Sierra Leone's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (current US$) was −US$288.21 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 223.38% from US$233.6 million in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | −US$288.21 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | −US$545.15 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$233.6 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$252.68 million | 2014 |
| Lowest | −US$1.1 billion | 2013 |
| Average since 2011 | −US$466.04 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | −US$107.88 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Sierra Leone's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (current US$) rose US$89.4 million on 2019 (from −US$377.61 million to −US$288.21 million).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2019), the average change was −US$9.3 million and a typical year strayed about US$411.29 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$1.35 billion in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was US$1.04 billion in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Sierra Leone had the 17th highest value of the 19 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Sierra Leone in the 2020 ranking
- Lesotho — 14th of 19: US$184.92 million
- Kiribati — 15th of 19: US$108.86 million
- Guinea-Bissau — 16th of 19: −US$27.4 million
- Congo, Rep. — 18th of 19: −US$2.88 billion
- Libya — 19th of 19: −US$13.47 billion
What this measures
Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide. This series excludes particulate emissions damage. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 31 values
| Year | Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | -288,206,616 |
| 2019 | -377,610,042 |
| 2018 | -705,856,185 |
| 2017 | -503,649,967 |
| 2016 | -993,682,066 |
| 2015 | -545,150,666 |
| 2014 | 252,675,440 |
| 2013 | -1,098,731,199 |
| 2012 | -59,685,849 |
| 2011 | -340,495,961 |
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$8.72 billion (2021)
- Benin — US$1.81 billion (2020)
- Botswana — US$1.5 billion (2021)
- Burkina Faso — US$1.54 billion (2019)
- Burundi — −US$473.33 million (2018)
- Cabo Verde — US$459.37 million (2021)
- Cameroon — −US$108.47 million (2021)
- Comoros — US$84.21 million (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for Sierra Leone
- GDP (current US$) — US$7.46 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 169.12 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$10.28 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 67.92 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$846.3 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 19,175 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,166 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 7,701 (2025)
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$433.27 million (2024)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$433.27 million (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sierra Leone's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (current US$)?
- −US$288.21 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 167.15% from −US$107.88 million in 1990. The highest value was US$252.68 million in 2014 and the lowest −US$1.1 billion in 2013.
- How does Sierra Leone rank?
- 17th highest of 19 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (current US$) unusual for Sierra Leone?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.SVNX.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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