Personal remittances received
Money and goods sent home by migrant workers and other residents abroad, plus compensation of non-resident workers, as a percentage of GDP.
Highest in 2024
47.2%
Tajikistan
Lowest in 2024
0.0%
Papua New Guinea
Euro area, 2024
0.8%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024
162
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
162 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
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Paraguay
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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 | Paraguay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1% |
| 2024 | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 2.2% |
| 2022 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 1.8% |
| 2015 | 1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.3% |
| 2013 | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.5% |
| 2009 | 1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 1.5% |
| 2004 | 1.4% |
| 2003 | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 162 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Tajikistan (47.2%) and the lowest Papua New Guinea (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 2.3% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 12 countries and fell in 19.
- The figure for the world was 0.8% in 2024, against 0.7% in 2019 (+0.1 percentage points).
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Tajikistan 47.2%
- 2 Tonga 39.4%
- 3 Nicaragua 26.6%
- 4 Nepal 26.0%
- 5 Honduras 25.7%
- 6 El Salvador 24.3%
- 7 Bermuda 24.2%
- 8 Samoa 24.0%
- 9 Marshall Islands 23.5%
- 10 Gambia 22.0%
- 11 Liberia 21.3%
- 12 Lesotho 19.9%
- 13 Guatemala 19.1%
- 14 Kyrgyzstan 17.6%
- 15 Kosovo 17.3%
- 16 Haiti 16.9%
- 17 Jamaica 16.2%
- 18 Uzbekistan 13.7%
- 19 Cabo Verde 12.3%
- 20 Georgia 11.9%
- 21 Timor-Leste 11.8%
- 22 Moldova 10.5%
- 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.5%
- 24 Montenegro 10.3%
- 25 Guinea-Bissau 9.9%
- 26 Pakistan 9.4%
- 27 Dominican Republic 9.1%
- 28 Nigeria 8.8%
- 29 Philippines 8.7%
- 30 Zimbabwe 8.5%
- 31 Albania 8.4%
- 32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.9%
- 33 Burundi 7.8%
- 34 Morocco 7.8%
- 35 Egypt 7.6%
- 36 Jordan 7.6%
- 37 Croatia 7.2%
- 38 Fiji 7.1%
- 39 Sri Lanka 6.7%
- 40 Serbia 6.4%
- 41 Tunisia 6.3%
- 42 Ukraine 6.3%
- 43 Bangladesh 6.1%
- 44 Cambodia 6.1%
- 45 Solomon Islands 6.0%
- 46 Dominica 5.7%
- 47 Armenia 5.4%
- 48 Ecuador 5.3%
- 49 Ethiopia 4.8%
- 50 Sierra Leone 4.6%
- 51 West Bank and Gaza 4.6%
- 52 Kiribati 4.3%
- 53 Kenya 4.2%
- 54 Mali 4.0%
- 55 Belize 3.8%
- 56 Mexico 3.7%
- 57 India 3.7%
- 58 Ghana 3.6%
- 59 Suriname 3.6%
- 60 Grenada 3.6%
- 61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.5%
- 62 Rwanda 3.4%
- 63 Niger 3.3%
- 64 Bhutan 3.3%
- 65 Venezuela 3.2%
- 66 Latvia 3.0%
- 67 Colombia 2.8%
- 68 North Macedonia 2.7%
- 69 Luxembourg 2.7%
- 70 Uganda 2.7%
- 71 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.6%
- 72 Burkina Faso 2.6%
- 73 Paraguay 2.5%
- 74 Hungary 2.5%
- 75 Romania 2.5%
- 76 Guinea 2.5%
- 77 Belarus 2.4%
- 78 Bulgaria 2.3%
- 79 Saint Lucia 2.3%
- 80 Bolivia 2.3%
- 81 Madagascar 2.3%
- 82 Belgium 2.3%
- 83 Laos 2.2%
- 84 Mongolia 2.2%
- 85 Slovakia 2.1%
- 86 Côte d'Ivoire 2.0%
- 87 Malawi 2.0%
- 88 Mauritius 1.9%
- 89 Azerbaijan 1.8%
- 90 Malaysia 1.8%
- 91 Cyprus 1.8%
- 92 Thailand 1.8%
- 93 São Tomé and Príncipe 1.7%
- 94 Peru 1.7%
- 95 Tanzania 1.4%
- 96 Djibouti 1.3%
- 97 Naoero 1.3%
- 98 Zambia 1.3%
- 99 Czechia 1.3%
- 100 Cameroon 1.3%
- 101 Andorra 1.3%
- 102 France 1.3%
- 103 Slovenia 1.2%
- 104 Lithuania 1.2%
- 105 Antigua and Barbuda 1.2%
- 106 Mozambique 1.2%
- 107 Estonia 1.2%
- 108 Indonesia 1.1%
- 109 Poland 0.9%
- 110 Mauritania 0.9%
- 111 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8%
- 112 Sweden 0.8%
- 113 Costa Rica 0.7%
- 114 Portugal 0.7%
- 115 Iceland 0.7%
- 116 Namibia 0.7%
- 117 Eswatini 0.7%
- 118 Qatar 0.7%
- 119 Algeria 0.7%
- 120 Botswana 0.7%
- 121 Austria 0.7%
- 122 Panama 0.6%
- 123 Seychelles 0.5%
- 124 Italy 0.5%
- 125 Germany 0.5%
- 126 Bahamas 0.4%
- 127 South Korea 0.4%
- 128 Netherlands 0.4%
- 129 Denmark 0.4%
- 130 Switzerland 0.4%
- 131 Spain 0.4%
- 132 Finland 0.3%
- 133 Macao SAR, China 0.3%
- 134 Iraq 0.2%
- 135 Brazil 0.2%
- 136 Greece 0.2%
- 137 South Africa 0.2%
- 138 Norway 0.2%
- 139 Israel 0.2%
- 140 Uruguay 0.2%
- 141 Argentina 0.2%
- 142 Cayman Islands 0.1%
- 143 China 0.1%
- 144 United Kingdom 0.1%
- 145 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.1%
- 146 Japan 0.1%
- 147 Ireland 0.1%
- 148 Australia 0.1%
- 149 Russia 0.1%
- 150 Kazakhstan 0.1%
- 151 Maldives 0.1%
- 152 Türkiye 0.1%
- 153 Malta 0.1%
- 154 Angola 0.0%
- 155 Sudan 0.0%
- 156 Canada 0.0%
- 157 Oman 0.0%
- 158 United States 0.0%
- 159 Chile 0.0%
- 160 Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 161 Kuwait 0.0%
- 162 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- East Asia and Pacific 0.4%
- Euro area 0.8%
- Europe and Central Asia 0.8%
- European Union 0.8%
- Latin America and Caribbean 2.5%
- Middle East and North Africa 2.3%
- North America 0.0%
- OECD members 0.4%
- South Asia 4.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.1%
- World 0.8%
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