Personal remittances received in Egypt

Personal remittances received by Egypt were equal to 11.4% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1993.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1977 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Egypt, 2025 11.4% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +3.8percentage points 2024: 7.6%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Egypt 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 EgyptWorld
2025 11.4% 0.8%
2024 7.6% 0.8%
2023 4.9% 0.8%
2022 5.9% 0.8%
2021 7.4% 0.7%
2020 7.7% 0.8%
2019 8.4% 0.7%
2018 9.7% 0.7%
2017 10.0% 0.7%
2016 5.6% 0.7%
2015 5.6% 0.7%
2014 6.4% 0.7%
2013 6.2% 0.7%
2012 6.9% 0.7%
2011 6.1% 0.6%
2010 5.7% 0.6%
2009 3.8% 0.7%
2008 5.3% 0.6%
2007 5.9% 0.6%
2006 5.0% 0.6%
2005 5.6% 0.5%
2004 4.2% 0.5%
2003 3.7% 0.5%
2002 3.4% 0.5%
2001 3.0% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.8 percentage points from 7.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by +5.8 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
1977 to 2025 for Egypt
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