Personal remittances received in Jordan

Personal remittances received by Jordan were equal to 7.6% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1974.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Jordan, 2024 7.6% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 7.8%
World, 2024 0.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 36th of 162 See the full ranking

Personal remittances received in Jordan 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 JordanWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 7.6% 0.8%
2023 7.8% 0.8%
2022 8.9% 0.8%
2021 10.0% 0.7%
2020 10.1% 0.8%
2019 9.4% 0.7%
2018 9.4% 0.7%
2017 9.7% 0.7%
2016 10.0% 0.7%
2015 12.6% 0.7%
2014 15.7% 0.7%
2013 14.1% 0.7%
2012 11.0% 0.7%
2011 11.3% 0.6%
2010 12.0% 0.6%
2009 12.6% 0.7%
2008 13.7% 0.6%
2007 19.4% 0.6%
2006 18.6% 0.6%
2005 19.2% 0.5%
2004 20.0% 0.5%
2003 21.6% 0.5%
2002 22.3% 0.5%
2001 22.4% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 7.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.7%, the figure has changed by −8.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 162 countries with data for 2024, Jordan has the 36th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 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
1972 to 2024 for Jordan
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