Sierra Leone - Trade Openness 2015
36.48%
−14.64% from 2014
Sierra Leone's trade openness was 36.48% in 2015, decreased +14.64% from 51.12% in 2014. This was the 11th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sudan | 18.38% | -11.8% |
| 2nd | Argentina | 22.49% | -20.8% |
| 3rd | Pakistan | 26.69% | -9.4% |
| 4th | Brazil | 26.95% | 9.2% |
| 5th | United States | 27.82% | -7.3% |
| 6th | Yemen, Republic of | 30.37% | -37.1% |
| 7th | Uzbekistan | 30.76% | -15.4% |
| 8th | Cuba | 31.61% | -19.5% |
| 9th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 34.85% | -5.6% |
| 10th | Japan | 35.43% | -5.4% |
| 11th | Sierra Leone | 36.48% | -28.6% |
| 12th | Uganda | 37.69% | 4.7% |
| 13th | Comoros | 37.80% | -3.6% |
| 14th | Colombia | 38.36% | 2.3% |
| 15th | China | 38.70% | -12.2% |
| 16th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 39.42% | -13.1% |
| 17th | Kenya | 40.33% | -12.7% |
| 18th | Tanzania | 40.76% | -10.1% |
| 19th | Australia | 41.49% | -1.9% |
| 20th | India | 41.92% | -14.3% |
| 21st | Indonesia | 41.94% | -12.8% |
| 22nd | Haiti | 41.95% | -1.0% |
| 23rd | Bangladesh | 42.09% | -5.5% |
| 24th | Gambia, The | 44.52% | -23.6% |
| 25th | Niger | 44.73% | -2.2% |
| 26th | Peru | 45.16% | -3.6% |
| 27th | Rwanda | 45.20% | 3.0% |
| 28th | Uruguay | 45.33% | -7.7% |
| 29th | Cameroon | 45.54% | -10.4% |
| 30th | Nepal | 46.67% | 1.5% |
| 31st | Sri Lanka | 46.92% | -4.5% |
| 32nd | Ecuador | 47.83% | -22.1% |
| 33rd | Chad | 48.51% | 18.9% |
| 34th | Russian Federation | 49.36% | 3.3% |
| 35th | Guatemala | 49.89% | -9.4% |
| 36th | Tajikistan | 49.94% | -8.6% |
| 37th | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.09% | -5.9% |
| 38th | Türkiye | 51.87% | -4.5% |
| 39th | Dominican Republic | 52.35% | -6.0% |
| 40th | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.72% | -1.8% |
| 41st | Kazakhstan | 53.05% | -18.3% |
| 42nd | Central African Republic | 53.15% | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Algeria | 53.20% | -6.5% |
| 44th | Mali | 53.58% | 4.9% |
| 45th | Guinea-Bissau | 54.37% | 16.0% |
| 46th | New Zealand | 54.85% | -0.4% |
| 47th | Angola | 54.98% | -21.0% |
| 48th | Italy | 55.44% | 1.8% |
| 49th | French Polynesia | 55.63% | -1.1% |
| 50th | South Africa | 56.73% | -4.7% |
| 51st | Zimbabwe | 56.75% | 3.8% |
| 52nd | Benin | 56.76% | -13.0% |
| 53rd | Libya | 56.90% | -25.6% |
| 54th | United Kingdom | 57.13% | -2.9% |
| 55th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 57.75% | -22.1% |
| 56th | Senegal | 58.11% | -0.6% |
| 57th | Israel | 58.90% | -4.6% |
| 58th | Burkina Faso | 59.09% | 0.5% |
| 59th | Philippines | 59.14% | 2.9% |
| 60th | Chile | 59.35% | -9.6% |
| 61st | New Caledonia | 60.05% | 1.8% |
| 62nd | Timor-Leste | 60.08% | -27.4% |
| 63rd | Costa Rica | 60.75% | -6.8% |
| 64th | Madagascar | 61.22% | -1.2% |
| 65th | France | 63.50% | 2.1% |
| 66th | Spain | 63.58% | 0.3% |
| 67th | Greece | 65.27% | -1.7% |
| 68th | South Sudan | 65.55% | 1.4% |
| 69th | Canada | 66.16% | 2.8% |
| 70th | Paraguay | 66.92% | -3.1% |
| 71st | Saudi Arabia | 67.11% | -14.0% |
| 72nd | Morocco | 67.29% | -6.4% |
| 73rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.93% | -20.3% |
| 74th | Togo | 69.13% | -2.5% |
| 75th | Iraq | 69.59% | 0.9% |
| 76th | Bahamas, The | 69.68% | -13.5% |
| 77th | Mexico | 70.41% | 9.9% |
| 78th | Norway | 70.43% | 1.9% |
| 79th | West Bank and Gaza | 70.78% | 4.5% |
| 80th | Albania | 71.28% | -5.0% |
| 81st | Guam | 71.34% | -9.0% |
| 82nd | Armenia | 71.68% | -5.4% |
| 83rd | Lebanon | 71.84% | -10.0% |
| 84th | Finland | 71.96% | -3.6% |
| 85th | Guinea | 72.44% | -5.6% |
| 86th | Azerbaijan | 72.60% | 4.5% |
| 87th | Bermuda | 73.30% | -4.2% |
| 88th | Gabon | 73.95% | 0.6% |
| 89th | Kosovo | 74.02% | -4.0% |
| 90th | Samoa | 74.63% | -7.3% |
| 91st | Korea | 75.39% | -13.3% |
| 92nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 76.48% | -6.4% |
| 93rd | Ghana | 76.52% | 19.9% |
| 94th | El Salvador | 76.56% | -2.0% |
| 95th | Mauritania | 77.35% | -15.6% |
| 96th | Germany | 77.76% | 1.2% |
| 97th | Zambia | 79.87% | 4.8% |
| 98th | Portugal | 80.63% | 0.5% |
| 99th | Turkmenistan | 81.30% | -10.8% |
| 100th | Tonga | 81.39% | 8.9% |
| 101st | Greenland | 83.10% | -4.6% |
| 102nd | Romania | 83.52% | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Sweden | 84.17% | 0.4% |
| 104th | Virgin Islands (US) | 84.77% | -48.4% |
| 105th | Lao PDR | 85.80% | -13.4% |
| 106th | European Union | 86.68% | 1.4% |
| 107th | Tunisia | 87.25% | -9.2% |
| 108th | Solomon Islands | 88.19% | -5.6% |
| 109th | Eswatini | 88.26% | -3.7% |
| 110th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 88.29% | -2.5% |
| 111th | Moldova | 88.97% | -5.6% |
| 112th | Bhutan | 89.64% | 1.9% |
| 113th | Mongolia | 89.65% | -18.0% |
| 114th | Brunei Darussalam | 89.90% | -12.2% |
| 115th | Croatia | 90.65% | 6.4% |
| 116th | Poland | 92.26% | 0.2% |
| 117th | Serbia | 93.53% | 5.8% |
| 118th | Qatar | 93.71% | -5.4% |
| 119th | Cabo Verde | 94.01% | 3.0% |
| 120th | Iceland | 94.89% | -0.4% |
| 121st | Jordan | 95.36% | -13.3% |
| 122nd | Oman | 96.38% | -5.8% |
| 123rd | Panama | 96.58% | -16.0% |
| 124th | Georgia | 97.02% | 2.2% |
| 125th | Namibia | 97.24% | -5.7% |
| 126th | Nicaragua | 98.19% | -8.0% |
| 127th | Kuwait | 98.70% | -1.3% |
| 128th | Mozambique | 98.76% | -15.1% |
| 129th | Equatorial Guinea | 98.88% | -5.3% |
| 130th | Austria | 103.12% | -1.3% |
| 131st | Belize | 104.07% | -2.8% |
| 132nd | Montenegro | 104.13% | 3.7% |
| 133rd | Denmark | 105.13% | 1.9% |
| 134th | Faroe Islands | 105.61% | -0.5% |
| 135th | Honduras | 107.26% | -5.1% |
| 136th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 107.68% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Ukraine | 107.81% | 7.1% |
| 138th | Vanuatu | 108.76% | 3.4% |
| 139th | Puerto Rico (US) | 108.88% | 6.3% |
| 140th | Kiribati | 109.89% | 5.5% |
| 141st | Kyrgyz Republic | 110.96% | -11.3% |
| 142nd | Botswana | 112.90% | -5.5% |
| 143rd | North Macedonia | 113.70% | 1.0% |
| 144th | Belarus | 115.91% | 4.8% |
| 145th | Switzerland | 117.14% | -2.6% |
| 146th | Congo, Republic of | 117.32% | 12.6% |
| 147th | Macao SAR, China | 119.25% | 0.6% |
| 148th | Cambodia | 122.11% | -1.9% |
| 149th | Northern Mariana Islands | 122.75% | 2.4% |
| 150th | Thailand | 124.84% | -4.6% |
| 151st | Latvia | 126.38% | -2.8% |
| 152nd | Palau | 126.50% | -13.2% |
| 153rd | Bulgaria | 126.74% | -2.7% |
| 154th | Lesotho | 129.72% | 2.7% |
| 155th | Antigua and Barbuda | 130.07% | -8.1% |
| 156th | Malaysia | 131.37% | -5.0% |
| 157th | Mauritius | 133.14% | -1.5% |
| 158th | Cyprus | 137.28% | 4.9% |
| 159th | Lithuania | 138.20% | -3.6% |
| 160th | Marshall Islands | 138.49% | -7.6% |
| 161st | Aruba | 140.49% | -10.2% |
| 162nd | Maldives | 143.72% | -13.4% |
| 163rd | Viet Nam | 144.91% | 7.0% |
| 164th | Slovenia | 147.22% | 0.5% |
| 165th | Bahrain | 147.92% | -12.3% |
| 166th | Curaçao | 148.31% | -9.8% |
| 167th | Estonia | 148.51% | -6.0% |
| 168th | Czechia | 154.02% | -1.5% |
| 169th | Belgium | 155.07% | -2.2% |
| 170th | Netherlands | 160.33% | 5.7% |
| 171st | American Samoa | 162.41% | -7.1% |
| 172nd | United Arab Emirates | 164.29% | 3.0% |
| 173rd | Hungary | 167.29% | -0.6% |
| 174th | Slovak Republic | 179.43% | 1.5% |
| 175th | Seychelles | 187.48% | -12.1% |
| 176th | Nauru | 200.00% | 1.4% |
| 177th | Malta | 207.20% | 14.3% |
| 178th | Ireland | 223.70% | 5.9% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 268.36% | -10.1% |
| 180th | San Marino | 321.36% | - |
| 181st | Singapore | 329.47% | -8.6% |
| 182nd | Luxembourg | 351.13% | 5.3% |
| 183rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 389.41% | -8.6% |
FAQ
What was Sierra Leone's trade openness in 2015?▾
Sierra Leone's trade openness in 2015 was 36.48%. This ranked 11th globally.
How did Sierra Leone's trade openness change in 2015?▾
Sierra Leone's trade openness decreased by 28.6% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest trade openness in 2015?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest trade openness in 2015 at 389.41%.
What is the trade openness of Sierra Leone in 2015?▾
The trade openness of Sierra Leone in 2015 was 36.48%. This ranked 11th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sierra Leone's trade openness?▾
Sierra Leone's trade openness went from 51.12% in 2014 to 36.48% in 2015, a 28.6% decrease.
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