Personal remittances received in Afghanistan
Personal remittances received by Afghanistan were equal to 4.0% of GDP in 2020.
The latest value for Afghanistan is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Afghanistan, 2020
4.0%
Change from 2019
−0.5percentage points
World, 2020
0.8%
Personal remittances received in Afghanistan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 0.8% |
| 2024 | – | 0.8% |
| 2023 | – | 0.8% |
| 2022 | – | 0.8% |
| 2021 | – | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 4.5% | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 4.4% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | 0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| 2007 | – | 0.6% |
| 2006 | – | 0.6% |
| 2005 | – | 0.5% |
| 2004 | – | 0.5% |
| 2003 | – | 0.5% |
| 2002 | – | 0.5% |
| 2001 | – | 0.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 4.4% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 2.4%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 0.8%.