OECD members vs Sierra Leone: Insurance and financial services

OECD members
11.9%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
32.7%
in 2024
OECD members rank
5th
Sierra Leone rank
5th

Insurance and financial services over time

  • OECD members
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 32.7% against 11.9% in OECD members, a difference of 20.8%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.8 times OECD members's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1977 it was OECD members ahead.

OECD members ranks 5th and Sierra Leone ranks 5th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, OECD members averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD members Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 2.8% 0.4% 2.5% OECD members
1990s 6.7% 0.2% 6.6% OECD members
2000s 10.3% 1.6% 8.7% OECD members
2010s 10.7% 3.9% 6.7% OECD members
2020s 11.5% 20.9% 9.4% Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher insurance and financial services, OECD members or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 32.7% against 11.9% in OECD members as of 2024.
What is the difference in insurance and financial services between OECD members and Sierra Leone?
20.8%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Sierra Leone?
37 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do OECD members and Sierra Leone rank globally for insurance and financial services?
OECD members ranks 5th 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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Indicator
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports)
Unit
% of commercial service exports
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,390 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.