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Sierra Leone Trade Balance

$-545.92Mas of 2025-30.2% vs 2024

Trade Balance is measured in current U.S. dollars. Changes in the SLE/USD exchange rate can affect the dollar value; this chart does not separate those effects.

Exports minus imports of goods and services, in current US dollars. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved August 14, 2026.

Trend

20002025 · World Bank

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodTrade Balance
2025$-545.92M
2024$-419.25M
2023$-857.12M
2022$-818.45M
2021$-791.82M
2020$-724.49M
2019$-1.19B
2018$-952.17M
2017$-794.63M
2016$-903.07M
2015$-1.05B
2014$-821.65M

Get this via API

GET /v1/data

Request the available observations for this indicator as JSON. The response includes source metadata and reporting periods.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=SL&metric_key=trade_balance_usd" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Trade Balance across Africa

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CountryTrade BalancePeriod
Nigeria$-322.41M1960
Kenya$-8.15B2025
South Africa$8.16B2025
Egypt$-42.71B2025
Ghana$953.4M2024
Ethiopia$-8.71B2025

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