Workers' remittances received as a share of GDP rose 161% to 0.044% in Sierra Leone in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, workers' remittances received as a share of GDP in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 0.044% in 2020 and an all time low of < 0.001% in 1991. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, workers' remittances received as a share of GDP in Burkina Faso amounted to 0.029%, 0.002% in Guinea, 0.110% in Liberia and 0.057% in Mali in 2020.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 49th within the group of 159 countries we follow in terms of workers' remittances received as a share of GDP, 25 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Workers' Remittances, Received (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 0.012% | 0.012% | 0.011% | 0.011% | 0.010% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.033% | 0.031% | 0.030% | 0.029% | 0.029% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 0.101% | 0.053% | 0.059% | 0.052% | 0.059% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 0.015% | 0.006% | 0.004% | 0.002% | 0.012% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 0.007% | 0.007% | 0.006% | 0.006% | 0.006% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.203% | 0.171% | 0.119% | 0.134% | 0.104% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.062% | 0.059% | 0.058% | 0.060% | 0.056% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.011% | 0.008% | 0.008% | ... | |
| Niger | % | 0.018% | 0.017% | 0.024% | 0.023% | 0.024% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 0.099% | 0.104% | 0.102% | 0.105% | 0.108% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 0.011% | 0.016% | 0.017% | 0.018% | 0.017% | ... |
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