Euro area vs Sierra Leone: Insurance and financial services

Euro area
14.1%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
32.7%
in 2024
Euro area rank
7th
Sierra Leone rank
4th

Insurance and financial services over time

  • Euro area
  • Sierra Leone
-2002040197620002025

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 32.7% against 14.1% in Euro area, a difference of 18.6%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.3 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Euro area ahead.

Euro area ranks 7th and Sierra Leone ranks 4th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Euro area averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 2.9% 0.2% 2.7% Euro area
1990s 8.2% 0.1% 8.1% Euro area
2000s 10.5% 1.6% 9.0% Euro area
2010s 11.9% 3.5% 8.4% Euro area
2020s 11.7% 20.9% 9.2% Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher insurance and financial services, Euro area or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 32.7% against 14.1% in Euro area as of 2024.
What is the difference in insurance and financial services between Euro area and Sierra Leone?
18.6%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Sierra Leone?
29 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Euro area and Sierra Leone rank globally for insurance and financial services?
Euro area ranks 7th and Sierra Leone ranks 4th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP)
Unit
% of service exports, BoP
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,390 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Insurance and financial services cover various types of insurance provided to nonresidents by resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and nonresidents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.