diff --git a/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.js b/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b0357a17a65..000000000000
--- a/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import _ from 'lodash';
-import StringUtils from './StringUtils';
-
-/**
- * Searches the countries/states data and returns sorted results based on the search query
- * @param {String} searchValue
- * @param {Object[]} countriesData - An array of country data objects
- * @returns {Object[]} An array of countries/states sorted based on the search query
- */
-function searchCountryOptions(searchValue, countriesData) {
-    if (_.isEmpty(searchValue)) {
-        return countriesData;
-    }
-
-    const trimmedSearchValue = StringUtils.sanitizeString(searchValue);
-    if (_.isEmpty(trimmedSearchValue)) {
-        return [];
-    }
-
-    const filteredData = _.filter(countriesData, (country) => _.includes(country.searchValue, trimmedSearchValue));
-
-    // sort by country code
-    return _.sortBy(filteredData, (country) => (_.toLower(country.value) === trimmedSearchValue ? -1 : 1));
-}
-
-export default searchCountryOptions;
diff --git a/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.ts b/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8fb1cc9c37f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/searchCountryOptions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import StringUtils from './StringUtils';
+
+type CountryData = {
+    value: string;
+    keyForList: string;
+    text: string;
+    isSelected: boolean;
+    searchValue: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Searches the countries/states data and returns sorted results based on the search query
+ * @param countriesData - An array of country data objects
+ * @returns An array of countries/states sorted based on the search query
+ */
+function searchCountryOptions(searchValue: string, countriesData: CountryData[]): CountryData[] {
+    if (!searchValue) {
+        return countriesData;
+    }
+
+    const trimmedSearchValue = StringUtils.sanitizeString(searchValue);
+    if (!trimmedSearchValue) {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    const filteredData = countriesData.filter((country) => country.searchValue.includes(trimmedSearchValue));
+
+    return filteredData.sort((a, b) => {
+        if (a.value.toLowerCase() === trimmedSearchValue) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (b.value.toLowerCase() === trimmedSearchValue) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    });
+}
+
+export default searchCountryOptions;