External debt in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 2,329,744,049 US$. Ranked 24 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 3,694.4%.
1970–2024 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.33B | −73.36M | −3.05% |
| 2023 | 2.4B | +1.69M | +0.07% |
| 2022 | 2.4B | −130M | −5.15% |
| 2021 | 2.53B | +336M | +15.32% |
| 2020 | 2.2B | +265M | +13.73% |
| 2019 | 1.93B | +97.19M | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 1.83B | +38.98M | +2.17% |
| 2017 | 1.79B | +170M | +10.45% |
| 2016 | 1.62B | +66.42M | +4.26% |
| 2015 | 1.56B | +125M | +8.71% |
| 2014 | 1.43B | +33.51M | +2.39% |
| 2013 | 1.4B | +64.49M | +4.83% |
| 2012 | 1.34B | +285M | +27.11% |
| 2011 | 1.05B | +119M | +12.81% |
| 2010 | 931M | +74.27M | +8.67% |
| 2009 | 857M | +223M | +35.19% |
| 2008 | 634M | +82.74M | +15.02% |
| 2007 | 551M | −978M | −63.95% |
| 2006 | 1.53B | −276M | −15.29% |
| 2005 | 1.8B | +121M | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 1.68B | +108M | +6.83% |
| 2003 | 1.58B | +167M | +11.88% |
| 2002 | 1.41B | +152M | +12.07% |
| 2001 | 1.26B | +8.39M | +0.67% |
| 2000 | 1.25B | −70.86M | −5.37% |
| 1999 | 1.32B | +5.09M | +0.39% |
| 1998 | 1.31B | +114M | +9.51% |
| 1997 | 1.2B | −41.79M | −3.37% |
| 1996 | 1.24B | −7.77M | −0.62% |
| 1995 | 1.25B | −308M | −19.79% |
| 1994 | 1.56B | +1.51M | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1.56B | +166M | +11.96% |
| 1992 | 1.39B | +119M | +9.36% |
| 1991 | 1.27B | +74.63M | +6.24% |
| 1990 | 1.2B | +107M | +9.78% |
| 1989 | 1.09B | +53.51M | +5.16% |
| 1988 | 1.04B | +397,232 | +0.04% |
| 1987 | 1.04B | +163M | +18.73% |
| 1986 | 873M | +160M | +22.53% |
| 1985 | 712M | +91.79M | +14.8% |
| 1984 | 620M | −28.31M | −4.36% |
| 1983 | 649M | +318,387 | +0.05% |
| 1982 | 648M | +44.84M | +7.43% |
| 1981 | 604M | +119M | +24.49% |
| 1980 | 485M | +64.58M | +15.37% |
| 1979 | 420M | +73.32M | +21.13% |
| 1978 | 347M | +57.29M | +19.78% |
| 1977 | 290M | +56.3M | +24.12% |
| 1976 | 233M | +28.42M | +13.87% |
| 1975 | 205M | +12.02M | +6.23% |
| 1974 | 193M | +51.15M | +36.08% |
| 1973 | 142M | +22.4M | +18.76% |
| 1972 | 119M | +8.33M | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 111M | +49.66M | +80.87% |
| 1970 | 61.4M | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Total external debt: the liabilities of a country's residents to non-residents in foreign and in national currency, covering public, publicly guaranteed and private debt. It differs from government debt fundamentally — it includes the borrowing of banks and corporations that the government does not guarantee but that turns out to be its problem in a crisis all the same.
Important: Only middle- and low-income countries report to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, so the table holds about 130 of them. Aggregates for country groups are not computed: the sum over those present is the debt of developing countries, not of the world.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
Gross general government debt as a percent of GDP.
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Finance International reservesThe gold and foreign exchange reserves of a country in US dollars.
Finance Development aid receivedHow much official development assistance a country receives — in grants and concessional loans.
