Personal remittances received in Cabo Verde

Personal remittances received by Cabo Verde were equal to 11.7% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1980 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Cabo Verde, 2025 11.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.6percentage points 2024: 12.3%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Cabo Verde over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Cabo VerdeWorld
2025 11.7% 0.8%
2024 12.3% 0.8%
2023 12.6% 0.8%
2022 14.0% 0.8%
2021 15.3% 0.7%
2020 12.9% 0.8%
2019 9.5% 0.7%
2018 10.6% 0.7%
2017 10.8% 0.7%
2016 11.4% 0.7%
2015 11.5% 0.7%
2014 9.6% 0.7%
2013 8.7% 0.7%
2012 9.3% 0.7%
2011 8.6% 0.6%
2010 7.2% 0.6%
2009 7.3% 0.7%
2008 7.9% 0.6%
2007 8.4% 0.6%
2006 12.3% 0.6%
2005 14.1% 0.5%
2004 12.3% 0.5%
2003 13.3% 0.5%
2002 13.7% 0.5%
2001 14.4% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 12.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 11.5%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2025 for Cabo Verde
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data