Summary
- China → Sierra Leone
- $811million
- Sierra Leone → China
- $953million
- China’s balance
- -$142million
Balance
China’s trade balance with Sierra Leone
Trade between China and Sierra Leone grew 482-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.8
- Imports 1
- Balance -0.1
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $4 million | $0 | $4 million |
| 1996 | $6 million | $0 | $6 million |
| 1997 | $4 million | $0 | $4 million |
| 1998 | $4 million | $1 thousand | $4 million |
| 1999 | $4 million | $0 | $4 million |
| 2000 | $16 million | $16 thousand | $16 million |
| 2001 | $12 million | $3 thousand | $12 million |
| 2002 | $16 million | $203 thousand | $16 million |
| 2003 | $17 million | $96 | $17 million |
| 2004 | $28 million | $2 million | $27 million |
| 2005 | $29 million | $1 million | $28 million |
| 2006 | $39 million | $979 thousand | $38 million |
| 2007 | $59 million | $6 million | $53 million |
| 2008 | $79 million | $5 million | $73 million |
| 2009 | $55 million | $11 million | $44 million |
| 2010 | $98 million | $11 million | $88 million |
| 2011 | $225 million | $28 million | $197 million |
| 2012 | $249 million | $503 million | -$254 million |
| 2013 | $153 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2014 | $205 million | $1.9 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2015 | $314 million | $166 million | $149 million |
| 2016 | $222 million | $273 million | -$51 million |
| 2017 | $249 million | $348 million | -$99 million |
| 2018 | $264 million | $207 million | $57 million |
| 2019 | $313 million | $194 million | $119 million |
| 2020 | $371 million | $158 million | $213 million |
| 2021 | $481 million | $387 million | $94 million |
| 2022 | $573 million | $762 million | -$189 million |
| 2023 | $611 million | $1 billion | -$414 million |
| 2024 | $811 million | $953 million | -$142 million |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Sierra Leone
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Sierra Leone sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Freetown is 11,208 nautical miles (20,757 km) long: ≈ 26–33.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Cape of Good Hope.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Sierra Leone was China’s 126th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Sierra Leone’s largest (49%).
- Sierra Leone in China’s trade
- 0%
- Sierra Leone’s rank among China’s partners
- 126th
- China in Sierra Leone’s trade
- 48.9%
- China’s rank among Sierra Leone’s partners
- 1st
Compare with
Other partners of China
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.