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Sierra Leone: Net transfers on external debt, long-term

-42.39Mcurrent USD · 2025-168.7% since 2015

Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. 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
2025-42,392,000
2024-41,097,000
2023-2,349,000
2022-16,117,000
202142,157,000
202083,408,000
201992,461,000
201863,422,000
201778,561,000
201628,660,000
201561,707,000
201436,072,000
201372,991,000
201295,753,000
201182,059,000
201057,676,000
200955,089,000
200863,623,000
200721,997,000
20068,726,000
200536,875,000
200464,470,000
200327,886,000
200252,687,000
200166,010,000
200058,538,000
1999-197,000
199821,962,000
199726,191,000
199614,795,000
199517,722,000
199423,269,000
199378,227,000
199226,013,000
19918,880,000
19907,463,000
198910,412,000
198814,217,000
1987106,000
19867,338,000
198510,293,000
1984-3,665,000
1983-3,896,000
198255,494,000
19818,365,000
198039,749,000
197925,683,000
197818,803,000
197710,003,000
1976-843,000
197517,702,000
197429,282,000
19738,867,000
19723,307,000
197143,807,000
1970-5,431,000

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World Bank (2026). Net transfers on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-transfers-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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