Personal remittances received in Mauritius

Personal remittances received by Mauritius were equal to 1.9% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1994 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mauritius, 2024 1.9% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 2.2%
World, 2024 0.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 88th of 162 See the full ranking

Personal remittances received in Mauritius 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 MauritiusWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 1.9% 0.8%
2023 2.2% 0.8%
2022 2.1% 0.8%
2021 2.3% 0.7%
2020 2.5% 0.8%
2019 2.2% 0.7%
2018 1.6% 0.7%
2017 1.8% 0.7%
2016 1.5% 0.7%
2015 1.8% 0.7%
2014 2.5% 0.7%
2013 0.0% 0.7%
2012 0.0% 0.7%
2011 0.0% 0.6%
2010 0.0% 0.6%
2009 0.0% 0.7%
2008 0.0% 0.6%
2007 0.0% 0.6%
2006 0.0% 0.6%
2005 0.0% 0.5%
2004 0.0% 0.5%
2003 0.0% 0.5%
2002 0.0% 0.5%
2001 0.0% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 2.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2.5%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 162 countries with data for 2024, Mauritius has the 88th 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
1994 to 2024 for Mauritius
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