Personal remittances received in Latvia

Personal remittances received by Latvia were equal to 3.0% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1996 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Latvia, 2025 3.0% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 3.0%
European Union, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 1.2% Middle value of 26 countries

Personal remittances received in Latvia 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 LatviaEuropean Union
2025 3.0% 0.8%
2024 3.0% 0.8%
2023 2.9% 0.8%
2022 3.4% 0.8%
2021 3.5% 0.8%
2020 3.3% 0.8%
2019 3.5% 0.8%
2018 3.7% 0.8%
2017 4.3% 0.8%
2016 4.6% 0.8%
2015 5.1% 0.8%
2014 5.1% 0.8%
2013 5.5% 0.7%
2012 5.5% 0.7%
2011 5.7% 0.6%
2010 5.4% 0.6%
2009 6.2% 0.6%
2008 5.6% 0.6%
2007 1.9% 0.6%
2006 2.3% 0.5%
2005 2.3% 0.5%
2004 1.6% 0.5%
2003 1.4% 0.5%
2002 1.2% 0.4%
2001 3.3% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 3.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5.1%, the figure has changed by −2.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union 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
1996 to 2025 for Latvia
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