Personal remittances received in Lebanon

Personal remittances received by Lebanon were equal to 33.3% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 2002 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2023 33.3% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +2.7percentage points 2022: 30.7%
World, 2023 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Lebanon 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 LebanonWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 – 0.8%
2023 33.3% 0.8%
2022 30.7% 0.8%
2021 27.5% 0.7%
2020 20.8% 0.8%
2019 14.3% 0.7%
2018 12.7% 0.7%
2017 13.3% 0.7%
2016 14.9% 0.7%
2015 15.0% 0.7%
2014 15.0% 0.7%
2013 16.1% 0.7%
2012 15.2% 0.7%
2011 17.2% 0.6%
2010 18.0% 0.6%
2009 21.4% 0.7%
2008 24.7% 0.6%
2007 23.2% 0.6%
2006 23.6% 0.6%
2005 22.9% 0.5%
2004 26.4% 0.5%
2003 23.6% 0.5%
2002 13.3% 0.5%
2001 – 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.7 percentage points from 30.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 16.1%, the figure has changed by +17.2 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
2002 to 2023 for Lebanon
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