Sierra Leone - Remittances Received 2021
$183.8M
+$6.8M from 2020
Sierra Leone's remittances received was $183.8M in 2021, increased +$6.8M from $177.0M in 2020. This was the 45th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nauru | $1.2M | -52.1% |
| 2nd | Palau | $1.9M | -17.3% |
| 3rd | Tuvalu | $2.9M | 34.0% |
| 4th | Papua New Guinea | $3.1M | 35.1% |
| 5th | Maldives | $4.9M | 5.0% |
| 6th | Seychelles | $9.5M | -4.7% |
| 7th | Cayman Islands | $10.2M | 13.4% |
| 8th | São Tomé and Principe | $10.6M | 22.9% |
| 9th | Angola | $12.6M | 56.8% |
| 10th | Mauritania | $13.2M | -92.2% |
| 11th | Kiribati | $13.4M | -10.4% |
| 12th | Malta | $14.0M | 1.9% |
| 13th | San Marino | $21.0M | 19.2% |
| 14th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $23.3M | 0.0% |
| 15th | Marshall Islands | $34.5M | 3.0% |
| 16th | Aruba | $35.8M | 2.5% |
| 17th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $37.1M | 17.4% |
| 18th | Oman | $39.0M | 0.0% |
| 19th | Dominica | $40.2M | 19.4% |
| 20th | Congo, Republic of | $44.0M | 248.0% |
| 21st | Antigua and Barbuda | $45.3M | 25.0% |
| 22nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $46.5M | 20.2% |
| 23rd | Solomon Islands | $51.0M | 85.5% |
| 24th | Andorra | $53.0M | 11.8% |
| 25th | Bahamas, The | $53.0M | 4.4% |
| 26th | Botswana | $60.6M | 37.0% |
| 27th | Grenada | $62.1M | -11.8% |
| 28th | Namibia | $63.0M | 4.2% |
| 29th | St. Lucia | $63.3M | 12.2% |
| 30th | Chile | $66.5M | 0.4% |
| 31st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $70.1M | 11.2% |
| 32nd | Bhutan | $73.4M | -12.1% |
| 33rd | Macao SAR, China | $73.9M | 12.4% |
| 34th | Djibouti | $79.4M | 24.0% |
| 35th | Barbados | $85.2M | 0.0% |
| 36th | Uruguay | $125.7M | 13.2% |
| 37th | Eswatini | $132.2M | 17.5% |
| 38th | South Sudan | $135.0M | 56.1% |
| 39th | Belize | $135.4M | 12.2% |
| 40th | Curaçao | $141.9M | 7.3% |
| 41st | Suriname | $147.6M | 19.0% |
| 42nd | Timor-Leste | $150.0M | 56.5% |
| 43rd | Burundi | $168.0M | 15.6% |
| 44th | Ireland | $179.9M | -34.8% |
| 45th | Sierra Leone | $183.8M | 3.8% |
| 46th | Iceland | $193.3M | 15.5% |
| 47th | Vanuatu | $199.8M | 57.2% |
| 48th | Mozambique | $201.9M | 24.6% |
| 49th | Guinea-Bissau | $206.1M | 17.8% |
| 50th | Tonga | $215.7M | 13.5% |
| 51st | Lao PDR | $219.5M | -5.4% |
| 52nd | Benin | $230.9M | 12.8% |
| 53rd | Trinidad and Tobago | $234.0M | 20.3% |
| 54th | Zambia | $239.7M | 77.7% |
| 55th | Samoa | $248.4M | 21.7% |
| 56th | Mauritius | $272.5M | -4.3% |
| 57th | Comoros | $288.0M | 27.1% |
| 58th | Saudi Arabia | $294.9M | -2.4% |
| 59th | Kazakhstan | $309.9M | -17.2% |
| 60th | Cabo Verde | $314.5M | 34.3% |
| 61st | Malawi | $318.6M | 37.5% |
| 62nd | Afghanistan | $320.0M | -59.4% |
| 63rd | Guinea | $343.9M | 1,426.5% |
| 64th | Niger | $353.3M | -32.2% |
| 65th | Rwanda | $391.2M | 39.7% |
| 66th | Fiji | $393.6M | 24.1% |
| 67th | Cameroon | $430.1M | 28.7% |
| 68th | Madagascar | $439.7M | -11.2% |
| 69th | Côte d'Ivoire | $440.2M | 33.7% |
| 70th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $453.1M | 6.2% |
| 71st | New Zealand | $461.9M | 7.8% |
| 72nd | Mongolia | $471.2M | -14.2% |
| 73rd | Lesotho | $474.5M | 5.5% |
| 74th | North Macedonia | $489.6M | 4.2% |
| 75th | Gambia, The | $547.1M | 31.4% |
| 76th | Guyana | $553.5M | 25.5% |
| 77th | Tanzania | $558.4M | 71.2% |
| 78th | Panama | $566.7M | 46.6% |
| 79th | Burkina Faso | $571.0M | 8.8% |
| 80th | French Polynesia | $581.6M | 0.0% |
| 81st | Estonia | $589.9M | 16.4% |
| 82nd | Costa Rica | $594.1M | 13.2% |
| 83rd | New Caledonia | $621.1M | 0.0% |
| 84th | Cyprus | $627.1M | 10.5% |
| 85th | Finland | $667.4M | 11.6% |
| 86th | Norway | $671.8M | 14.1% |
| 87th | Greece | $688.9M | 12.7% |
| 88th | Türkiye | $726.0M | -11.0% |
| 89th | Lithuania | $778.1M | -1.6% |
| 90th | Montenegro | $792.2M | 31.9% |
| 91st | Kuwait | $806.7M | 3,482.4% |
| 92nd | Paraguay | $825.0M | 9.1% |
| 93rd | Slovenia | $826.5M | 12.0% |
| 94th | Canada | $831.5M | 1.2% |
| 95th | Iraq | $839.5M | 30.3% |
| 96th | Australia | $841.0M | -24.3% |
| 97th | Qatar | $858.8M | 31.8% |
| 98th | Liberia | $865.0M | 107.4% |
| 99th | Argentina | $902.8M | 39.3% |
| 100th | South Africa | $926.7M | 14.3% |
| 101st | Sudan | $1.1B | 125.9% |
| 102nd | Mali | $1.1B | 13.5% |
| 103rd | Belarus | $1.1B | 13.4% |
| 104th | Uganda | $1.2B | 8.8% |
| 105th | Israel | $1.2B | 19.1% |
| 106th | Myanmar | $1.3B | -52.0% |
| 107th | Latvia | $1.3B | 21.0% |
| 108th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $1.3B | 12.7% |
| 109th | Portugal | $1.4B | 34.7% |
| 110th | Denmark | $1.4B | 6.1% |
| 111th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $1.4B | 25.8% |
| 112th | Azerbaijan | $1.5B | 8.8% |
| 113th | Malaysia | $1.6B | 8.8% |
| 114th | Armenia | $1.6B | 17.3% |
| 115th | Bermuda | $1.7B | 5.2% |
| 116th | Kosovo | $1.7B | 18.0% |
| 117th | Albania | $1.7B | 17.2% |
| 118th | Algeria | $1.8B | 5.4% |
| 119th | Ghana | $2.0B | -54.4% |
| 120th | Bulgaria | $2.0B | 1.3% |
| 121st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $2.1B | 29.0% |
| 122nd | Moldova | $2.1B | 12.9% |
| 123rd | Nicaragua | $2.1B | 15.9% |
| 124th | Slovak Republic | $2.4B | -1.4% |
| 125th | Luxembourg | $2.5B | 5.2% |
| 126th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2.5B | 28.3% |
| 127th | Cambodia | $2.5B | -1.9% |
| 128th | Zimbabwe | $2.6B | 40.5% |
| 129th | Georgia | $2.6B | 25.3% |
| 130th | Tajikistan | $2.9B | 33.6% |
| 131st | Tunisia | $3.0B | 30.1% |
| 132nd | Kyrgyz Republic | $3.0B | 14.5% |
| 133rd | Senegal | $3.1B | 18.8% |
| 134th | Austria | $3.2B | 5.4% |
| 135th | Switzerland | $3.2B | 3.4% |
| 136th | Sweden | $3.3B | -0.1% |
| 137th | Yemen, Republic of | $3.4B | 0.0% |
| 138th | United Kingdom | $3.5B | 6.6% |
| 139th | Peru | $3.6B | 24.1% |
| 140th | Jamaica | $3.7B | 20.9% |
| 141st | Hungary | $3.8B | -4.0% |
| 142nd | West Bank and Gaza | $3.8B | 46.9% |
| 143rd | Kenya | $3.8B | 21.3% |
| 144th | Spain | $3.9B | 28.9% |
| 145th | Netherlands | $4.0B | 9.2% |
| 146th | Haiti | $4.0B | 22.6% |
| 147th | Brazil | $4.1B | 15.0% |
| 148th | Ecuador | $4.4B | 30.6% |
| 149th | Czechia | $4.4B | 4.8% |
| 150th | Serbia | $4.6B | 18.9% |
| 151st | Croatia | $5.0B | 18.8% |
| 152nd | Jordan | $5.1B | 5.2% |
| 153rd | Japan | $5.3B | 8.3% |
| 154th | Sri Lanka | $5.5B | -22.7% |
| 155th | Lebanon | $6.4B | -3.6% |
| 156th | United States | $7.1B | 3.9% |
| 157th | Honduras | $7.2B | 28.9% |
| 158th | El Salvador | $7.6B | 28.5% |
| 159th | Korea | $7.7B | 4.1% |
| 160th | Poland | $7.9B | 6.6% |
| 161st | Nepal | $8.2B | 1.5% |
| 162nd | Colombia | $8.6B | 24.3% |
| 163rd | Thailand | $8.7B | 10.2% |
| 164th | Romania | $9.1B | 19.5% |
| 165th | Uzbekistan | $9.3B | 31.0% |
| 166th | Indonesia | $9.4B | -2.6% |
| 167th | Russian Federation | $9.6B | -2.7% |
| 168th | Italy | $10.1B | 2.2% |
| 169th | Dominican Republic | $10.7B | 28.9% |
| 170th | Morocco | $10.9B | 47.1% |
| 171st | Viet Nam | $12.7B | 18.7% |
| 172nd | Belgium | $14.3B | 9.0% |
| 173rd | Guatemala | $15.4B | 35.1% |
| 174th | Ukraine | $18.1B | 18.7% |
| 175th | Nigeria | $19.5B | 13.2% |
| 176th | Germany | $20.3B | 7.6% |
| 177th | Bangladesh | $22.2B | 2.1% |
| 178th | China | $22.5B | 19.1% |
| 179th | Pakistan | $31.3B | 20.0% |
| 180th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $31.5B | 6.4% |
| 181st | France | $32.6B | 8.9% |
| 182nd | Philippines | $36.7B | 5.2% |
| 183rd | Mexico | $55.1B | 25.2% |
| 184th | India | $89.4B | 7.5% |
| 185th | European Union | $137.2B | 8.5% |
FAQ
What was Sierra Leone's remittances received in 2021?▾
Sierra Leone's remittances received in 2021 was $183.8M. This ranked 45th globally.
How did Sierra Leone's remittances received change in 2021?▾
Sierra Leone's remittances received increased by 3.8% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest remittances received in 2021?▾
European Union had the highest remittances received in 2021 at $137.2B.
What is the remittances received of Sierra Leone in 2021?▾
The remittances received of Sierra Leone in 2021 was $183.8M. This ranked 45th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Sierra Leone's remittances received?▾
Sierra Leone's remittances received went from $177.0M in 2020 to $183.8M in 2021, a 3.8% increase.
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