Merchandise trade as a share of GDP fell 2.18% to 61.8% in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, merchandise trade as a share of GDP in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 75.1% in 2013 and an all time low of 12.9% in 1997. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, merchandise trade as a share of GDP in Burkina Faso amounted to 48.9%, 90.3% in Guinea, 67.2% in Liberia and 60.3% in Mali in 2021.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 72nd within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of merchandise trade as a share of GDP, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Merchandise Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 52.0% | 48.2% | 47.8% | 50.4% | 45.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 44.4% | 45.6% | 47.7% | 47.5% | 46.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 48.1% | 42.8% | 43.8% | 41.7% | 42.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 45.2% | 79.6% | 78.2% | 62.1% | 55.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 46.4% | 40.2% | 41.6% | 39.4% | 39.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 61.0% | 46.5% | 42.7% | 49.4% | 47.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 49.7% | 49.0% | 46.7% | 48.7% | 51.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 89.8% | 59.3% | 81.0% | 70.0% | 71.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 31.6% | 26.4% | 28.2% | 27.2% | 26.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 46.2% | 42.6% | 46.3% | 50.6% | 52.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 48.4% | 46.0% | 50.2% | 46.7% | 52.4% |
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