Personal remittances received in Guyana

Personal remittances received by Guyana were equal to 3.2% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2001.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1982 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Guyana, 2023 3.2% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −0.4percentage points 2022: 3.7%
World, 2023 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Guyana 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 GuyanaWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 – 0.8%
2023 3.2% 0.8%
2022 3.7% 0.8%
2021 6.9% 0.7%
2020 8.1% 0.8%
2019 7.4% 0.7%
2018 7.0% 0.7%
2017 6.8% 0.7%
2016 7.2% 0.7%
2015 7.1% 0.7%
2014 8.0% 0.7%
2013 7.9% 0.7%
2012 11.5% 0.7%
2011 11.2% 0.6%
2010 10.7% 0.6%
2009 8.3% 0.7%
2008 9.1% 0.6%
2007 10.2% 0.6%
2006 9.2% 0.6%
2005 24.4% 0.5%
2004 19.4% 0.5%
2003 13.4% 0.5%
2002 7.0% 0.5%
2001 3.1% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 3.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 7.9%, the figure has changed by −4.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 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
1982 to 2023 for Guyana
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