Sierra Leone: Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Netherlands (current US$)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is down 98.57% from US$100,000 in 1970 (8.15% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2020, Sierra Leone's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Netherlands (current US$) fell 94.6% on 2019 (from US$26,587 to US$1,425).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2019), the average change was +301.7% and a typical year strayed about 1,322.7% 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 7,150% in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 100% in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Sierra Leone in the 2020 ranking

• Timor-Leste — 1st of 3: US$44,236
• Honduras — 2nd of 3: US$17,523

What this measures

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors are the net disbursements of official development assistance (ODA) or official aid from the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data.

Limitations: Data exclude DAC members’ multilateral aid (contributions to the regular budgets of the multilateral institutions). However, projects executed by multilateral institutions or nongovernmental organizations on behalf of DAC members are classified as bilateral aid (since the donor country effectively controls the use of the funds) and are included in the data. Aid to unspecified economies is included in regional totals and, when possible, income group totals. Aid not allocated by country or region - including administrative costs, research on development, and aid to nongovernmental organizations - is included in the world total.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 48 values

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Netherlands (current US$) in nearby economies

• Angola — −US$143,639 (2023)
• Benin — US$43.02 million (2023)
• Botswana — US$4,945 (2015)
• Burkina Faso — US$29.69 million (2023)
• Burundi — US$34.4 million (2023)
• Central African Republic — US$271,903 (2023)
• Chad — US$2.25 million (2023)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$22.96 million (2023)
• Congo, Rep.

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)

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Questions people ask

What is Sierra Leone's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Netherlands (current US$)?

US$1,425 in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 98.57% from US$100,000 in 1970 (8.15% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$47.14 million in 2007 and the lowest US$1,425 in 2020.

Is the latest change in net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Netherlands (current US$) unusual for Sierra Leone?

In 2020, Sierra Leone's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Netherlands (current US$) fell 94.6% on 2019 (from US$26,587 to US$1,425). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2019), the average change was +301.7% and a typical year strayed about 1,322.7% 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 DC.DAC.NLDL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… 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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