Personal remittances received in Gambia

Personal remittances received by Gambia were equal to 23.8% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1978 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Gambia, 2025 23.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.8percentage points 2024: 22.0%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Gambia 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 GambiaWorld
2025 23.8% 0.8%
2024 22.0% 0.8%
2023 21.6% 0.8%
2022 22.8% 0.8%
2021 27.2% 0.7%
2020 23.0% 0.8%
2019 15.2% 0.7%
2018 12.7% 0.7%
2017 10.6% 0.7%
2016 9.8% 0.7%
2015 11.2% 0.7%
2014 11.2% 0.7%
2013 8.0% 0.7%
2012 7.5% 0.7%
2011 6.5% 0.6%
2010 7.5% 0.6%
2009 5.5% 0.7%
2008 4.1% 0.6%
2007 4.3% 0.6%
2006 6.0% 0.6%
2005 5.8% 0.5%
2004 6.3% 0.5%
2003 11.1% 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 +1.8 percentage points from 22.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 11.2%, the figure has changed by +12.6 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
1978 to 2025 for Gambia
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