Sierra Leone's net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) was -1.14 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 98.97% from -571.65 million in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -1.14 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -261.88 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -571.65 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 2,583 | 1969 |
| Lowest | -1.89 billion | 2013 |
| Average since 2016 | -802.7 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 957 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sierra Leone's net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) rose 154.57 million on 2024 (from -1.29 billion to -1.14 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −40.85 million and a typical year strayed about 463.84 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 1.15 billion in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.1 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 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 79.56 million a year. A straight line explains 56% 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 2025, Sierra Leone had the 54th highest value of the 156 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
- Fiji — 50th of 156: -851.8 million
- Seychelles — 51st of 156: -902.2 million
- Croatia — 52nd of 156: -980.39 million
- Bahrain — 54th of 156: -1.43 billion
- Mauritania — 55th of 156: -2.33 billion
- Gambia, The — 56th of 156: -2.43 billion
What this measures
Net primary income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 62 values
| Year | Net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -1,137,400,200 |
| 2024 | -1,291,967,000 |
| 2023 | -1,149,809,000 |
| 2022 | -940,703,900 |
| 2021 | -732,000,700 |
| 2020 | -261,882,500 |
| 2019 | -628,419,000 |
| 2018 | -545,639,800 |
| 2017 | -735,983,600 |
| 2016 | -603,239,500 |
Net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — -5.21 trillion (2025)
- Benin — -162.98 billion (2025)
- Botswana — -9.61 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — -944.85 billion (2025)
- Burundi — -42.91 billion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — -3.88 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — -536 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 102.59 billion (2025)
- Chad — -565.98 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 net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU)?
- -1.14 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1964?
- It is down 118.85 million% from 957 in 1964. The highest value was 2,583 in 1969 and the lowest -1.89 billion in 2013.
- How does Sierra Leone rank?
- 54th highest of 156 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) unusual for Sierra Leone?
- In 2025, Sierra Leone's net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) rose 154.57 million on 2024 (from -1.29 billion to -1.14 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −40.85 million and a typical year strayed about 463.84 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 NY.GSR.NFCY.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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