Sierra Leone's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) was US$58.22 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 85% from US$388.27 million in 2014 (17.28% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$58.22 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$89.56 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$388.27 million | 2014 |
| Highest | US$447.31 million | 2013 |
| Lowest | −US$127.31 million | 1986 |
| Average since 2015 | US$81.47 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$16.75 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Sierra Leone's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) rose US$4.4 million on 2023 (from US$53.82 million to US$58.22 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +US$1.61 million and a typical year strayed about US$82.49 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 US$254.17 million in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was US$269.4 million in 2015. 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 US$7.11 million a year. A straight line explains 70% 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 27th highest value of the 29 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$58.22 million | 2024 |
| World | US$7.99 trillion | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$86.89 billion | 2024 |
| Low income | US$11.49 billion | 2023 |
Closest to Sierra Leone in the 2024 ranking
- Djibouti — 23rd of 29: US$158.38 million
- Solomon Islands — 24th of 29: US$67.18 million
- Guinea-Bissau — 25th of 29: US$64.68 million
- Marshall Islands — 27th of 29: US$57.24 million
- Haiti — 28th of 29: US$28.24 million
- Naoero — 29th of 29: US$12.76 million
What this measures
Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 48 values
| Year | Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 58,221,696 |
| 2023 | 53,824,118 |
| 2022 | 70,202,631 |
| 2021 | 80,199,244 |
| 2020 | 41,841,471 |
| 2019 | 89,555,148 |
| 2018 | 84,970,066 |
| 2017 | 113,221,781 |
| 2016 | 103,777,541 |
| 2015 | 118,867,658 |
| 2014 |
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$6.72 billion (2025)
- Benin — US$533.3 million (2023)
- Botswana — US$549.97 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$1.45 billion (2024)
- Burundi — US$54.54 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$101.33 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$1.34 billion (2024)
- Comoros — US$7.72 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$3.76 billion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — US$1.71 billion (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for Sierra Leone
- GDP (current US$) — 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$433.27 million (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sierra Leone's primary income payments (BoP, current US$)?
- US$58.22 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is up 247.66% from US$16.75 million in 1977 (2.69% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$447.31 million in 2013 and the lowest −US$127.31 million in 1986.
- How does Sierra Leone rank?
- 27th highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in primary income payments (BoP, current US$) unusual for Sierra Leone?
- In 2024, Sierra Leone's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) rose US$4.4 million on 2023 (from US$53.82 million to US$58.22 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +US$1.61 million and a typical year strayed about US$82.49 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 BM.GSR.FCTY.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.
Want to ask your own questions of data like this? Try AnalyzeIt: upload a file or ask about public data in plain words, and every figure comes with its working.
Legal entity
Devansh Yadav
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Governing law: Courts at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Phone: +91 8433475698
Legal: legal@analyzeit.in