Insurance and Financial Services (As % of Service Exports, BoP) rose 266% to 39.3% in Sierra Leone in 2023

Insurance and Financial Services (As % of Service Exports, BoP) (%), 2023
Insurance | Sierra Leone | September 1, 2025
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Insurance and financial services as a percentage of service exports from the balance of payment rose 266% to 39.3% in Sierra Leone in 2023, according to the National Central Bank / OECD.

Historically, insurance and financial services as a percentage of service exports from the balance of payment in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 48.2% in 2021 and an all time low of -23.7% in 2022.

Sierra Leone has been ranked 4th within the group of 142 countries we follow in terms of insurance and financial services as a percentage of service exports from the balance of payment, 132 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Insurance and Financial Services (As % of Service Exports, BoP) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Algeria % ... ... 10.3% 9.55% 11.8% 8.03% 10.5%
Burkina Faso % ... ... 17.7% 17.7% 17.7% 19.3% 18.5%
Ghana % 0.553% 0.521% 0.417% 11.5% 17.1%
Guinea % 13.8% 16.8% 5.47% 13.5% 8.59%
Ivory Coast % ... ... 1.19% 2.13% 0.613% 2.53% 2.18% ...
Liberia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16.4% 96.3% 78.8% 5.16% 4.23% ...
Mali % 0.992% 0.882% 2.57% 3.15% 1.75%
Mauritania % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1.35% 1.11% 0.524% 1.76% 1.33%
Niger % 1.04% 1.78% 1.71% 0.500% 2.17%
Senegal % 2.21% 2.43% 2.48% 3.60% 3.57%
Sierra Leone % 7.43% 7.37% 5.58% 7.90% 48.2%