Personal remittances received in European Union

Personal remittances received by the European Union were equal to 0.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1975.

Personal remittances received % of GDP Data: 1975 to 2025 Source: World Bank

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European Union, 2025 0.8% % of GDP

Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 0.8%

World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in European Union 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	European Union	World
2025	0.8%	0.8%
2024	0.8%	0.8%
2023	0.8%	0.8%
2022	0.8%	0.8%
2021	0.8%	0.7%
2020	0.8%	0.8%
2019	0.8%	0.7%
2018	0.8%	0.7%
2017	0.8%	0.7%
2016	0.8%	0.7%
2015	0.8%	0.7%
2014	0.8%	0.7%
2013	0.7%	0.7%
2012	0.7%	0.7%
2011	0.6%	0.6%
2010	0.6%	0.6%
2009	0.6%	0.7%
2008	0.6%	0.6%
2007	0.6%	0.6%
2006	0.5%	0.6%
2005	0.5%	0.5%
2004	0.5%	0.5%
2003	0.5%	0.5%
2002	0.4%	0.5%
2001	0.4%	0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.8% in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 0.8%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

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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: 1975 to 2025 for European Union
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