Liquid liabilities to GDP in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 31.2% in 2021. β² Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Sierra Leone, 1960β2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, liquid liabilities to gdp in Sierra Leone stood at 31.2%. That is the highest value across all 62 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.9% on the previous year and up 46.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Sierra Leone peaked at 31.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9.9%, in 1996.
Sierra Leone ranks 151st of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.2% | 10.9% | 14.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 15.6% | 11.9% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.4% | 16.7% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.1% | 9.9% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.8% | 13.4% | 20.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.0% | 17.5% | 25.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.8% | 28.4% | 31.2% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Sierra Leone
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 5.5% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.75 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 41.83 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 417.37 million current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 5.5% (2025)
- Broad money 22.6% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 19.2% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 5.5% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 21.3 LCU per US$, period average (2023)
- Net migration -11,309 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Sierra Leone?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Sierra Leone was 31.2% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 31.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9% in 1996.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Sierra Leone ranks 151st out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.