Sierra Leone's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$1.57 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 98.7% from US$120.31 million in 2014 (35.21% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1.57 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$989,434 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$120.31 million | 2014 |
| Highest | US$120.31 million | 2014 |
| Lowest | US$40,721 | 2004 |
| Average since 2015 | US$12.94 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$2.96 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Sierra Leone's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 874.5% on 2023 (from US$161,014 to US$1.57 million).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was +5,799.3% and a typical year strayed about 18,056% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 68,767.2% in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 99.6% in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 30% 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 2024, Sierra Leone had the 26th highest value of the 28 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | US$1.57 million | 2024 |
| World | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$4.36 billion | 2024 |
| Low income | US$918.77 million | 2020 |
Closest to Sierra Leone in the 2024 ranking
- Mauritania — 22nd of 28: US$2.83 million
- Solomon Islands — 23rd of 28: US$2.54 million
- Haiti — 24th of 28: US$2 million
- Bhutan — 26th of 28: US$1.29 million
- Marshall Islands — 27th of 28: US$317,697
- Papua New Guinea — 28th of 28: US$196,376
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 22 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,569,039 |
| 2023 | 161,014 |
| 2022 | 781,095 |
| 2021 | 3,409,522 |
| 2020 | 3,137,904 |
| 2019 | 989,434 |
| 2018 | 4,230,650 |
| 2017 | 6,640,435 |
| 2016 | 1,280,577 |
| 2015 | 107,199,420 |
| 2014 |
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$20.57 million (2025)
- Benin — US$14.02 million (2023)
- Botswana — US$16.46 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$89.57 million (2024)
- Burundi — US$4.26 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$11 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$189.16 million (2024)
- Comoros — US$13.6 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$2.51 million (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — US$13.11 million (2021)
More infrastructure data for Sierra Leone
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 269 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.00325 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 8.93 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 107.88 (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 25.11% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 86.32 (2023)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 3.16% (2024)
- Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) — 7.34 (2021)
- Secure Internet servers — 98 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sierra Leone's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$1.57 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is down 46.92% from US$2.96 million in 2003 (2.97% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$120.31 million in 2014 and the lowest US$40,721 in 2004.
- How does Sierra Leone rank?
- 26th highest of 28 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for Sierra Leone?
- In 2024, Sierra Leone's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 874.5% on 2023 (from US$161,014 to US$1.57 million). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was +5,799.3% and a typical year strayed about 18,056% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 BX.GSR.CCIS.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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