LandprofielenSierra Leone
Republic of Sierra Leone
SL · SLE · Volledig profiel
Bevolking
8.8million
2025
Wereldbank, World Development Indicators · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
GDP
$7.5billion
2025
Wereldbank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · 2025
Bbp per persoon
$846
2025
Wereldbank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · 2025
Bbp-groei
4.6%
2025
Wereldbank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflatie
7.5%
2025
Wereldbank, World Development Indicators · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Handel
49.1%
2025 · of GDP
Wereldbank, World Development Indicators · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
The World Bank records a trade-weighted applied tariff of 13.7% for 2022. That average is not the rate on a shipment. The rate you pay is the HS line in the national schedule. World Bank, tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products
The ECOWAS Common External Tariff has five duty bands: 0% for essential social goods, 5% for basic necessities, raw materials and capital goods, 10% for intermediate goods, 20% for finished consumer goods, and 35% for specific goods for economic development. The rate for a product is the band of its HS code, not a country average. ECOWAS Trade Information System, Common External Tariff
De opzoeking opent de tarieven die de desk al heeft. Het is geen beschikking.
A commercial invoice, a packing list, and a bill of lading or air waybill travel with goods entering Sierra Leone. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Add a certificate of origin only when the shipment claims a preferential rate. Without that claim, the most-favoured-nation line applies. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The customs declaration is filed with the customs authority of Sierra Leone, usually through a licensed broker and the national single window where one exists. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Exports from Sierra Leone carry a commercial invoice and a packing list, plus the transport document issued by the carrier. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The export declaration is filed before the goods leave. Permits for controlled goods, including food, minerals and dual-use items, sit with the sector regulator and are separate from this file. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Republic of Sierra Leone is the official name of Sierra Leone, in West Africa. The capital is Freetown. The currency is the Leone (SLE).
Sierra Leone is listed here in African Union and ECOWAS. A bloc is left off when membership is in doubt.
Cargo is recorded through Freetown.
Population, output and inflation on this page are the latest World Bank values. Exports, imports and partners are UN Comtrade merchandise figures when the public preview published a row. The currency line uses the European Central Bank reference rate, or the official peg where the currency is fixed.
World Bank merchandise exports were $1.5 billion in 2025. Merchandise imports were $1.9 billion in 2025. These are goods totals, not a forecast. The product and partner tables, when shown, are the UN Comtrade breakdown of the same trade.
The European Central Bank reference feed does not publish the Leone. The currency line names the unit used on invoices. It is not a guessed exchange rate.
| World Bank, World Development Indicators |
| WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement |
Openbare cijfers komen uit de bron die in het hoofdstuk staat. Ze kunnen worden herzien. Een profiel is geen douanebeschikking, geen juridisch advies en geen aanbod.