Sierra Leone - Remittances Received 2009
$35.9M
+$13.3M from 2008
Sierra Leone's remittances received was $35.9M in 2009, increased +$13.3M from $22.6M in 2008. This was the 30th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Angola | $162,359 | -99.8% |
| 2nd | Nauru | $210,117 | -7.6% |
| 3rd | Mauritius | $660,463 | 4.2% |
| 4th | Palau | $1.6M | -0.9% |
| 5th | São Tomé and Principe | $2.0M | -33.3% |
| 6th | Maldives | $4.5M | -28.0% |
| 7th | Suriname | $4.6M | 109.1% |
| 8th | Papua New Guinea | $4.7M | -35.6% |
| 9th | Tuvalu | $4.8M | -19.1% |
| 10th | Bhutan | $4.9M | 37.1% |
| 11th | Aruba | $9.1M | 33.9% |
| 12th | Vanuatu | $11.5M | 29.0% |
| 13th | Solomon Islands | $12.5M | 36.9% |
| 14th | Gabon | $13.8M | -33.0% |
| 15th | Kiribati | $14.0M | -2.3% |
| 16th | Botswana | $15.2M | -67.5% |
| 17th | Seychelles | $16.1M | 409.9% |
| 18th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $16.3M | -1.4% |
| 19th | Malawi | $16.7M | -0.1% |
| 20th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $17.3M | - |
| 21st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $19.5M | 32.7% |
| 22nd | Marshall Islands | $23.6M | 2.3% |
| 23rd | Liberia | $25.1M | -56.8% |
| 24th | Antigua and Barbuda | $27.8M | -6.4% |
| 25th | Burundi | $28.2M | 674.5% |
| 26th | St. Lucia | $30.3M | -3.1% |
| 27th | Djibouti | $32.5M | 7.1% |
| 28th | Congo, Republic of | $34.1M | 57.0% |
| 29th | Grenada | $35.3M | -3.8% |
| 30th | Sierra Leone | $35.9M | 59.0% |
| 31st | Lao PDR | $37.6M | 111.4% |
| 32nd | Oman | $39.0M | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Tanzania | $39.8M | 8.2% |
| 34th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $40.9M | -3.1% |
| 35th | Zambia | $41.3M | -39.5% |
| 36th | Dominica | $44.6M | -2.4% |
| 37th | Macao SAR, China | $48.4M | -6.2% |
| 38th | Guinea-Bissau | $48.9M | -1.2% |
| 39th | Chile | $51.9M | 347.7% |
| 40th | Guinea | $52.0M | -15.4% |
| 41st | Myanmar | $54.5M | -0.5% |
| 42nd | Namibia | $76.5M | 464.1% |
| 43rd | Belize | $78.6M | 2.7% |
| 44th | Gambia, The | $79.8M | 23.1% |
| 45th | Tonga | $81.9M | -20.8% |
| 46th | Eswatini | $93.5M | 4.3% |
| 47th | Iceland | $94.8M | -21.8% |
| 48th | Burkina Faso | $96.4M | -3.4% |
| 49th | Comoros | $100.4M | -0.9% |
| 50th | Uruguay | $101.1M | -6.3% |
| 51st | Niger | $102.1M | 8.5% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | $109.3M | 15.7% |
| 53rd | Mozambique | $111.1M | -4.0% |
| 54th | Timor-Leste | $113.3M | 542.0% |
| 55th | Ghana | $114.5M | -9.2% |
| 56th | Barbados | $114.5M | 13.2% |
| 57th | Samoa | $119.5M | 9.6% |
| 58th | Benin | $126.5M | -39.2% |
| 59th | Cabo Verde | $135.6M | -12.5% |
| 60th | Faroe Islands | $138.7M | 1.6% |
| 61st | Afghanistan | $140.7M | 57.1% |
| 62nd | Cambodia | $142.2M | -24.3% |
| 63rd | Algeria | $150.3M | 45.1% |
| 64th | Iraq | $152.0M | 114.4% |
| 65th | Fiji | $171.1M | 16.6% |
| 66th | Slovenia | $173.5M | -54.4% |
| 67th | Cameroon | $185.1M | 13.8% |
| 68th | Kazakhstan | $198.2M | 57.8% |
| 69th | Mongolia | $199.6M | -11.1% |
| 70th | Saudi Arabia | $214.4M | -0.8% |
| 71st | Malta | $259.9M | -1.7% |
| 72nd | Guyana | $262.1M | -4.3% |
| 73rd | Madagascar | $283.7M | -9.6% |
| 74th | Montenegro | $303.2M | 1.7% |
| 75th | Côte d'Ivoire | $316.3M | 58.4% |
| 76th | New Zealand | $331.0M | -21.4% |
| 77th | Togo | $335.9M | -0.8% |
| 78th | Panama | $337.0M | -10.8% |
| 79th | Estonia | $340.1M | -18.3% |
| 80th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $347.8M | -2.1% |
| 81st | Paraguay | $377.3M | 4.0% |
| 82nd | North Macedonia | $381.2M | -6.3% |
| 83rd | Mali | $455.6M | 5.3% |
| 84th | Belarus | $503.8M | -13.6% |
| 85th | Israel | $507.0M | -19.3% |
| 86th | New Caledonia | $509.4M | -6.4% |
| 87th | Costa Rica | $513.1M | -15.2% |
| 88th | Lesotho | $547.9M | -4.9% |
| 89th | Ireland | $573.2M | -9.5% |
| 90th | Cyprus | $593.4M | -37.4% |
| 91st | Portugal | $598.2M | -6.7% |
| 92nd | Argentina | $628.5M | -10.9% |
| 93rd | Kenya | $631.5M | -5.4% |
| 94th | Norway | $631.5M | -7.8% |
| 95th | Romania | $682.5M | -59.9% |
| 96th | French Polynesia | $727.8M | -4.6% |
| 97th | West Bank and Gaza | $755.2M | 2.0% |
| 98th | Nicaragua | $770.3M | -6.0% |
| 99th | Uganda | $781.1M | 8.0% |
| 100th | South Africa | $862.1M | 10.0% |
| 101st | Kyrgyz Republic | $982.0M | -19.7% |
| 102nd | Denmark | $1.0B | -3.1% |
| 103rd | Kosovo | $1.1B | -8.5% |
| 104th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $1.1B | -6.8% |
| 105th | Finland | $1.1B | -1.6% |
| 106th | Georgia | $1.1B | 4.4% |
| 107th | Malaysia | $1.1B | -14.9% |
| 108th | Yemen, Republic of | $1.2B | -17.8% |
| 109th | Czechia | $1.2B | 5.4% |
| 110th | Canada | $1.2B | -7.9% |
| 111th | Zimbabwe | $1.2B | 2,659.9% |
| 112th | Lithuania | $1.2B | -20.8% |
| 113th | Azerbaijan | $1.3B | -17.4% |
| 114th | Australia | $1.3B | -12.5% |
| 115th | Bermuda | $1.3B | -3.2% |
| 116th | Syrian Arab Republic | $1.3B | 1.9% |
| 117th | Moldova | $1.4B | -28.4% |
| 118th | Senegal | $1.4B | -8.5% |
| 119th | Haiti | $1.4B | 0.4% |
| 120th | Sudan | $1.4B | -12.3% |
| 121st | Armenia | $1.4B | -24.4% |
| 122nd | Hungary | $1.5B | 15.8% |
| 123rd | Spain | $1.5B | -17.2% |
| 124th | Tajikistan | $1.6B | -31.3% |
| 125th | Latvia | $1.6B | -17.4% |
| 126th | Bulgaria | $1.6B | -17.0% |
| 127th | Japan | $1.6B | -8.0% |
| 128th | Slovak Republic | $1.7B | -18.4% |
| 129th | Luxembourg | $1.7B | 0.9% |
| 130th | Albania | $1.7B | -7.9% |
| 131st | Türkiye | $1.8B | -24.8% |
| 132nd | Jamaica | $1.9B | -12.4% |
| 133rd | Tunisia | $2.0B | -0.6% |
| 134th | Greece | $2.0B | -24.7% |
| 135th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2.1B | -21.7% |
| 136th | Uzbekistan | $2.2B | -40.0% |
| 137th | Croatia | $2.3B | -9.4% |
| 138th | Peru | $2.4B | -1.4% |
| 139th | Honduras | $2.5B | -12.2% |
| 140th | Switzerland | $2.6B | 5.3% |
| 141st | Ecuador | $2.7B | -11.2% |
| 142nd | Netherlands | $2.8B | 70.4% |
| 143rd | Brazil | $2.9B | -20.7% |
| 144th | Nepal | $3.0B | 9.4% |
| 145th | Austria | $3.1B | -2.8% |
| 146th | Sri Lanka | $3.3B | 14.1% |
| 147th | El Salvador | $3.4B | -9.4% |
| 148th | Dominican Republic | $3.4B | -5.3% |
| 149th | Jordan | $3.5B | -1.3% |
| 150th | Thailand | $3.8B | 100.6% |
| 151st | Sweden | $4.0B | -3.1% |
| 152nd | Guatemala | $4.0B | -9.6% |
| 153rd | Colombia | $4.1B | -14.5% |
| 154th | Serbia | $4.6B | 31.1% |
| 155th | Russian Federation | $5.1B | -11.0% |
| 156th | United Kingdom | $5.2B | -12.5% |
| 157th | United States | $5.7B | 7.0% |
| 158th | Ukraine | $5.9B | -12.4% |
| 159th | Korea | $6.0B | -14.0% |
| 160th | Viet Nam | $6.0B | -11.6% |
| 161st | Morocco | $6.3B | -9.1% |
| 162nd | Indonesia | $6.8B | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Italy | $7.0B | -4.3% |
| 164th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $7.1B | -17.8% |
| 165th | Lebanon | $7.6B | 5.3% |
| 166th | Pakistan | $8.7B | 23.8% |
| 167th | China | $9.2B | 0.8% |
| 168th | Poland | $10.2B | -17.1% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | $10.5B | 17.7% |
| 170th | Belgium | $11.1B | 5.8% |
| 171st | Germany | $13.7B | 4.1% |
| 172nd | Nigeria | $18.4B | -4.3% |
| 173rd | France | $19.7B | -2.1% |
| 174th | Philippines | $20.0B | 5.9% |
| 175th | Mexico | $22.9B | -15.5% |
| 176th | India | $49.2B | -1.5% |
| 177th | European Union | $93.3B | -5.0% |
FAQ
What was Sierra Leone's remittances received in 2009?▾
Sierra Leone's remittances received in 2009 was $35.9M. This ranked 30th globally.
How did Sierra Leone's remittances received change in 2009?▾
Sierra Leone's remittances received increased by 59.0% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest remittances received in 2009?▾
European Union had the highest remittances received in 2009 at $93.3B.
What is the remittances received of Sierra Leone in 2009?▾
The remittances received of Sierra Leone in 2009 was $35.9M. This ranked 30th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Sierra Leone's remittances received?▾
Sierra Leone's remittances received went from $22.6M in 2008 to $35.9M in 2009, a 59.0% increase.
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