Personal remittances received in Syria

Personal remittances received by Syria were equal to 2.6% of GDP in 2010.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1977 to 2010 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Syria is for 2010. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Syria, 2010 2.6% % of GDP
Change from 2009 +0.1percentage points 2009: 2.5%
World, 2010 0.6% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Syria 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 SyriaWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 – 0.8%
2023 – 0.8%
2022 – 0.8%
2021 – 0.7%
2020 – 0.8%
2019 – 0.7%
2018 – 0.7%
2017 – 0.7%
2016 – 0.7%
2015 – 0.7%
2014 – 0.7%
2013 – 0.7%
2012 – 0.7%
2011 – 0.6%
2010 2.6% 0.6%
2009 2.5% 0.7%
2008 2.5% 0.6%
2007 2.5% 0.6%
2006 2.4% 0.6%
2005 2.9% 0.5%
2004 3.4% 0.5%
2003 4.1% 0.5%
2002 0.6% 0.5%
2001 0.8% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 2.5% in 2009.
  • Since 2000, when it was 1.0%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2010 was 0.6%.

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 2010 for Syria
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