Personal remittances received in Zambia
Personal remittances received by Zambia were equal to 1.4% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2003.
Zambia, 2025
1.4%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
0.8%
Personal remittances received in Zambia 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 | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4% | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| 2002 | – | 0.5% |
| 2001 | – | 0.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 1.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.2%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.