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Sierra Leone: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

31.13percent · 2024+58.6% since 2014

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202431.126
202337.798
202234.026
202135.644
202032.931
201929.9
201829
201731.757
201627.127
201523.339
201419.619
201319.808
201222.404
201122.621
201022.098
200922.643
200817.544
200718.274
200654.682
200575.25
200481.864
200374.773
200273.056
200175.676
2000202.626
1999204.54
1998206.201
1997144.075
1996136.585
1995152.678
1994195.133
1993214.726
1992229.68
1991176.654
1990206.361
1989123.222
1988103.848
1987164.219
1986193.671
198585.988
198458.66
198367.329
198251.009
198155.542
198045.297
197938.915
197837.567
197743.345
197640.228
197530.76
197430.353
197325.093
197226.105
197127.049
197014.419

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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