Personal remittances received in Senegal

Personal remittances received by Senegal were equal to 10.6% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1974 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Senegal, 2023 10.6% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.2percentage points 2022: 10.5%
World, 2023 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Senegal 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 SenegalWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 – 0.8%
2023 10.6% 0.8%
2022 10.5% 0.8%
2021 11.3% 0.7%
2020 10.6% 0.8%
2019 10.8% 0.7%
2018 10.5% 0.7%
2017 10.2% 0.7%
2016 10.4% 0.7%
2015 9.9% 0.7%
2014 9.8% 0.7%
2013 9.4% 0.7%
2012 8.9% 0.7%
2011 9.1% 0.6%
2010 9.2% 0.6%
2009 8.4% 0.7%
2008 8.8% 0.6%
2007 8.5% 0.6%
2006 7.9% 0.6%
2005 7.2% 0.5%
2004 6.3% 0.5%
2003 5.8% 0.5%
2002 4.9% 0.5%
2001 4.7% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 10.5% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 9.4%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 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
1974 to 2023 for Senegal
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