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$3.97BCURRENT US$
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4.78%CURRENT US$
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$3.39TCURRENT US$
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85.2%CURRENT US$
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$461CURRENT US$
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-17.3%CURRENT US$
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$2,389CURRENT US$
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66.6%CURRENT US$
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About

Sierra Leone-India Trade: In 2022, Sierra Leone exported $36.5M to India. The main products that Sierra Leone exported to India were Scrap Iron ($16.8M), Aluminium Ore ($9.84M), and Scrap Aluminium ($3.16M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Sierra Leone to India have increased at an annualized rate of 9.46%, from $23.2M in 2017 to $36.5M in 2022.

In 2022, Sierra Leone did not export any services to India.

India-Sierra Leone Trade: In 2022, India exported $201M to Sierra Leone. The main products that India exported to Sierra Leone were Rice ($79.3M), Packaged Medicaments ($29.6M), and Motorcycles and cycles ($13.7M). Over the past 5 years the exports of India to Sierra Leone have increased at an annualized rate of 7.38%,  from $106M in 2017 to $201M in 2022.

In 2022, India did not export any services to Sierra Leone.

Comparison In 2022,  Sierra Leone ranked 159 in total exports ($1.15B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index. That same year, India ranked 40 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.64), and 15 in total exports ($468B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Sierra Leone exported $36.5M to India. The main products exported from Sierra Leone to India were Scrap Iron ($16.8M), Aluminium Ore ($9.84M), and Scrap Aluminium ($3.16M). During the last 5 years the exports of Sierra Leone to India have increased at an annualized rate of 9.46%, from $23.2M in 2017 to $36.5M in 2022.

In 2017, India exported $201M to Sierra Leone. The main products exported from India to Sierra Leone were Rice ($79.3M), Packaged Medicaments ($29.6M), and Motorcycles and cycles ($13.7M). During the last 5 years the exports of India to Sierra Leone have increased at an annualized rate of 7.38%, from $106M in 2022 to $201M in 2017.

Exports from Sierra Leone (Flag) to India (Flag) (2022)

Exports from India (Flag) to Sierra Leone (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Sierra Leone (Flag) and India (Flag)

Sierra Leone Exports

Date

India Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Sierra Leone
Top Destination
China$622M
India
Top Destination
United States$82.9B

This map shows whether countries import more from Sierra Leone or India. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Sierra Leone and India or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, no countries were registered that imported more from Sierra Leone than from India.

In 2022, countries that imported more from India than Sierra Leone included United States ($82.9B), United Arab Emirates ($31.6B), and Netherlands ($17.6B).

Difference in imports from India (Flag) and Sierra Leone (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Sierra Leone - India

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Sierra Leone and India by product, considering products traded by both, Sierra Leone and India.

During 2022, Sierra Leone had a large net trade with India in the exports of Metals ($22.8M), Mineral Products ($9.84M), and Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($2.22M).

During 2017, India had a large net trade with Sierra Leone in the exports of Vegetable Products ($80.1M), Chemical Products ($34M), and Transportation ($20.2M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Sort By
Top Product Potential Sierra Leone India+$7.83MScrap Iron
Top Product Potential India Sierra Leone+$3.85MRefined Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Sierra Leone and India. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Sierra Leone indicates it has a comparative advantage over India. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of India indicates it has a comparative advantage over Sierra Leone.

Product Space of Sierra Leone (Flag) and India (Flag) (2022)

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