Personal remittances received in Sri Lanka
Personal remittances received by Sri Lanka were equal to 7.6% of GDP in 2025.
Sri Lanka, 2025
7.6%
Change from 2024
+0.9percentage points
World, 2025
0.8%
Personal remittances received in Sri Lanka 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 | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.6% | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 6.7% | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 7.2% | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 5.2% | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 8.5% | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 7.5% | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 7.6% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 8.3% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 8.5% | 0.7% |
| 2011 | 7.6% | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 7.2% | 0.6% |
| 2007 | 7.8% | 0.6% |
| 2006 | 7.7% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 8.1% | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | 0.5% |
| 2003 | 7.5% | 0.5% |
| 2002 | 7.8% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | 7.4% | 0.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 6.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8.2%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.