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Sierra Leone: Net flows on external debt, short-term

-20.53Mcurrent USD · 2025-3258.3% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. 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 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-20,529,000
202417,441,000
2023-8,402,000
2022-6,401,000
2021-15,091,000
2020-3,378,000
2019-2,000,000
2018-6,550,000
2017-5,897,000
2016-12,903,000
2015650,000
2014-500,000
2013-7,300,000
2012186,000,000
201131,000,000
2010-19,000,000
200914,000,000
20084,000,000
20075,000,000
2006-10,000,000
2005-10,000,000
20048,000,000
20032,530,000
2002-4,690,000
20016,950,000
20001,440,000
1999-4,000,000
19987,770,000
1997-16,140,000
1996-1,880,000
199520,020,000
19940
19930
19920
19910
19900
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19740
19730
19720
19710
19700

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

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