Balanced trade in services in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Balanced trade in services was 0.3375 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Balanced trade in services in Sierra Leone, 2005–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in US dollars, exchange rate converted.
Analysis
In 2024, balanced trade in services in Sierra Leone stood at 0.3375 US dollars, exchange rate converted.
That represents a change of up 10.6% on the previous year and down 58.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, balanced trade in services in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.8198 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.1075 US dollars, exchange rate converted, in 2005.
Sierra Leone ranks 157th of 174 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1226 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.1075 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.1402 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.3998 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.1919 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.8198 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2534 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.1437 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 0.3375 US dollars, exchange rate converted | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 154 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3765 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 155 Faroe Islands 0.3741 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 156 Burundi 0.3683 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 158 Djibouti 0.3303 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 159 French Polynesia 0.3266 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
- 160 Dominica 0.2493 US dollars, exchange rate converted compare
More economy & growth data for Sierra Leone
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.55 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 24.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 26.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 25.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.7164 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 606.27 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0338 (2024)
- Domestic currency per Special drawing rights (End-of-period (EoP)) 29.59 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is balanced trade in services in Sierra Leone?
- Balanced trade in services in Sierra Leone was 0.3375 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest balanced trade in services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8198 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2014.
- What is the lowest balanced trade in services recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1075 US dollars, exchange rate converted in 2005.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for balanced trade in services?
- Sierra Leone ranks 157th out of 174 countries with data for 2024.
- Is balanced trade in services rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Balanced trade in services (BaTIS). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD-WTO Balanced Trade in Services (BaTIS) dataset is a complete, consistent, and balanced matrix of international trade in services statistics (ITSS). It contains annual bilateral data covering 202 reporters and partners, broken down by total services and 26 EBOPS 2010 (BPM6) categories from 2005 to 2024. BaTIS is the result of joint efforts by the OECD and WTO. Two main features enable BaTIS to stand out as the international benchmark for any analysis on international trade in services: BaTIS is complete and consistent. At present, only around 65% of world trade in services is bilaterally specified, and the percentage is even lower for the individual service categories. The OECD-WTO methodology leverages all available official statistics and combines them with estimations and adjustments to provide users with a complete matrix covering virtually all economies in the world. BaTIS is balanced. To resolve the asymmetries between reported and mirror flows, exports and imports are reconciled by calculating a symmetry-index weighted average between the two, following a similar approach to that developed for international merchandise trade statistics. Batis provides three measures for each trade flow (under the ‘adjustment’ dimension): Reported. Reflects the value officially reported by the country (where available), some values are rescaled to fit world totals. Adjusted and/or imputed. Reflects, in addition to the reported values, any adjustments made to ensure internal consistency as well as the estimations made by the OECD-WTO to fill in the gaps in the reported information. Balanced. Reflects the reconciled bilateral trade flow, where exports equal mirror imports. Official information on bilateral trade flows was collected from OECD, Eurostat, national sources as well as UNSD. The WTO-UNCTAD trade in services dataset, based on a number of primary sources complemented with estimations, was the main source for data with partner world. The BaTIS dataset can be used as a stand-alone input for economic analysis and policy-making. In addition, balanced trade in services data form an essential input to the OECD Trade in Value Added (TiVA) initiative, for which a balanced view of international trade is crucial. BaTIS is intended to be regularly updated and constantly improved as new data become available. For more information on the methodology, please refer to the technical paper accompanying this dataset The OECD-WTO Balanced Trade in Services (BaTIS) For more information on balanced trade statistics, please go to the topic related OECD page Balanced trade statistics Users are encouraged to send their questions, or to signal any apparent errors, regarding this database to STAT.Contact@oecd.org https://www.oecd.org/en/about/directorates/statistics-and-data-directorate.html