Sierra Leone - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Sierra Leone was 350.77 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 464.59 in 2015 and 100.00 in 2000.

Definition: Import volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the import value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year’s trade values as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import volume indexes (lines 73) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
2000 100.00
2001 129.28
2002 190.73
2003 194.61
2004 158.63
2005 156.85
2006 158.79
2007 163.40
2008 154.73
2009 185.79
2010 242.40
2011 441.74
2012 409.68
2013 463.51
2014 415.87
2015 464.59
2016 331.25
2017 396.01
2018 393.45
2019 461.58
2020 350.77

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes