Personal remittances received in New Zealand

Personal remittances received by New Zealand were equal to 0.2% of GDP in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1972.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2022 Source: World Bank
The latest value for New Zealand is for 2022. Most countries have figures for 2024.
New Zealand, 2022 0.2% % of GDP
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 0.2%
World, 2022 0.8% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 0.5% Middle value of 38 countries

Personal remittances received in New Zealand 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 New ZealandWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 – 0.8%
2023 – 0.8%
2022 0.2% 0.8%
2021 0.2% 0.7%
2020 0.2% 0.8%
2019 0.2% 0.7%
2018 0.2% 0.7%
2017 0.3% 0.7%
2016 0.3% 0.7%
2015 0.3% 0.7%
2014 0.3% 0.7%
2013 0.2% 0.7%
2012 0.3% 0.7%
2011 0.3% 0.6%
2010 0.3% 0.6%
2009 0.3% 0.7%
2008 0.3% 0.6%
2007 0.3% 0.6%
2006 0.3% 0.6%
2005 0.3% 0.5%
2004 0.3% 0.5%
2003 0.3% 0.5%
2002 0.3% 0.5%
2001 0.4% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.2% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 0.3%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 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
1972 to 2022 for New Zealand
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