Sierra Leone's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) was 3.16% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 55.66 percentage points from 58.82% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.16% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 1.33% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 58.82% | 2014 |
| Highest | 58.82% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 0.07% | 2004 |
| Average since 2015 | 8.83% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 4.47% | 2003 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Sierra Leone's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) rose 2.79 percentage points on 2023 (from 0.38% to 3.16%).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 22.44 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 47.17 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 51.83 percentage points in 2016. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2.94 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 31% of the movement over 10 observed years.
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 16th 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 | 3.16% | 2024 |
| World | 15.71% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.39% | 2025 |
| Low income | 6.66% | 2023 |
Closest to Sierra Leone in the 2024 ranking
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 13th of 28: 3.8%
- Zimbabwe — 14th of 28: 3.27%
- Rwanda — 15th of 28: 3.19%
- Haiti — 17th of 28: 2.07%
- Namibia — 18th of 28: 2.02%
- Solomon Islands — 19th of 28: 1.92%
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).
Limitations: Discrepancies may arise in the balance of payments because there is no single source for balance of payments data and therefore no way to ensure that the data are fully consistent. Sources include customs data, monetary accounts of the banking system, external debt records, information provided by enterprises, surveys to estimate service transactions, and foreign exchange records. Differences in collection methods - such as in timing, definitions of residence and ownership, and the exchange rate used to value transactions - contribute to net errors and omissions. In addition, smuggling and other illegal or quasi-legal transactions may be unrecorded or misrecorded.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 22 values
| Year | ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.16 |
| 2023 | 0.3785 |
| 2022 | 3.34 |
| 2021 | 5.04 |
| 2020 | 5.92 |
| 2019 | 1.33 |
| 2018 | 5.34 |
| 2017 | 8.57 |
| 2016 | 1.69 |
| 2015 | 53.52 |
| 2014 |
ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 17.44% (2025)
- Benin — 3.04% (2023)
- Botswana — 1.56% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 14.21% (2024)
- Burundi — 2.88% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 1.17% (2025)
- Cameroon — 10.48% (2024)
- Comoros — 11.69% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 0.46% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 5.46% (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 (BoP, current US$) — US$1.57 million (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 (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 3.16% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is down 1.31 percentage points from 4.47% in 2003. The highest value was 58.82% in 2014 and the lowest 0.07% in 2004.
- How does Sierra Leone rank?
- 16th highest of 28 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Sierra Leone?
- In 2024, Sierra Leone's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) rose 2.79 percentage points on 2023 (from 0.38% to 3.16%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 22.44 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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.ZS, 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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