Sierra Leone - Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP)

Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) in Sierra Leone was 14.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 17.51 in 1983, while its lowest value was 1.75 in 1999.

Definition: Insurance and financial services cover various types of insurance provided to nonresidents by resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and nonresidents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1977 5.51
1978 10.37
1979 12.78
1980 11.94
1981 5.21
1982 14.89
1983 17.51
1984 14.07
1985 14.25
1986 11.35
1987 5.51
1988 9.97
1989 8.72
1990 4.30
1991 5.28
1992 5.14
1993 4.95
1994 3.19
1995 3.26
1996 4.18
1997 3.76
1998 5.13
1999 1.75
2000 2.61
2001 3.37
2002 7.50
2003 7.49
2004 6.60
2005 9.12
2006 9.04
2007 9.03
2008 9.31
2009 7.05
2010 2.73
2011 4.06
2012 4.36
2013 7.41
2014 4.69
2015 5.67
2016 7.99
2017 9.39
2018 9.99
2019 9.46
2020 14.23

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments