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Sierra Leone

$518m received in 2022
12 donors recorded

Aid received over time

$0.00m$256m$511m$767m$1.0bn20002004200820122016202020222000: $181m2000: $181m2001: $335m2001: $335m2002: $383m2002: $383m2003: $337m2003: $337m2004: $376m2004: $376m2005: $340m2005: $340m2006: $380m2006: $380m2007: $512m2007: $512m2008: $329m2008: $329m2009: $411m2009: $411m2010: $458m2010: $458m2011: $424m2011: $424m2012: $440m2012: $440m2013: $449m2013: $449m2014: $914m2014: $914m2015: $947m2015: $947m2016: $693m2016: $693m2017: $541m2017: $541m2018: $508m2018: $508m2019: $566m2019: $566m2020: $841m2020: $841m2021: $710m2021: $710m2022: $518m2022: $518m
Sierra Leone — ODA received USD millions

Who funds it

International Development Association [IDA]: $211mInternational Development Assoc…$211mUnited States: $42mUnited States$42mUnited Kingdom: $41mUnited Kingdom$41mGlobal Fund: $38mGlobal Fund$38mEU Institutions: $33mEU Institutions$33mJapan: $25mJapan$25mAfrican Development Fund [AfDF]: $24mAfrican Development Fund [AfDF]$24mIreland: $19mIreland$19mGermany: $18mGermany$18mUNICEF: $10mUNICEF$10mIFAD: $9mIFAD$9mFrance: $7mFrance$7m
Who funded it, 2022 USD millions

Chinese finance

Not part of the figures above, and not addable to them: China does not report to the OECD, so these are commitments reconstructed by AidData, in constant 2021 dollars. Total $5.0bn.

$0.00m$554m$1.1bn$1.7bn$2.2bn2000200420122016202020212000: $0.64m2000: $0.64m2002: $16m2002: $16m2003: $0.61m2003: $0.61m2004: $7m2004: $7m2005: $22m2005: $22m2006: $5m2006: $5m2007: $71m2007: $71m2011: $53m2011: $53m2012: $1.4bn2012: $1.4bn2013: $99m2013: $99m2014: $24m2014: $24m2015: $19m2015: $19m2016: $264m2016: $264m2017: $761m2017: $761m2018: $14m2018: $14m2019: $150m2019: $150m2020: $0.01m2020: $0.01m2021: $2.1bn2021: $2.1bn
Sierra Leone — Chinese commitments USD millions, constant 2021

Largest projects

China Development Bank provides $2 billion loan for Phase 2 of the Tonkolili Iron Mine Project (Linked to Project ID#30068) $2.0bn
2021 OOF-like Loan Industry, Mining, Construction Implementation
CDB provides $1.2 billion loan to SISG to facilitate acquisition of 25% ownership stake in Tonkolili Iron Mine (Linked to Project ID#67499, ID#67503, and ID#92212) $1.4bn
2012 OOF-like Loan Industry, Mining, Construction Completion
ICBC contributes $529 million to $659 million syndicated loan for Port Elizabeth II Upgrading and Expansion Project (Linked to Project ID#62222, #62224) $610m
2017 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Implementation
CRSG provides $165 supplier credit for 62 km Wellington-Masiaka PPP Toll Highway Project $195m
2016 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Implementation
China Eximbank contributes $130 million to $659 million syndicated loan for Port Elizabeth II Upgrading and Expansion Project (Linked to to Project ID#62222, #62223) $150m
2017 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Implementation
Chinese Government provides RMB 450 million grant — via ETCA — for Fishery Harbor Project $74m
2019 ODA-like Grant Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing Pipeline: Commitment
Chinese Government provides RMB 300 million grant for Tropical Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Center Construction Project (Linked to Project #67838) $53m
2016 ODA-like Grant Health Completion
China Eximbank provides $45million preferential buyer’s credit for Rubber and Rice Planting and Processing Project (Linked to Project ID#31006, #31008, #31007) $51m
2013 OOF-like Loan Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing Completion

Source: AidData Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset v3.0 (ODC-BY). Commitments, not disbursements.

What the country raises itself

Aid is only one side of the ledger. Revenue excluding grants is the direct counterpart to ODA: what the state collects without donor support.

1.7% Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 2024

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Source: OECD DAC2A, as reported by donors. A reported disbursement is not evidence of funds received or spent.