Personal remittances received in Ghana

Personal remittances received by Ghana were equal to 2.1% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2010.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1979 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Ghana, 2025 2.1% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −1.5percentage points 2024: 3.6%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Ghana 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 GhanaWorld
2025 2.1% 0.8%
2024 3.6% 0.8%
2023 3.0% 0.8%
2022 2.9% 0.8%
2021 2.5% 0.7%
2020 6.1% 0.8%
2019 5.9% 0.7%
2018 5.2% 0.7%
2017 5.9% 0.7%
2016 5.3% 0.7%
2015 10.1% 0.7%
2014 3.7% 0.7%
2013 3.0% 0.7%
2012 5.2% 0.7%
2011 5.4% 0.6%
2010 0.4% 0.6%
2009 0.4% 0.7%
2008 0.4% 0.6%
2007 0.5% 0.6%
2006 0.5% 0.6%
2005 0.9% 0.5%
2004 0.9% 0.5%
2003 0.9% 0.5%
2002 0.7% 0.5%
2001 0.9% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 3.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 10.1%, the figure has changed by −8.0 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
1979 to 2025 for Ghana
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