List of countries by remittances received
The following article presents a comprehensive overview of countries ranked by the amount of remittances they receive from abroad. Remittances, defined as monetary transfers made by migrants to their home countries, play a crucial role in global economies and the livelihoods of individuals and families. In some countries, remittances account for more than 30% of the total economic output.
Ranking
[edit]Countries by remittances received and remittances received as a percent of GDP according to data by the World Bank.[1][2]
| Country | Remittances received (USD millions) |
Remittances as % of GDP | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
 India
|
129,100[3] | 3.3 | 2024 |
 Mexico
|
61,100 | 4.2 | 2022 |
 Philippines
|
38,049 | 9.4 | 2022 |
 France
|
33,928 | 1.2 | 2022 |
 Pakistan
|
30,176 | 8.1 | 2022 |
 Egypt
|
28,333 | 5.9 | 2022 |
 China
|
26,106 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Bangladesh
|
21,505 | 4.7 | 2022 |
 Nigeria
|
20,128 | 4.3 | 2022 |
 Germany
|
19,288 | 0.5 | 2022 |
 Guatemala
|
18,205 | 19.2 | 2022 |
 Ukraine
|
16,783 | 10.5 | 2022 |
 Uzbekistan
|
16,736 | 20.8 | 2022 |
 Belgium
|
13,428 | 2.3 | 2022 |
 Vietnam
|
13,200 | 3.2 | 2022 |
 Indonesia
|
13,089 | 1 | 2022 |
 Morocco
|
11,168 | 8.5 | 2022 |
 Italy
|
10,530 | 0.5 | 2022 |
 Dominican Republic
|
10,278 | 9.1 | 2022 |
 Colombia
|
9,455 | 2.8 | 2022 |
 Nepal
|
9,293 | 22.8 | 2022 |
 Thailand
|
8,917 | 1.8 | 2022 |
 Romania
|
8,781 | 2.9 | 2022 |
 Honduras
|
8,485 | 26.8 | 2022 |
 South Korea
|
7,825 | 0.5 | 2022 |
 El Salvador
|
7,693 | 23.7 | 2022 |
 United States
|
7,431 | 0 | 2022 |
 Lebanon
|
6,435 | 0 | 2022 |
 Poland
|
6,433 | 0.9 | 2022 |
 Serbia
|
5,704 | 9 | 2022 |
 Croatia
|
5,408 | 7.6 | 2022 |
 Japan
|
5,384 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Tajikistan
|
5,346 | 50.9 | 2022 |
 Brazil
|
4,974 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Jordan
|
4,913 | 10.1 | 2022 |
 Ecuador
|
4,748 | 4.1 | 2022 |
 Ghana
|
4,633 | 6.3 | 2022 |
 Spain
|
4,277 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Czech Republic
|
4,153 | 1.4 | 2022 |
 Kenya
|
4,060 | 3.6 | 2022 |
 Palestine
|
4,049 | 21.2 | 2022 |
 United Kingdom
|
3,965 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Azerbaijan
|
3,950 | 5 | 2022 |
 Hungary
|
3,890 | 2.2 | 2022 |
 Georgia
|
3,854 | 15.6 | 2022 |
 Sri Lanka
|
3,819 | 5.1 | 2022 |
 Haiti
|
3,798 | 18.8 | 2022 |
 Yemen
|
3,771 | 17.2 | 2022 |
 Peru
|
3,708 | 1.5 | 2022 |
 Jamaica
|
3,688 | 21.6 | 2022 |
 Russia
|
3,300 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Sweden
|
3,289 | 0.6 | 2022 |
 Nicaragua
|
3,227 | 20.6 | 2022 |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
3,225 | 27.9 | 2022 |
 Zimbabwe
|
3,085 | 11.3 | 2022 |
 Switzerland
|
3,074 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Senegal
|
3,007 | 10.9 | 2022 |
 Austria
|
3,000 | 0.6 | 2022 |
 Tunisia
|
2,807 | 6.1 | 2022 |
 Cambodia
|
2,616 | 8.9 | 2022 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
2,581 | 10.5 | 2022 |
 Netherlands
|
2,370 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Slovakia
|
2,316 | 2 | 2022 |
 Luxembourg
|
2,223 | 2.7 | 2022 |
 Moldova
|
2,038 | 14 | 2022 |
 Armenia
|
2,035 | 10.4 | 2022 |
 Bulgaria
|
2,033 | 2.3 | 2022 |
 Bermuda
|
1,800 | 23.8 | 2022 |
 Albania
|
1,745 | 9.2 | 2022 |
 Somalia
|
1,735 | 16.7 | 2022 |
 Algeria
|
1,659 | 0.9 | 2022 |
 Malaysia
|
1,620 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Kosovo
|
1,613 | 17.1 | 2022 |
 Sudan
|
1,499 | 2.9 | 2022 |
 Belarus
|
1,465 | 2 | 2022 |
 Bolivia
|
1,459 | 3.3 | 2022 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
1,348 | 2.1 | 2022 |
 Australia
|
1,307 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Latvia
|
1,294 | 3.2 | 2022 |
 Argentina
|
1,267 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Israel
|
1,265 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Myanmar
|
1,261 | 2 | 2022 |
 Uganda
|
1,250 | 2.7 | 2022 |
 Denmark
|
1,247 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Iraq
|
1,098 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Mali
|
1,057 | 5.6 | 2022 |
 Ivory Coast
|
1,042 | 1.5 | 2022 |
 Qatar
|
1,032 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Portugal
|
976 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 South Africa
|
873 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Canada
|
864 | 0 | 2022 |
 Montenegro
|
830 | 13.3 | 2022 |
 Slovenia
|
779 | 1.3 | 2022 |
 Lithuania
|
736 | 1 | 2022 |
 Niger
|
725 | 4.7 | 2022 |
 Tanzania
|
698 | 0.9 | 2022 |
 Turkey
|
694 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Liberia
|
690 | 17.2 | 2022 |
 Norway
|
630 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 New Caledonia
|
621 | 6.5 | 2022 |
 Costa Rica
|
621 | 0.9 | 2022 |
 Greece
|
601 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Finland
|
594 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Paraguay
|
592 | 1.4 | 2022 |
 French Polynesia
|
582 | 10 | 2022 |
 New Zealand
|
577 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Burkina Faso
|
571 | 3 | 2022 |
 Cameroon
|
563 | 1.3 | 2022 |
 Togo
|
557 | 6.7 | 2022 |
 Lesotho
|
533 | 23.8 | 2022 |
 Guinea
|
527 | 2.5 | 2022 |
 Panama
|
526 | 0.7 | 2022 |
 Guyana
|
525 | 3.6 | 2022 |
 Cyprus
|
522 | 1.8 | 2022 |
 Ethiopia
|
510 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Gambia
|
502 | 22.9 | 2022 |
 Kazakhstan
|
481 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Rwanda
|
474 | 3.6 | 2022 |
 Estonia
|
470 | 1.2 | 2022 |
 Fiji
|
459 | 9.2 | 2022 |
 North Macedonia
|
457 | 3.4 | 2022 |
 Ireland
|
436 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Hong Kong
|
419 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Mongolia
|
399 | 2.3 | 2022 |
 Madagascar
|
385 | 2.5 | 2022 |
 Afghanistan
|
370 | 0 | 2022 |
 Sierra Leone
|
322 | 7.9 | 2022 |
 Cape Verde
|
313 | 14.1 | 2022 |
 Mozambique
|
303 | 1.6 | 2022 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
287 | 0 | 2022 |
 Comoros
|
282 | 22.7 | 2022 |
 Samoa
|
280 | 33.6 | 2022 |
 Mauritius
|
274 | 2.1 | 2022 |
 South Sudan
|
267 | 0 | 2022 |
 Malawi
|
264 | 2 | 2022 |
 Zambia
|
243 | 0.8 | 2022 |
 Laos
|
240 | 1.5 | 2022 |
 Benin
|
231 | 1.3 | 2022 |
 Malta
|
226 | 1.2 | 2022 |
 Tonga
|
225 | 0 | 2022 |
 Guinea-Bissau
|
206 | 12.6 | 2022 |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
204 | 0.7 | 2022 |
 Vanuatu
|
198 | 18.7 | 2022 |
 Iceland
|
193 | 0.7 | 2022 |
 Timor-Leste
|
186 | 5.8 | 2022 |
 Curaçao
|
159 | 5.2 | 2022 |
 Faroe Islands
|
158 | 4.5 | 2022 |
 Suriname
|
148 | 4.1 | 2022 |
 Belize
|
142 | 5 | 2022 |
 Eswatini
|
126 | 2.6 | 2022 |
 Uruguay
|
125 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Mauritania
|
109 | 1.1 | 2022 |
 Bhutan
|
96 | 0 | 2022 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
89 | 9.3 | 2022 |
 Barbados
|
85 | 1.5 | 2022 |
 Macau
|
83 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Solomon Islands
|
81 | 5.1 | 2022 |
 Grenada
|
70 | 5.8 | 2022 |
 Chile
|
69 | 0 | 2022 |
 Botswana
|
68 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Saint Lucia
|
62 | 2.6 | 2022 |
 Bahamas
|
58 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Djibouti
|
57 | 1.6 | 2022 |
 Namibia
|
54 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Sint Maarten
|
48 | 3.1 | 2022 |
 Burundi
|
48 | 1.4 | 2022 |
 Oman
|
39 | 0 | 2022 |
 Aruba
|
38 | 1.1 | 2022 |
 Dominica
|
38 | 6.2 | 2022 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
38 | 3.9 | 2022 |
 Antigua and Barbuda
|
35 | 1.9 | 2022 |
 Kiribati
|
28 | 12.7 | 2022 |
 Federated States of Micronesia
|
23 | 5.5 | 2022 |
 Kuwait
|
22 | 0 | 2022 |
 San Marino
|
21 | 0 | 2022 |
 Gabon
|
18 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Angola
|
14 | 0 | 2022 |
 Cayman Islands
|
10 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
10 | 1.9 | 2022 |
 Seychelles
|
10 | 0.6 | 2022 |
 Marshall Islands
|
8 | 3.2 | 2022 |
 Maldives
|
5 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Papua New Guinea
|
3 | 0 | 2022 |
 Republic of the Congo
|
3 | 0 | 2022 |
 Tuvalu
|
2 | 4.2 | 2022 |
 Palau
|
2 | 0 | 2022 |
 Brunei
|
1 | 0 | 2022 |
| World | 790,797 | 0.8 | 2022 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Personal remittances, received (current US$)". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "In 2024, remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries are expected to reach $685 billion, larger than FDI and ODA combined". World Bank Blogs. Retrieved 2024-12-25.