🇸🇱 Country Profile

Sierra Leone

Fast-growing pharmaceutical trade with Sierra Leone

🇸🇱 $109M
All data from DGCIS India export records (fiscal year, April–March).
$109M
Scale
Sierra Leone's patients receive $109M in Indian pharmaceutical products annually, almost entirely finished medicines ready for dispensing.
97%
Medicine
Overwhelmingly finished medicines, drug formulations account for 97% of shipments.
9.4×
Trajectory
One of the faster-growing relationships, India's pharmaceutical supply to Sierra Leone has expanded 9.4× over the decade.
Context
Part of India's pharmaceutical supply network across Africa.
Impact
Rapidly expanding access to affordable medicine, Indian pharmaceutical products reaching more of Sierra Leone's patients each year.
Export Trend DGCIS FY
Pharmaceutical Composition Trend DGCIS CY 2014–2025

All pharmaceutical categories from DGCIS

Category Mix, FY 2025–26 DGCIS
Medicines $106M (97.4%) Vaccines $1.4M (1.3%) Surgical & Hospital Supplies $0.64M (0.6%) Medicine Ingredients $0.55M (0.5%) Traditional & Herbal $0.20M (0.2%)
Top Products, FY 2025–26 DGCIS