Personal remittances received in Germany

Personal remittances received by Germany were equal to 0.5% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1971 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Germany, 2025 0.5% % of GDP
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 0.5%
European Union, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 1.2% Middle value of 26 countries

Personal remittances received in Germany 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 GermanyEuropean Union
2025 0.5% 0.8%
2024 0.5% 0.8%
2023 0.5% 0.8%
2022 0.5% 0.8%
2021 0.5% 0.8%
2020 0.5% 0.8%
2019 0.5% 0.8%
2018 0.5% 0.8%
2017 0.5% 0.8%
2016 0.4% 0.8%
2015 0.4% 0.8%
2014 0.4% 0.8%
2013 0.4% 0.7%
2012 0.4% 0.7%
2011 0.4% 0.6%
2010 0.4% 0.6%
2009 0.4% 0.6%
2008 0.3% 0.6%
2007 0.3% 0.6%
2006 0.3% 0.5%
2005 0.3% 0.5%
2004 0.2% 0.5%
2003 0.2% 0.5%
2002 0.2% 0.4%
2001 0.2% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.4%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union 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
1971 to 2025 for Germany
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