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Sierra Leone: Average interest on new external debt commitments, private

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Interest represents the average interest rate on all new public and publicly guaranteed loans contracted during the year. To obtain the average, the interest rates for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250
20240
20230
20220
20210
20200
20190
20180
20170
20160
20150
20140
20130
20120
20110
20100
20090
20080
20070
20060
20050
20040
20030
20020
20010
20000
19990
19980
19970
19960
19950
19940
19930
19920
19910
19909.063
198910.265
19880
19870
19860
19850
198411
19830
198210.5
19816.27
19806.647
19794.621
19785.82
19776.368
19768.326
19754.94
19746.017
19735.992
19726.972
19717.624
19705.4

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World Bank (2026). Average interest on new external debt commitments, private. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-average-interest-on-new-external-debt-commitments-private (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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