IDA blend vs Sierra Leone: Insurance and financial services
Insurance and financial services over time
- IDA blend
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 32.7% against 15.4% in IDA blend, a difference of 17.3%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.1 times IDA blend's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1977 it was IDA blend ahead.
IDA blend ranks 3rd and Sierra Leone ranks 5th of 45 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, IDA blend averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | IDA blend | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.4% | 0.4% | 3.0% | IDA blend |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | IDA blend |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 1.6% | 1.9% | IDA blend |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 3.9% | 1.9% | IDA blend |
| 2020s | 13.2% | 20.9% | 7.6% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher insurance and financial services, IDA blend or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 32.7% against 15.4% in IDA blend as of 2024.
- What is the difference in insurance and financial services between IDA blend and Sierra Leone?
- 17.3%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and Sierra Leone?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do IDA blend and Sierra Leone rank globally for insurance and financial services?
- IDA blend ranks 3rd and Sierra Leone ranks 5th of 45 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.