Country · SLE
Sierra Leone · Trade
Trade
Exports that depend on one product: ores (iron, copper, cobalt, manganese…)
Sierra Leone: in 2024, ores (iron, copper, cobalt, manganese…) made up 72.4 % of goods exports, the five main chapters 91.6 %. The first clients were China and Netherlands; 1.5 % of exports went to other African countries.
- Exports of goods · 2024
- 1.5 bn$
- +14.5 % since 2022
- Imports of goods · 2024
- 2.1 bn$
- trade deficit of 545 m$
- First export
- 72.4 %
- Ores (iron, copper, cobalt, manganese…) · highly concentrated
- Exports to Africa
- 1.5 %
- African median: 10.7 %
Main exports
Share of exports of goods, by HS chapter · 2024
Main clients
Share of exports of goods · 2024
Main suppliers: China 39.3 %, India 16.6 %, United States 4.9 %, Türkiye 4.4 %, Spain 3.9 %
Source: CEPII, BACI (version 202601, HS22 nomenclature), Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0 · goods only, re-exports included · chapters, shares and concentration: Syli Atlas calculation