Sierra Leone - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Sierra Leone was 63.94 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 68.96 in 1964 and a minimum value of 29.34 in 2002.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1963 62.82
1964 68.96
1972 67.46
1973 62.71
1974 59.77
1975 62.58
1976 61.06
1983 35.83
1984 56.69
2000 34.48
2002 29.34
2014 49.62
2015 50.65
2016 59.55
2017 64.27
2018 63.94

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports