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Sierra Leone: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

177.04Mcurrent USD · 2025-29.9% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. 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 ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025177,041,499
2024121,785,333.782
2023145,910,237.671
2022145,000,000
2021214,000,000
202051,000,000
2019121,782,194.445
2018185,646,292.277
2017413,724,600.631
2016138,517,339.825
2015252,435,829.434
2014375,089,628.512
2013429,664,580.136
2012722,447,405.067
2011950,477,791.38
2010238,404,209.343
2009110,430,202.518
200853,095,068.067
200795,470,171.316
200658,869,143.907
200590,731,669.738
200461,153,314.193
20038,615,049.668
200210,413,409.463
20019,835,742.022
200039,000,824.521
1999533,201.788
1998104,884.953
19971,800,032.094
1996663,927.905
19957,287,055.908
1994-2,874,187.61
1993-7,462,923.506
1992-5,599,050.407
19917,504,465.13
199032,434,698.875
198922,356,434.267
1988-23,088,456.541
198739,409,532.636
1986-140,310,793.68
1985-30,957,002.255
19845,856,690.373
19831,697,315.442
19824,682,515.644
19817,505,833.384
1980-18,670,264.709
197916,083,672.267
197824,258,785.87
19775,058,889.549
19768,500,000
197510,100,000
197410,500,000
19736,240,000
19723,799,999.9
19715,200,000
19708,199,999.9

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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