Sierra Leone vs Uganda: External borrowing, net

Sierra Leone
591.26 billion current LCU
in 2011
Uganda
1.02 trillion current LCU
in 2011
Sierra Leone rank
6th
Uganda rank
4th

External borrowing, net over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 1.02 trillion current LCU against 591.26 billion current LCU in Sierra Leone, a difference of 430.82 billion current LCU.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.7 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 6th and Uganda ranks 4th of 50 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External borrowing, net (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 1,388 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Financing from abroad (obtained from nonresidents) refer to the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. It includes all government liabilities--other. Data are in current local currency.