Sierra Leone - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Sierra Leone was $8,294,459 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $20,610,760 in 2011 and a minimum value of $1,407 in 1998.

Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.

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Year Value
1980 $1,524,103
1982 $1,453,195
1983 $742,576
1984 $557,780
1985 $431,867
1986 $111,856
1987 $364,250
1988 $264,501
1989 $140,438
1990 $56,126
1991 $18,961
1992 $8,810
1993 $8,459
1994 $7,499
1995 $6,753
1996 $6,408
1997 $1,528
1998 $1,407
1999 $36,748
2001 $339,400
2002 $2,616,587
2003 $3,403,188
2004 $2,604,417
2005 $2,366,623
2006 $3,883,889
2007 $3,787,476
2008 $3,215,137
2009 $3,491,082
2010 $10,570,720
2011 $20,610,760
2012 $20,085,150
2013 $8,997,560
2014 $6,840,004
2015 $6,763,602
2016 $5,474,299
2017 $4,073,974
2018 $7,005,878
2019 $8,294,459

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Sierra Leone was $59,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $69,660,700 in 2013 and a minimum value of $27,072 in 1990.

Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.

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Year Value
1980 $95,256
1981 $87,995
1982 $80,733
1983 $53,041
1984 $79,683
1985 $39,261
1986 $57,818
1987 $76,375
1988 $79,965
1989 $51,828
1990 $27,072
1991 $27,764
1992 $65,673
1993 $57,802
1994 $55,902
1995 $23,673,630
1996 $25,246,640
1997 $5,984,620
1998 $20,330,610
1999 $22,476,890
2000 $7,134,995
2001 $6,215,278
2002 $21,815,460
2003 $25,889,260
2004 $24,714,830
2005 $2,435,105
2006 $15,622,340
2007 $41,973,860
2008 $22,578,600
2009 $35,896,000
2010 $44,218,580
2011 $58,811,620
2012 $64,534,080
2013 $69,660,700
2014 $62,430,100
2015 $48,163,700
2016 $46,828,890
2017 $48,340,860
2018 $62,075,450
2019 $52,980,320
2020 $59,000,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Sierra Leone was 1.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 3.36 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1991.

Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1980 0.01
1981 0.01
1982 0.01
1983 0.01
1984 0.01
1985 0.00
1986 0.01
1987 0.01
1988 0.01
1989 0.01
1990 0.00
1991 0.00
1992 0.01
1993 0.01
1994 0.01
1995 2.72
1996 2.68
1997 0.70
1998 3.02
1999 3.36
2000 1.12
2001 0.57
2002 1.74
2003 1.87
2004 1.71
2005 0.15
2006 0.83
2007 1.94
2008 0.90
2009 1.46
2010 1.72
2011 2.00
2012 1.70
2013 1.42
2014 1.24
2015 1.14
2016 1.27
2017 1.30
2018 1.52
2019 1.30
2020 1.45

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments