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Sierra Leone: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

-984.26Mcurrent USD · 2024-108.2% since 2014

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1977 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2024-984,255,892.688
2023-504,497,977.251
2022-452,094,153.663
2021-522,814,974.097
2020-390,415,351.303
2019-508,056,738.224
2018-591,445,046.216
2017-679,617,184.754
2016-293,877,039.083
2015-1,003,078,052.926
2014-472,729,593.303
2013-737,095,481.794
2012-1,210,212,775.16
2011-1,913,506,550.256
2010-585,297,612.801
2009-326,984,822.797
2008-225,444,460.337
2007-160,133,730.31
2006-95,019,083.35
2005-104,937,917.23
2004-99,028,904.527
2003-82,819,209.235
2002-73,229,457.023
2001-97,874,879.635
2000-112,284,399.833
1999-99,311,382.639
1998-33,235,803.118
1997-54,872,297.774
1996-150,502,996.256
1995-118,067,969.532
1994-89,117,881.843
1993-57,768,973.742
1992-5,479,717.191
199115,336,006.298
1990-69,406,862.539
1989-59,742,055.868
1988-2,840,354.608
1987-30,345,791.05
1986140,743,109.677
19852,804,595.761
1984-23,025,926.668
1983-17,609,647.712
1982-169,874,042.165
1981-131,740,874.594
1980-164,872,858.475
1979-178,812,591.67
1978-111,743,226.253
1977-49,367,784.217

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