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Sierra Leone: Interest payments on external debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

1.71percent · 2025+61.9% since 2015

Total interest payments to exports of goods, services and primary income. Total interest payment is the sum of interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and charges to the IMF. 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
20251.715
20242.265
20232.662
20222.005
20211.04
20201.877
20192.39
20181.909
20172.118
20162.106
20151.059
20140.574
20130.596
20120.467
20111.181
20101.088
20091.214
20081.002
20071.508
20063.941
20054.155
20045.683
20035.054
20025.909
200113.705
200020.548
199933.392
199820.956
199717.215
199613.925
199517.642
199429.458
199310.105
19928.914
19912.41
19904.43
19891.06
19885.039
19874.293
198612.624
19855.384
19849.389
198310.611
198211.146
198110.829
19805.94
19794.019
19783.708
19772.957

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

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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