Personal remittances received in Sub-Saharan Africa
Personal remittances received by Sub-Saharan Africa were equal to 3.1% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1977.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
3.1%
Change from 2023
+0.6percentage points
World, 2024
0.8%
Personal remittances received in Sub-Saharan Africa 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.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 3.1% | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | 0.7% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | 0.6% |
| 2007 | 2.5% | 0.6% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | 0.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 2.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by +1.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 0.8%.