Personal remittances received in Marshall Islands

Personal remittances received by Marshall Islands were equal to 23.5% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 2005 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Marshall Islands, 2024 23.5% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +1.2percentage points 2023: 22.3%
World, 2024 0.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 9th of 162 See the full ranking

Personal remittances received in Marshall Islands 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 Marshall IslandsWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 23.5% 0.8%
2023 22.3% 0.8%
2022 19.9% 0.8%
2021 13.2% 0.7%
2020 13.8% 0.8%
2019 13.9% 0.7%
2018 14.3% 0.7%
2017 14.2% 0.7%
2016 14.0% 0.7%
2015 14.9% 0.7%
2014 14.0% 0.7%
2013 13.2% 0.7%
2012 12.9% 0.7%
2011 12.9% 0.6%
2010 13.8% 0.6%
2009 15.6% 0.7%
2008 15.7% 0.6%
2007 16.7% 0.6%
2006 18.2% 0.6%
2005 17.2% 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 +1.2 percentage points from 22.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 14.0%, the figure has changed by +9.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 162 countries with data for 2024, Marshall Islands has the 9th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 0.8%.

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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 2024 for Marshall Islands
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