Sierra Leone foreign direct investment for 2019 was $0.34B, a 36.72% increase from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Inflows, US $
Ethiopia $3.67B
Uganda $2.95B
Senegal $2.59B
Mozambique $2.54B
Democratic Republic of Congo $1.85B
Tanzania $1.26B
Niger $0.97B
Liberia $0.96B
Guinea $0.66B
Somalia $0.64B
Chad $0.61B
Madagascar $0.47B
Rwanda $0.40B
Zimbabwe $0.34B
Sierra Leone $0.29B
Benin $0.27B
Mali $0.25B
Malawi $0.24B
Gambia $0.23B
Tajikistan $0.17B
South Sudan $0.12B
Burkina Faso $0.12B
Nepal $0.07B
Haiti $0.04B
Central African Republic $0.02B
Guinea-Bissau $0.02B
Burundi $0.01B
North Korea $0.01B
Comoros $0.00B
Afghanistan $0.00B
Yemen $0.00B
Syrian Arab Republic $0.00B
Eritrea $-0.03B
Togo $-0.23B
Sierra Leone Foreign Direct Investment - Historical Data
Year Inflows, US $ % of GDP
2022 $0.29B 7.18%
2021 $0.21B 5.00%
2020 $0.17B 4.25%
2019 $0.34B 8.40%
2018 $0.25B 6.13%
2017 $0.41B 11.12%
2016 $0.14B 3.59%
2015 $0.25B 5.94%
2014 $0.38B 7.48%
2013 $0.43B 8.73%
2012 $0.72B 19.07%
2011 $0.95B 32.41%
2010 $0.24B 9.25%
2009 $0.11B 4.57%
2008 $0.05B 2.17%
2007 $0.10B 4.49%
2006 $0.06B 3.16%
2005 $0.09B 5.58%
2004 $0.06B 4.28%
2003 $0.01B 0.63%
2002 $0.01B 0.84%
2001 $0.01B 0.92%
2000 $0.04B 6.13%
1999 $0.00B 0.08%
1998 $0.00B 0.02%
1997 $0.00B 0.21%
1996 $0.00B 0.07%
1995 $0.01B 0.84%
1994 $-0.00B -0.32%
1993 $-0.01B -0.97%
1992 $-0.01B -0.82%
1991 $0.01B 0.96%
1990 $0.03B 4.99%
1989 $0.02B 2.40%
1988 $-0.02B -2.19%
1987 $0.04B 5.97%
1986 $-0.14B -28.62%
1985 $-0.03B -3.61%
1984 $0.01B 0.54%
1983 $0.00B 0.17%
1982 $0.00B 0.36%
1981 $0.01B 0.67%
1980 $-0.02B -1.70%
1979 $0.02B 1.45%
1978 $0.02B 2.52%
1977 $0.01B 0.73%
1976 $0.01B 1.43%
1975 $0.01B 1.49%
1974 $0.01B 1.62%
1973 $0.01B 1.08%
1972 $0.00B 0.82%
1971 $0.01B 1.24%
1970 $0.01B 1.89%
1969 $0.00B 0.00%
1968 $0.00B 0.00%
1967 $0.00B 0.00%
1966 $0.00B 0.00%
1965 $0.00B 0.00%
1964 $0.00B 0.00%
1963 $0.00B 0.00%
1962 $0.00B 0.00%
1961 $0.00B 0.00%
1960 $0.00B 0.00%