World Bank · Private Sector

Sierra Leone: Merchandise trade

45.91percent · 2025+52.6% since 2015

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202545.913
202450.006
202350.656
202242.479
202134.882
202038.41
201932.758
201829.857
201732.488
201627.809
201530.081
201440.593
201349.275
201244.385
201142.517
201026.063
200918.996
200818.038
200718.993
200618.997
200519.762
200418.996
200318.435
200216.185
200112.549
200025.477
199912.997
199815.17
199712.938
199627.397
199520.098
199429.062
199334.466
199243.386
199139.488
199044.178
198934.406
198824.832
198740.448
198656.306
198532.793
198426.667
198328.037
198231.574
198142.876
198059.145
197946.513
197846.735
197745.824
197642.36
197544.602
197456.43
197349.719
197250.281
197150.292
197049.953
196953.341
196856.388
196745.872
196648.738
196554.538
196452.172
196347.339
196241.433
196152.771
196048.756

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Merchandise trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-trade (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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