Benin vs Sierra Leone: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region

Benin
72.0%
in 2023
Sierra Leone
77.8%
in 2023
Benin rank
8th
Sierra Leone rank
6th

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region over time

  • Benin
  • Sierra Leone
020406080196119922023

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 77.8% against 72.0% in Benin, a difference of 5.8%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 6th of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 1.6% 0.1% 1.6% Benin
1970s 4.5% 1.0% 3.4% Benin
1980s 1.0% 0.1% 0.8% Benin
2000s 53.6% 15.0% 38.5% Benin
2010s 53.6% 54.0% 0.3% Sierra Leone
2020s 75.5% 68.1% 7.5% Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region, Benin or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 77.8% against 72.0% in Benin as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region between Benin and Sierra Leone?
5.8%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?
37 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
How do Benin and Sierra Leone rank globally for merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region?
Benin ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 6th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Benin vs Sierra Leone: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region. Statizoid, drawing on Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-exports-to-low-and-middle-income-economies-outside-region-percent-of-total/benin/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-exports-to-low-and-middle-income-economies-outside-region-percent-of-total/benin/sierra-leone/">Benin vs Sierra Leone: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
Unit
% of total merchandise exports
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
253 places, 12,864 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.