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Sierra Leone: Interest payments on external debt, short-term

7.52Mcurrent USD · 2025+1107.5% since 2015

Interest payments on short-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. 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. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1995 to 2025.

19952025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20257,523,000
202410,288,000
20239,738,000
20227,466,000
20212,013,000
20203,087,000
20196,187,000
20186,577,000
20174,828,000
20164,136,000
2015623,000
2014364,000
20133,248,000
2012213,000
2011308,000
2010176,000
2009200,000
2008170,000
2007143,000
2005400,000
2004900,000
2003600,000
2002508,000
2001385,000
2000435,000
1999520,000
1998342,000
1997604,000
19961,200,000
19951,401,000

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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, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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