Personal remittances received by country, 2024
Money and goods sent home by migrant workers and other residents abroad, plus compensation of non-resident workers, as a percentage of GDP.
162 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Tajikistan (47.2%). Lowest: Papua New Guinea (0.0%). The median is 2.3%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 162. Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 161. Kuwait 0.0%
- 160. Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 159. Chile 0.0%
- 158. United States 0.0%
- 157. Oman 0.0%
- 156. Canada 0.0%
- 155. Sudan 0.0%
- 154. Angola 0.0%
- 153. Malta 0.1%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 162. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 47.2% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Tonga | 39.4% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 26.6% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Nepal | 26.0% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Honduras | 25.7% | 2024 | |
| 6 | El Salvador | 24.3% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Bermuda | 24.2% | 2024 | |
| 8 | Samoa | 24.0% | 2024 | |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 23.5% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Gambia | 22.0% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Liberia | 21.3% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Lesotho | 19.9% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Guatemala | 19.1% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.6% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Kosovo | 17.3% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Haiti | 16.9% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Jamaica | 16.2% | 2024 | |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 13.7% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Cabo Verde | 12.3% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Georgia | 11.9% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Timor-Leste | 11.8% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Moldova | 10.5% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.5% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Montenegro | 10.3% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.9% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Pakistan | 9.4% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 9.1% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Nigeria | 8.8% | 2024 | |
| 29 | Philippines | 8.7% | 2024 | |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 8.5% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Albania | 8.4% | 2024 | |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.9% | 2024 | |
| 33 | Burundi | 7.8% | 2024 | |
| 34 | Morocco | 7.8% | 2024 | |
| 35 | Egypt | 7.6% | 2024 | |
| 36 | Jordan | 7.6% | 2024 | |
| 37 | Croatia | 7.2% | 2024 | |
| 38 | Fiji | 7.1% | 2024 | |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 6.7% | 2024 | |
| 40 | Serbia | 6.4% | 2024 | |
| 41 | Tunisia | 6.3% | 2024 | |
| 42 | Ukraine | 6.3% | 2024 | |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 6.1% | 2024 | |
| 44 | Cambodia | 6.1% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 6.0% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Dominica | 5.7% | 2024 | |
| 47 | Armenia | 5.4% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Ecuador | 5.3% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 4.8% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 4.6% | 2024 | |
| 51 | West Bank and Gaza | 4.6% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Kiribati | 4.3% | 2024 | |
| 53 | Kenya | 4.2% | 2024 | |
| 54 | Mali | 4.0% | 2024 | |
| 55 | Belize | 3.8% | 2024 | |
| 56 | Mexico | 3.7% | 2024 | |
| 57 | India | 3.7% | 2024 | |
| 58 | Ghana | 3.6% | 2024 | |
| 59 | Suriname | 3.6% | 2024 | |
| 60 | Grenada | 3.6% | 2024 | |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.5% | 2024 | |
| 62 | Rwanda | 3.4% | 2024 | |
| 63 | Niger | 3.3% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Bhutan | 3.3% | 2024 | |
| 65 | Venezuela | 3.2% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Latvia | 3.0% | 2024 | |
| 67 | Colombia | 2.8% | 2024 | |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 2.7% | 2024 | |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 2.7% | 2024 | |
| 70 | Uganda | 2.7% | 2024 | |
| 71 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.6% | 2024 | |
| 72 | Burkina Faso | 2.6% | 2024 | |
| 73 | Paraguay | 2.5% | 2024 | |
| 74 | Hungary | 2.5% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Romania | 2.5% | 2024 | |
| 76 | Guinea | 2.5% | 2024 | |
| 77 | Belarus | 2.4% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 2.3% | 2024 | |
| 79 | Saint Lucia | 2.3% | 2024 | |
| 80 | Bolivia | 2.3% | 2024 | |
| 81 | Madagascar | 2.3% | 2024 | |
| 82 | Belgium | 2.3% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Laos | 2.2% | 2024 | |
| 84 | Mongolia | 2.2% | 2024 | |
| 85 | Slovakia | 2.1% | 2024 | |
| 86 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.0% | 2024 | |
| 87 | Malawi | 2.0% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Mauritius | 1.9% | 2024 | |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 1.8% | 2024 | |
| 90 | Malaysia | 1.8% | 2024 | |
| 91 | Cyprus | 1.8% | 2024 | |
| 92 | Thailand | 1.8% | 2024 | |
| 93 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1.7% | 2024 | |
| 94 | Peru | 1.7% | 2024 | |
| 95 | Tanzania | 1.4% | 2024 | |
| 96 | Djibouti | 1.3% | 2024 | |
| 97 | Naoero | 1.3% | 2024 | |
| 98 | Zambia | 1.3% | 2024 | |
| 99 | Czechia | 1.3% | 2024 | |
| 100 | Cameroon | 1.3% | 2024 | |
| 101 | Andorra | 1.3% | 2024 | |
| 102 | France | 1.3% | 2024 | |
| 103 | Slovenia | 1.2% | 2024 | |
| 104 | Lithuania | 1.2% | 2024 | |
| 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.2% | 2024 | |
| 106 | Mozambique | 1.2% | 2024 | |
| 107 | Estonia | 1.2% | 2024 | |
| 108 | Indonesia | 1.1% | 2024 | |
| 109 | Poland | 0.9% | 2024 | |
| 110 | Mauritania | 0.9% | 2024 | |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.8% | 2024 | |
| 112 | Sweden | 0.8% | 2024 | |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 114 | Portugal | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 115 | Iceland | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 116 | Namibia | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 117 | Eswatini | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 118 | Qatar | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 119 | Algeria | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 120 | Botswana | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 121 | Austria | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 122 | Panama | 0.6% | 2024 | |
| 123 | Seychelles | 0.5% | 2024 | |
| 124 | Italy | 0.5% | 2024 | |
| 125 | Germany | 0.5% | 2024 | |
| 126 | Bahamas | 0.4% | 2024 | |
| 127 | South Korea | 0.4% | 2024 | |
| 128 | Netherlands | 0.4% | 2024 | |
| 129 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2024 | |
| 130 | Switzerland | 0.4% | 2024 | |
| 131 | Spain | 0.4% | 2024 | |
| 132 | Finland | 0.3% | 2024 | |
| 133 | Macao SAR, China | 0.3% | 2024 | |
| 134 | Iraq | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 135 | Brazil | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 136 | Greece | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 138 | Norway | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 139 | Israel | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 140 | Uruguay | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 141 | Argentina | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 142 | Cayman Islands | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 143 | China | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 144 | United Kingdom | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 145 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 146 | Japan | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 147 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 148 | Australia | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 149 | Russia | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 151 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 152 | Türkiye | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 153 | Malta | 0.1% | 2024 | |
| 154 | Angola | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 155 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 156 | Canada | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 157 | Oman | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 158 | United States | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 159 | Chile | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 161 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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