Personal remittances received in Philippines

Personal remittances received by Philippines were equal to 8.5% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2000.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1977 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Philippines, 2025 8.5% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 8.7%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Philippines 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 PhilippinesWorld
2025 8.5% 0.8%
2024 8.7% 0.8%
2023 8.9% 0.8%
2022 9.4% 0.8%
2021 9.3% 0.7%
2020 9.6% 0.8%
2019 9.3% 0.7%
2018 9.7% 0.7%
2017 10.0% 0.7%
2016 9.8% 0.7%
2015 9.7% 0.7%
2014 9.6% 0.7%
2013 9.4% 0.7%
2012 9.4% 0.7%
2011 9.8% 0.6%
2010 10.3% 0.6%
2009 11.3% 0.7%
2008 10.4% 0.6%
2007 10.5% 0.6%
2006 12.1% 0.6%
2005 12.8% 0.5%
2004 12.1% 0.5%
2003 11.8% 0.5%
2002 11.5% 0.5%
2001 11.1% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 8.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 9.7%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 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
1977 to 2025 for Philippines
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