Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Sierra Leone

Remittances paid in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 9,682,870 US$. Ranked 156 in the world out of 162. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 535.3%.

2024 9.68M US$ +61.92% vs 2023
World rank 156of 162
Period maximum 20.61M US$2011
Period minimum 1,407 US$1998

Trend over time

1980–2024 · US$

Remittances paid — Sierra Leone, 1980–2024010M20M30M19801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 1,524,103 US$1982: 1,453,194 US$1983: 742,576 US$1984: 557,780 US$1985: 431,867 US$1986: 111,856 US$1987: 364,250 US$1988: 264,501 US$1989: 140,438 US$1990: 56,126 US$1991: 18,961 US$1992: 8,810 US$1993: 8,459 US$1994: 7,499 US$1995: 6,753 US$1996: 6,408 US$1997: 1,528 US$1998: 1,407 US$1999: 36,748 US$2001: 339,400 US$2002: 2,616,587 US$2003: 3,403,188 US$2004: 2,604,417 US$2005: 2,366,623 US$2006: 3,883,889 US$2007: 3,787,476 US$2008: 3,215,137 US$2009: 3,491,082 US$2010: 10,570,719 US$2011: 20,610,761 US$2012: 20,085,153 US$2013: 8,997,560 US$2014: 6,840,004 US$2015: 6,763,602 US$2016: 5,474,610 US$2017: 4,073,975 US$2018: 7,007,054 US$2019: 8,294,458 US$2020: 7,710,800 US$2021: 8,647,626 US$2022: 8,288,676 US$2023: 5,980,186 US$2024: 9,682,870 US$
Change over the period: +8.16M (+535.32%) Average annual rate: 4.29 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 9.68M US$
World 619B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.34B US$
Western Africa computed 4.41B US$
Remittances paid — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 9.68M +3.7M +61.92%
2023 5.98M −2.31M −27.85%
2022 8.29M −358,949 −4.15%
2021 8.65M +936,826 +12.15%
2020 7.71M −583,659 −7.04%
2019 8.29M +1.29M +18.37%
2018 7.01M +2.93M +72%
2017 4.07M −1.4M −25.58%
2016 5.47M −1.29M −19.06%
2015 6.76M −76,402 −1.12%
2014 6.84M −2.16M −23.98%
2013 9M −11.09M −55.2%
2012 20.09M −525,608 −2.55%
2011 20.61M +10.04M +94.98%
2010 10.57M +7.08M +202.79%
2009 3.49M +275,945 +8.58%
2008 3.22M −572,339 −15.11%
2007 3.79M −96,413 −2.48%
2006 3.88M +1.52M +64.11%
2005 2.37M −237,794 −9.13%
2004 2.6M −798,772 −23.47%
2003 3.4M +786,601 +30.06%
2002 2.62M +2.28M +670.95%
2001 339,400
1999 36,748 +35,341 +2,511.79%
1998 1,407 −121 −7.94%
1997 1,528 −4,880 −76.15%
1996 6,408 −345 −5.11%
1995 6,753 −746 −9.95%
1994 7,499 −960 −11.35%
1993 8,459 −351 −3.98%
1992 8,810 −10,151 −53.54%
1991 18,961 −37,165 −66.22%
1990 56,126 −84,313 −60.04%
1989 140,438 −124,063 −46.9%
1988 264,501 −99,750 −27.38%
1987 364,250 +252,394 +225.64%
1986 111,856 −320,011 −74.1%
1985 431,867 −125,913 −22.57%
1984 557,780 −184,795 −24.89%
1983 742,576 −710,619 −48.9%
1982 1.45M
1980 1.52M

About the indicator

Personal remittances sent from a country abroad. This is the mirror side of remittances received, and together the two divide the world into countries that take in labor migrants and countries that send them. The largest senders are the United States and the Gulf states, and for the latter the flow is enormous relative to the size of the economy: incomers make up the majority of those working there.

Important: Remittances sent and received should match at the world level, but they do not: some countries do not record the flow, and part of the transfers goes outside the statistics.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.