Sierra Leone's changes in inventories (constant LCU) was 604.82 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 441.02% from 111.79 million in 2015 (18.39% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 604.82 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -59.84 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 111.79 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 604.82 million | 2024 |
| Lowest | -2.03 billion | 2022 |
| Average since 2016 | -213.22 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 66.83 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sierra Leone's changes in inventories (constant LCU) did not change 0 on 2024 (from 604.82 million to 604.82 million).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +23.39 million and a typical year strayed about 582.66 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below 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 1.98 billion in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.08 billion in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 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 2025, Sierra Leone had the 42nd highest value of the 63 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 2025 ranking
- Macao SAR, China — 38th of 63: 1.25 billion
- Guatemala — 39th of 63: 1.05 billion
- Ecuador — 40th of 63: 699.38 million
- West Bank and Gaza — 42nd of 63: 245.9 million
- Samoa — 43rd of 63: 63.08 million
- Brunei Darussalam — 44th of 63: 39.62 million
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 25 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 604,824,900 |
| 2024 | 604,824,900 |
| 2023 | -50,547,600 |
| 2022 | -2,026,876,300 |
| 2021 | -950,108,700 |
| 2020 | -59,840,100 |
| 2019 | -603,750,200 |
| 2018 | 117,094,900 |
| 2017 | 116,625,600 |
| 2016 | 115,564,200 |
| 2015 |
Changes in inventories (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 2.93 billion (2024)
- Benin — 36.2 billion (2025)
- Botswana — 19.18 billion (2024)
- Burkina Faso — -240.22 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — -86.2 billion (2024)
- Central African Republic — -12.99 billion (2025)
- Chad — 299.39 billion (2025)
- Comoros — 5.94 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 1.15 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 19.12 billion (2025)
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 changes in inventories (constant LCU)?
- 604.82 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is up 805.07% from 66.83 million in 2001 (9.61% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 604.82 million in 2024 and the lowest -2.03 billion in 2022.
- How does Sierra Leone rank?
- 42nd highest of 63 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (constant LCU) unusual for Sierra Leone?
- In 2025, Sierra Leone's changes in inventories (constant LCU) did not change 0 on 2024 (from 604.82 million to 604.82 million). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +23.39 million and a typical year strayed about 582.66 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, 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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