Personal remittances received in Iraq

Personal remittances received by Iraq were equal to 0.3% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Iraq, 2025 0.3% % of GDP
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 0.2%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Iraq 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 IraqWorld
2025 0.3% 0.8%
2024 0.2% 0.8%
2023 0.4% 0.8%
2022 0.4% 0.8%
2021 0.4% 0.7%
2020 0.4% 0.8%
2019 0.4% 0.7%
2018 0.3% 0.7%
2017 0.6% 0.7%
2016 0.6% 0.7%
2015 0.6% 0.7%
2014 0.3% 0.7%
2013 0.3% 0.7%
2012 0.1% 0.7%
2011 0.1% 0.6%
2010 0.1% 0.6%
2009 0.1% 0.7%
2008 0.1% 0.6%
2007 0.0% 0.6%
2006 0.6% 0.6%
2005 1.4% 0.5%
2004 – 0.5%
2003 – 0.5%
2002 – 0.5%
2001 – 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.6%, the figure has changed by −0.3 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
2005 to 2025 for Iraq
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