Personal remittances received in Tanzania

Personal remittances received by Tanzania were equal to 1.4% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1978 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tanzania, 2024 1.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 1.6%
World, 2024 0.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 95th of 162 See the full ranking

Personal remittances received in Tanzania 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 TanzaniaWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 1.4% 0.8%
2023 1.6% 0.8%
2022 0.9% 0.8%
2021 0.8% 0.7%
2020 0.5% 0.8%
2019 0.7% 0.7%
2018 0.7% 0.7%
2017 0.8% 0.7%
2016 0.8% 0.7%
2015 0.8% 0.7%
2014 0.8% 0.7%
2013 0.8% 0.7%
2012 1.0% 0.7%
2011 1.2% 0.6%
2010 1.1% 0.6%
2009 0.1% 0.7%
2008 0.1% 0.6%
2007 0.1% 0.6%
2006 0.1% 0.6%
2005 0.1% 0.5%
2004 0.1% 0.5%
2003 0.1% 0.5%
2002 0.1% 0.5%
2001 0.1% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 1.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 0.8%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 162 countries with data for 2024, Tanzania has the 95th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 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
1978 to 2024 for Tanzania
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