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Sierra Leone: Foreign direct investment, net

-121.79Mcurrent USD · 2024+67.5% since 2014

Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. 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
2024-121,785,333.782
2023-145,910,237.671
2022-145,000,000
2021-214,000,000
2020-51,000,000
2019-121,782,194.445
2018-185,646,292.277
2017-413,724,600.631
2016-138,517,339.825
2015-252,435,829.434
2014-375,089,628.512
2013-429,664,580.136
2012-722,447,405.067
2011-950,477,791.38
2010-238,437,480.865
2009-110,845,502.469
2008-57,623,733.863
2007-96,577,832.341
2006-58,768,035.152
2005-90,731,669.738
2004-61,153,314.193
2003-8,615,049.668
2002-10,413,409.463
2001-9,835,742.022
2000-39,000,824.521
1999-533,201.788
1998-104,884.953
1997-1,800,032.094
1996-663,927.905
1995-7,287,055.908
19942,874,187.61
19937,462,923.506
19925,599,050.407
1991-7,504,465.13
1990-32,434,698.875
1989-22,356,434.267
198823,088,456.541
1987-39,409,532.636
1986140,310,793.68
198530,957,002.255
1984-5,856,690.373
1983-1,697,315.442
1982-4,682,515.644
1981-7,505,833.384
198018,670,264.709
1979-16,083,672.267
1978-24,258,785.87
1977-5,058,889.549

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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