Personal remittances received in Nepal

Personal remittances received by Nepal were equal to 32.3% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1993.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1993 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2025 32.3% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +6.3percentage points 2024: 26.0%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Nepal 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 NepalWorld
2025 32.3% 0.8%
2024 26.0% 0.8%
2023 26.2% 0.8%
2022 22.9% 0.8%
2021 22.3% 0.7%
2020 24.3% 0.8%
2019 24.1% 0.7%
2018 25.0% 0.7%
2017 23.9% 0.7%
2016 27.0% 0.7%
2015 27.6% 0.7%
2014 25.9% 0.7%
2013 25.2% 0.7%
2012 22.1% 0.7%
2011 19.5% 0.6%
2010 21.6% 0.6%
2009 23.2% 0.7%
2008 21.7% 0.6%
2007 16.8% 0.6%
2006 16.1% 0.6%
2005 14.9% 0.5%
2004 11.3% 0.5%
2003 12.2% 0.5%
2002 11.2% 0.5%
2001 2.4% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +6.3 percentage points from 26.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 27.6%, the figure has changed by +4.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world 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
1993 to 2025 for Nepal
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