# Trade as a share of GDP in Sierra Leone

Trade as a share of GDP in Sierra Leone was 49.1% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `sl`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/sierra-leone
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=sl

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 49.1 |
| 2024 | 40.5 |
| 2023 | 55.3 |
| 2022 | 45.1 |
| 2021 | 42.1 |
| 2020 | 30.6 |
| 2019 | 37.6 |
| 2018 | 37.4 |
| 2017 | 41.5 |
| 2016 | 43.1 |
| 2015 | 36.5 |
| 2014 | 51.1 |
| 2013 | 53.4 |
| 2012 | 53.4 |
| 2011 | 43.8 |
| 2010 | 28 |
| 2009 | 23.1 |
| 2008 | 21.3 |
| 2007 | 21.8 |
| 2006 | 22.1 |
| 2005 | 47.5 |
| 2004 | 46.2 |
| 2003 | 46.4 |
| 2002 | 38.9 |
| 2001 | 35.9 |
| 2000 | 57.5 |
| 1999 | 33.7 |
| 1998 | 35.3 |
| 1997 | 28.3 |
| 1996 | 49.6 |
| 1995 | 45 |
| 1994 | 55.2 |
| 1993 | 52.9 |
| 1992 | 64.5 |
| 1991 | 60.2 |
| 1990 | 68.7 |
| 1989 | 41.6 |
| 1988 | 43.1 |
| 1987 | 55.2 |
| 1986 | 26.9 |
| 1985 | 31.4 |
| 1984 | 23 |
| 1983 | 33.1 |
| 1982 | 41.7 |
| 1981 | 62.8 |
| 1980 | 61.1 |
| 1979 | 47 |
| 1978 | 43.8 |
| 1977 | 46.4 |
| 1976 | 50.5 |
| 1975 | 59.6 |
| 1974 | 50.2 |
| 1973 | 48 |
| 1972 | 56.8 |
| 1971 | 63.7 |
| 1970 | 60.3 |
| 1969 | 52.8 |
| 1968 | 50.5 |
| 1967 | 58.4 |
| 1966 | 59.4 |
| 1965 | 60.1 |
| 1964 | 58.6 |