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Sierra Leone-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, Sierra Leone exported $64.6M to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Sierra Leone exported to United Arab Emirates were Diamonds ($59M), Gold ($5.2M), and Other Electrical Machinery ($83.5k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Sierra Leone to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 39.2%, from $12.3M in 2017 to $64.6M in 2022.

In 2022, Sierra Leone did not export any services to United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates-Sierra Leone Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $86.8M to Sierra Leone. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Sierra Leone were Rolled Tobacco ($21.2M), Cars ($10.2M), and Aluminium Cans ($6.25M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Sierra Leone have increased at an annualized rate of 6.87%,  from $62.3M in 2017 to $86.8M in 2022.

In 2022, United Arab Emirates 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, United Arab Emirates ranked 53 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.24), and 18 in total exports ($402B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Sierra Leone exported $64.6M to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Sierra Leone to United Arab Emirates were Diamonds ($59M), Gold ($5.2M), and Other Electrical Machinery ($83.5k). During the last 5 years the exports of Sierra Leone to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 39.2%, from $12.3M in 2017 to $64.6M in 2022.

In 2017, United Arab Emirates exported $86.8M to Sierra Leone. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Sierra Leone were Rolled Tobacco ($21.2M), Cars ($10.2M), and Aluminium Cans ($6.25M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Sierra Leone have increased at an annualized rate of 6.87%, from $62.3M in 2022 to $86.8M in 2017.

Exports from Sierra Leone (Flag) to United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Exports from United Arab Emirates (Flag) to Sierra Leone (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Sierra Leone (Flag) and United Arab Emirates (Flag)

United Arab Emirates Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Sierra Leone
Top Destination
China$622M
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B

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

In 2022, no countries were registered that imported more from Sierra Leone than from United Arab Emirates.

In 2022, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than Sierra Leone included India ($51B), Japan ($40.9B), and China ($32.5B).

Difference in imports from United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Sierra Leone (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Sierra Leone - United Arab Emirates

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Sierra Leone had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Precious Metals ($64.2M), Machines ($152k), and Instruments ($48.1k).

During 2017, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Sierra Leone in the exports of Foodstuffs ($23.9M), Machines ($16.4M), and Transportation ($15.9M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Sierra Leone United Arab Emirates+$4.01MGold
Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Sierra Leone+$2.08MRefined 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 United Arab Emirates. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Sierra Leone indicates it has a comparative advantage over United Arab Emirates. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of United Arab Emirates indicates it has a comparative advantage over Sierra Leone.

Product Space of Sierra Leone (Flag) and United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

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