Sierra Leone (SLE) and Liberia (LBR) Trade | The Observatory of Economic Complexity

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Sierra Leone-Liberia Trade: In 2018, Sierra Leone exported $2.31M to Liberia. The main products that Sierra Leone exported to Liberia were N/A. Over the past 18 years the exports of Sierra Leone to Liberia have increased at an annualized rate of 23.7%, from $50.3k in 2000 to $2.31M in 2018.

In 2018, Sierra Leone did not export any services to Liberia.

Liberia-Sierra Leone In N/A, Liberia did not export any products to Sierra Leone.

In 2018, Liberia 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, Liberia ranked 128 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.72), and 144 in total exports ($1.96B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2018, Sierra Leone exported $2.31M to Liberia. There were not main exports from Sierra Leone to Liberia in 2018. During the last 18 years the exports of Sierra Leone to Liberia have increased at an annualized rate of 23.7%, from $50.3k in 2000 to $2.31M in 2018.

Liberia does not register exports to Sierra Leone.

Exports from Sierra Leone () to Liberia () (2018)

Exports from Liberia () to Sierra Leone () (2018)

Market Competitiveness

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Exports

Export Growth

Section

Year

Sierra Leone
Top DestinationChina$622M

Liberia
Top DestinationSwitzerland$544M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Sierra Leone than Liberia included China ($622M), Belgium ($136M), and Ireland ($21.1M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Liberia than Sierra Leone included Switzerland ($544M), France ($158M), and United Kingdom ($148M).

Difference in imports from Liberia () and Sierra Leone () (2022)

Comparative Advantage Sierra Leone - Liberia

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

During 2018, Sierra Leone had a large net trade with Liberia in the exports of .

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Sierra Leone Liberia+$1.68kPalm Oil

Top Product Potential Liberia Sierra Leone+$2.57kPassenger and Cargo Ships

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

Year

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

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Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Exports from Sierra Leone () to Liberia () (2018)

Exports from Liberia () to Sierra Leone () (2018)

Market Competitiveness

Difference in imports from Liberia () and Sierra Leone () (2022)

Comparative Advantage Sierra Leone - Liberia

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

Product Space of Sierra Leone () and Liberia () (2018)

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