Personal remittances received in Guatemala

Personal remittances received by Guatemala were equal to 20.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1977.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1977 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Guatemala, 2025 20.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.7percentage points 2024: 19.1%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Guatemala over time

View
Places
2 selected
Guatemala World ×

% 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 GuatemalaWorld
2025 20.8% 0.8%
2024 19.1% 0.8%
2023 19.2% 0.8%
2022 19.0% 0.8%
2021 17.8% 0.7%
2020 14.7% 0.8%
2019 13.8% 0.7%
2018 12.9% 0.7%
2017 11.7% 0.7%
2016 11.1% 0.7%
2015 10.4% 0.7%
2014 9.9% 0.7%
2013 10.0% 0.7%
2012 10.0% 0.7%
2011 9.7% 0.6%
2010 10.4% 0.6%
2009 10.8% 0.7%
2008 11.5% 0.6%
2007 12.6% 0.6%
2006 12.4% 0.6%
2005 11.4% 0.5%
2004 11.1% 0.5%
2003 10.0% 0.5%
2002 7.8% 0.5%
2001 3.4% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 19.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 10.4%, the figure has changed by +10.4 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 Guatemala
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