Personal remittances received in Liberia

Personal remittances received by Liberia were equal to 21.3% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 2004 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Liberia, 2024 21.3% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 21.6%
World, 2024 0.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 11th of 162 See the full ranking

Personal remittances received in Liberia 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 LiberiaWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 21.3% 0.8%
2023 21.6% 0.8%
2022 21.9% 0.8%
2021 24.6% 0.7%
2020 13.1% 0.8%
2019 10.4% 0.7%
2018 13.4% 0.7%
2017 11.9% 0.7%
2016 17.1% 0.7%
2015 20.3% 0.7%
2014 15.9% 0.7%
2013 13.0% 0.7%
2012 19.6% 0.7%
2011 21.8% 0.6%
2010 14.7% 0.6%
2009 1.4% 0.7%
2008 3.4% 0.6%
2007 4.5% 0.6%
2006 7.0% 0.6%
2005 3.4% 0.5%
2004 6.5% 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 −0.4 percentage points from 21.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.9%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 162 countries with data for 2024, Liberia has the 11th 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
2004 to 2024 for Liberia
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