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Sierra Leone: Mineral rents

0.21percent · 2021-82.8% since 2011

Mineral rents are the difference between the value of production for a stock of minerals at world prices and their total costs of production. Minerals included in the calculation are tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1970 to 2021.

19822021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20210.213
20200.004
20190.018
20180.862
20173.666
20162.796
20150.757
20140.28
20130.186
20121.008
20111.235
20100.789
20090.501
20080.592
20071.242
20061.029
20050.006
20040.002
20030
20020
20010
20000
19990
19980.004
19970.117
19960.042
19950
19941.676
19931.99
19924.477
19913.566
19904.763
19893.724
19882.245
19873.594
19865.908
19853.855
19843.106
19832.693
19821.565
19811.409
19801.477
19791.27
19781.666
19772.434
19762.027
19752.761
19743.037
19731.697
19722.701
19713.028
19702.429

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Mineral rents. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mineral-rents (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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