Sierra Leone - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Sierra Leone was -21.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 14.33 in 1988, while its lowest value was -48.18 in 2011.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1964 -0.44
1965 -2.42
1966 -3.84
1967 -4.24
1968 -3.16
1969 2.44
1970 1.74
1971 -1.12
1972 -1.26
1973 1.24
1974 -2.04
1975 -9.36
1976 -7.39
1977 -7.01
1978 -4.19
1979 -7.18
1980 -15.35
1981 -16.72
1982 -10.18
1983 -10.96
1984 -1.78
1985 -1.79
1986 -3.09
1987 8.78
1988 14.33
1989 6.25
1990 0.69
1991 2.25
1992 -1.31
1993 -4.29
1994 3.86
1995 -7.85
1996 -14.71
1997 -1.88
1998 -7.21
1999 -6.09
2000 -21.26
2001 -19.74
2002 -21.29
2003 -18.06
2004 -12.65
2005 -11.73
2006 -8.18
2007 -9.09
2008 -12.18
2009 -14.44
2010 -17.69
2011 -48.18
2012 -27.46
2013 -30.20
2014 -21.67
2015 -28.08
2016 -29.59
2017 -22.10
2018 -21.76
2019 -19.70
2020 -21.38

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts