Sierra Leone Trade to GDP Ratio 1960-2024

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services measured as a share of gross domestic product.
  • Sierra Leone trade to gdp ratio for 2022 was 88.09%, a 29.7% increase from 2021.
  • Sierra Leone trade to gdp ratio for 2021 was 58.39%, a 6.83% increase from 2020.
  • Sierra Leone trade to gdp ratio for 2020 was 51.56%, a 4.63% decline from 2019.
  • Sierra Leone trade to gdp ratio for 2019 was 56.19%, a 0.51% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Trade (% of GDP)
Guinea 107.48%
Somalia 95.84%
Democratic Republic of Congo 95.16%
Chad 90.76%
Sierra Leone 88.09%
Senegal 79.87%
Madagascar 69.60%
Mali 68.83%
Zimbabwe 64.96%
Burkina Faso 64.85%
Rwanda 61.17%
Togo 57.84%
Benin 50.93%
Nepal 49.40%
Comoros 47.78%
Central African Republic 45.23%
Haiti 36.53%
Gambia 35.34%
Niger 35.30%
Tanzania 35.02%
Uganda 34.51%
Burundi 28.32%
Ethiopia 26.57%
Malawi 0.00%
South Sudan 0.00%
Afghanistan 0.00%
Mozambique 0.00%
Yemen 0.00%
Eritrea 0.00%
Liberia 0.00%
Tajikistan 0.00%
North Korea 0.00%
Guinea-Bissau 0.00%
Syrian Arab Republic 0.00%
Sierra Leone Trade to GDP Ratio - Historical Data
Year Trade (% of GDP) Annual Change
2022 88.09% 29.70%
2021 58.39% 6.83%
2020 51.56% -4.63%
2019 56.19% -0.51%
2018 56.70% -17.79%
2017 74.49% -1.07%
2016 75.55% 9.27%
2015 66.28% -16.91%
2014 83.19% -4.27%
2013 87.45% 1.94%
2012 85.51% 13.16%
2011 72.35% 21.07%
2010 51.27% 9.24%
2009 42.03% 1.96%
2008 40.07% -0.83%
2007 40.90% -1.53%
2006 42.43% -5.12%
2005 47.55% 1.38%
2004 46.17% -0.27%
2003 46.45% 7.53%
2002 38.92% 2.98%
2001 35.94% -21.59%
2000 57.53% 23.78%
1999 33.75% -1.58%
1998 35.33% 7.05%
1997 28.28% -21.32%
1996 49.60% 4.57%
1995 45.03% -10.13%
1994 55.16% 2.30%
1993 52.86% -11.63%
1992 64.49% 4.25%
1991 60.24% -8.45%
1990 68.69% 27.10%
1989 41.59% -1.53%
1988 43.12% -12.04%
1987 55.15% 28.23%
1986 26.93% -4.50%
1985 31.43% 8.40%
1984 23.03% -10.08%
1983 33.11% -8.58%
1982 41.69% -21.06%
1981 62.75% 1.67%
1980 61.08% 14.09%
1979 46.99% 3.16%
1978 43.83% -2.62%
1977 46.45% -4.02%
1976 50.47% -9.11%
1975 59.58% 9.35%
1974 50.23% 2.19%
1973 48.04% -8.76%
1972 56.81% -6.85%
1971 63.65% 3.35%
1970 60.30% 7.48%
1969 52.82% 2.29%
1968 50.53% -7.86%
1967 58.39% -1.00%
1966 59.40% -0.75%
1965 60.15% 1.55%
1964 58.59% 58.59%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%