Services, value added in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Services, value added was 41.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Sierra Leone, 1964–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 41.6% for services, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Sierra Leone peaked at 47.4% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 12.4%, in 1999.
Sierra Leone ranks 186th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37.5% | 33.6% | 41.8% | 6 |
| 1970s | 39.5% | 36.4% | 41.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.3% | 34.0% | 45.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.7% | 12.4% | 31.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.0% | 12.5% | 47.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.4% | 41.5% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.6% | 41.6% | 43.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 183 Mozambique 42.0% compare
- 184 Papua New Guinea 42.0% compare
- 185 Yemen 41.8% compare
- 187 Burkina Faso 41.5% compare
- 188 Central African Republic 41.4% compare
- 189 Brunei 40.2% compare
More economy & growth data for Sierra Leone
- DEC alternative conversion factor 22.66 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 9.63 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 425.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 5.35 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 236.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -1.14 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -50.20 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 19,046 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 830 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 167.98 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Sierra Leone?
- Services, value added in Sierra Leone was 41.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 47.4% in 2009.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.4% in 1999.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for services, value added?
- Sierra Leone ranks 186th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.