Costa Rica vs Sierra Leone: Foreign Assets, Net Foreign Assets
Costa Rica
1.71 trillion
in 2008
Sierra Leone
1.79 trillion
in 2012
Costa Rica rank
33rd
Sierra Leone rank
32nd
Foreign Assets, Net Foreign Assets over time
- Costa Rica
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 1.79 trillion against 1.71 trillion in Costa Rica, a difference of 73.12 billion.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Sierra Leone ranks 32nd of 178 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 120.90 million | 11.51 million | 109.39 million | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | -47.94 million | 10.74 million | 58.68 million | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | -637.55 million | 4.92 million | 642.48 million | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | -75.83 billion | -5.97 billion | 69.86 billion | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | -2.65 billion | -255.31 billion | 252.66 billion | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 870.36 billion | 82.76 billion | 787.60 billion | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign assets, net foreign assets, Costa Rica or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 1.79 trillion against 1.71 trillion in Costa Rica as of 2012.
- What is the difference in foreign assets, net foreign assets between Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 73.12 billion, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2008.
- How do Costa Rica and Sierra Leone rank globally for foreign assets, net foreign assets?
- Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Sierra Leone ranks 32nd of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Foreign Assets, Net Foreign Assets (Depository Corporations Survey, Domestic currency). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Non-standard dataset provides discontinued, vintage country-reported financial data that are not harmonized and use country-specific terms.