Current account balance (World Bank) in Sierra Leone in 2024 — -14.12%. Ranked 152 in the world out of 165. Since 1977, the indicator has fallen by 6.98 pp.
1977–2024 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -14.12 | −6.26 pp |
| 2023 | -7.86 | −1.51 pp |
| 2022 | -6.35 | +0.95 pp |
| 2021 | -7.29 | −1.46 pp |
| 2020 | -5.84 | +1.95 pp |
| 2019 | -7.79 | +1.47 pp |
| 2018 | -9.26 | +2.56 pp |
| 2017 | -11.82 | −6.99 pp |
| 2016 | -4.83 | +9.95 pp |
| 2015 | -14.78 | −8.63 pp |
| 2014 | -6.15 | +3.67 pp |
| 2013 | -9.82 | +9.88 pp |
| 2012 | -19.7 | +19.65 pp |
| 2011 | -39.36 | −25.63 pp |
| 2010 | -13.73 | −5.46 pp |
| 2009 | -8.27 | −2.85 pp |
| 2008 | -5.42 | −1.01 pp |
| 2007 | -4.41 | −1.5 pp |
| 2006 | -2.91 | +1.21 pp |
| 2005 | -4.12 | +0.3 pp |
| 2004 | -4.43 | −0.56 pp |
| 2003 | -3.87 | −0.08 pp |
| 2002 | -3.79 | +2.03 pp |
| 2001 | -5.82 | +11.84 pp |
| 2000 | -17.66 | −2.82 pp |
| 1999 | -14.84 | −9.89 pp |
| 1998 | -4.94 | +1.51 pp |
| 1997 | -6.45 | +9.53 pp |
| 1996 | -15.98 | −2.42 pp |
| 1995 | -13.56 | −3.79 pp |
| 1994 | -9.77 | −2.26 pp |
| 1993 | -7.51 | −6.71 pp |
| 1992 | -0.81 | −2.77 pp |
| 1991 | 1.97 | +12.65 pp |
| 1990 | -10.68 | −4.28 pp |
| 1989 | -6.4 | −6.13 pp |
| 1988 | -0.27 | +4.33 pp |
| 1987 | -4.6 | −33.31 pp |
| 1986 | 28.71 | +28.39 pp |
| 1985 | 0.33 | +2.44 pp |
| 1984 | -2.12 | −0.35 pp |
| 1983 | -1.77 | +11.34 pp |
| 1982 | -13.11 | −1.3 pp |
| 1981 | -11.82 | +3.16 pp |
| 1980 | -14.98 | +1.14 pp |
| 1979 | -16.12 | −4.49 pp |
| 1978 | -11.63 | −4.49 pp |
| 1977 | -7.14 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP from World Bank data. It duplicates the IMF indicator in meaning but rests on a different source and carries no forecast part — useful for cross-checking: noticeable divergences between the two series usually point to a revision of the statistics.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
What part of its income a country saves rather than consumes.
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