Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) was 0.6695 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Export unit values, US dollar in Sierra Leone, 1963–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 0.6695 for export unit values, us dollar in 2014.
The figure is down 13.9% on the previous year and down 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export unit values, us dollar in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.16 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.404, in 1993.
That places Sierra Leone 106th out of 166 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 0.9835 | — |
| 1964 | 0.93 | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 0.9069 | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 0.8675 | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 0.8024 | -7.5% |
| 1968 | 0.9291 | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 0.7852 | -15.5% |
| 1970 | 0.9455 | +20.4% |
| 1971 | 0.9308 | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 0.8346 | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 0.908 | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 0.9033 | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.8539 | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 0.7705 | -9.8% |
| 1977 | 0.9269 | +20.3% |
| 1978 | 0.8862 | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8283 | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 0.9585 | +15.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7565 | -21.1% |
| 1982 | 0.709 | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8866 | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9288 | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.9516 | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.9918 | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 0.8728 | -12.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7205 | -17.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7139 | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.5386 | -24.5% |
| 1991 | 0.4629 | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 0.4207 | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 0.404 | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5243 | +29.8% |
| 1995 | 0.48 | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 0.4889 | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.4451 | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4816 | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4681 | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5887 | +25.8% |
| 2001 | 1.16 | +97.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9287 | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8873 | -11.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6144 | -30.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6018 | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5432 | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6693 | +23.2% |
| 2009 | 0.7965 | +19.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7894 | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8208 | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.729 | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7778 | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6695 | -13.9% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 0.6695 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.6334, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 0.6695 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6695, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +97.3% | 0.5887 | 1.16 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8864 | 0.7852 | 0.9835 | 7 |
| 1970s | 0.8788 | 0.7705 | 0.9455 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.849 | 0.709 | 0.9918 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4714 | 0.404 | 0.5386 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7791 | 0.5432 | 1.16 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7573 | 0.6695 | 0.8208 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export unit values, us dollar in Sierra Leone?
- Export unit values, us dollar in Sierra Leone was 0.6695 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 in 2001.
- What is the lowest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.404 in 1993.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for export unit values, us dollar?
- Sierra Leone ranks 106th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is export unit values, us dollar rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.