Personal remittances received in Samoa

Personal remittances received by Samoa were equal to 22.4% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1977 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Samoa, 2025 22.4% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −1.6percentage points 2024: 24.0%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Samoa 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 SamoaWorld
2025 22.4% 0.8%
2024 24.0% 0.8%
2023 25.4% 0.8%
2022 31.5% 0.8%
2021 28.9% 0.7%
2020 23.5% 0.8%
2019 17.0% 0.7%
2018 16.8% 0.7%
2017 15.3% 0.7%
2016 15.5% 0.7%
2015 15.9% 0.7%
2014 17.6% 0.7%
2013 20.6% 0.7%
2012 23.0% 0.7%
2011 21.4% 0.6%
2010 20.4% 0.6%
2009 19.0% 0.7%
2008 17.0% 0.6%
2007 16.9% 0.6%
2006 17.4% 0.6%
2005 17.1% 0.5%
2004 0.2% 0.5%
2003 13.5% 0.5%
2002 16.0% 0.5%
2001 16.9% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 24.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 15.9%, the figure has changed by +6.5 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
1977 to 2025 for Samoa
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