Personal remittances received in Guinea-Bissau

Personal remittances received by Guinea-Bissau were equal to 9.9% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1988 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guinea-Bissau, 2024 9.9% % of GDP
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 9.8%
World, 2024 0.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 25th of 162 See the full ranking

Personal remittances received in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 9.9% 0.8%
2023 9.8% 0.8%
2022 10.2% 0.8%
2021 10.8% 0.7%
2020 10.3% 0.8%
2019 9.5% 0.7%
2018 8.2% 0.7%
2017 7.2% 0.7%
2016 7.6% 0.7%
2015 7.4% 0.7%
2014 8.1% 0.7%
2013 5.7% 0.7%
2012 4.3% 0.7%
2011 4.5% 0.6%
2010 4.9% 0.6%
2009 5.5% 0.7%
2008 5.2% 0.6%
2007 5.7% 0.6%
2006 4.0% 0.6%
2005 3.1% 0.5%
2004 4.8% 0.5%
2003 4.2% 0.5%
2002 3.8% 0.5%
2001 2.4% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 9.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 8.1%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 162 countries with data for 2024, Guinea-Bissau has the 25th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 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
1988 to 2024 for Guinea-Bissau
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