Personal remittances received in South Asia
Personal remittances received by South Asia were equal to 4.5% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2013.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2025
4.5%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
0.8%
Personal remittances received in South Asia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5% | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 4.2% | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 3.9% | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 3.8% | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 3.1% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 4.1% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 4.6% | 0.7% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 4.4% | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 4.8% | 0.6% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | 0.6% |
| 2006 | 3.6% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 3.2% | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | 0.5% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | 0.5% |
| 2002 | 3.5% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | 3.1% | 0.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 4.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.1%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.