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Sierra Leone: External debt stocks, short-term

173.90Mcurrent USD · 2024-18.6% since 2014

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2024173,895,709.7
2023158,586,364.7
2022161,630,000
2021186,107,229.2
2020183,938,000
2019186,500,000
2018188,500,000
2017195,050,000
2016200,955,066
2015213,930,928.7
2014213,653,055.5
2013213,700,000
2012221,000,000
201135,000,000
20104,117,000
200923,000,000
20089,002,820.3
20075,062,665.5
200611,960,501.3
200521,182,433.5
200421,501,317.4
200316,793,207.1
200210,379,550.3
200119,259,557.5
200046,296,498.4
199934,459,999.2
199830,019,910.2
19979,461,503.1
199624,258,218.7
199526,859,392.6
199416,138,978.9
1993152,591,855.8
1992134,971,097.9
1991204,856,819.1
1990148,388,341.8
198995,337,920.3
198856,092,736.5
198732,965,598.1
198618,477,350.4
198528,113,901.8
198416,682,297.5
198317,279,348.2
198212,493,151.2
19818,516,107.5
19806,979,435.6
19795,858,809.4
1978954,252.5
19774,493,429.8
19763,642,124
19751,740,997
1974202,299.2
19730
19720
19710
19700

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-short-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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