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Sierra Leone: External debt stocks (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

139.97percent · 2025-29.5% since 2015

Total external debt stocks to exports of goods, services and primary income. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1977 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025139.971
2024146.202
2023174.594
2022200.035
2021271.409
2020384.412
2019261.524
2018252.664
2017210.075
2016204.936
2015198.623
201495.118
201379.149
2012107.45
2011191.801
2010218.305
2009225.747
2008182.07
2007147.407
2006485.504
2005675.462
2004795.12
2003882.621
20021,209.554
20011,471.384
20001,998.343
19993,789.073
19982,284.043
19972,443.875
19961,124.566
1995968.486
1994715.866
1993869.156
1992680.653
1991564.772
1990568.852
1989612.278
1988661.791
1987566.149
1986571.605
1985444.957
1984356.676
1983456.549
1982438.173
1981296.447
1980175.639
1979172.849
1978163.935
1977177.883

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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