Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a proportion of the amount remitted (%) by country

Countries reporting
110
Highest
31.5%
Malawi
Lowest
1.5%
Georgia
Median
5.8%
Years covered
15
2011–2025
Data points
1,231

What the numbers show

Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a proportion of the amount remitted (%) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 31.5% in Malawi; the lowest is 1.5% in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.8%, and the mean is 7.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 688.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 61.0%).

Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 31.5% 2025 up 244.4% volatile
2 Bulgaria 22.3% 2025 up 143.3% rising
3 Angola 21.4% 2025 up 28.9% rising
4 Sudan 21.2% 2025 up 333.1% volatile
5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18.5% 2025 up 160.5% volatile
6 Botswana 16.4% 2025 down 16.5% falling
7 Uganda 15.9% 2025 up 24.4% rising
8 Namibia 13.3% 2025 down 51.9% falling
9 Gambia 12.1% 2025 up 20.1% rising
10 Vanuatu 12.0% 2025 down 23.9% falling
11 Eswatini 11.6% 2025 down 16.0% rising
12 Kenya 11.6% 2025 up 30.8% falling
13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.5% 2025 down 29.6% falling
13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.5% 2025 down 29.6% falling
15 Lesotho 11.2% 2025 down 18.7% flat
15 United Republic of Tanzania 11.2% 2025 up 16.9% falling
17 Zambia 10.7% 2025 down 31.8% falling
18 Rwanda 10.7% 2025 down 22.5% falling
19 Mali 10.2% 2025 up 98.6% falling
20 Cambodia 9.9% 2025 down 34.5% falling
21 Kyrgyzstan 9.8% 2025 up 688.0% rising
22 South Sudan 9.8% 2025 up 1.7% flat
23 Suriname 8.9% 2025 up 36.3% rising
24 Afghanistan 8.8% 2025 down 10.6% flat
25 Cuba 8.8% 2025 down 20.5% rising
26 Lebanon 8.5% 2025 down 35.5% falling
27 Zimbabwe 8.4% 2025 down 29.6% falling
28 Mozambique 8.3% 2025 down 54.3% falling
29 Guyana 8.2% 2025 down 5.5% rising
29 Paraguay 8.2% 2025 up 15.7% falling
31 Albania 8.0% 2025 up 1.4% rising
32 Tonga 7.8% 2025 down 6.5% falling
33 Eritrea 7.7% 2025 down 15.0% falling
34 Syrian Arab Republic 7.6% 2025 up 64.0% volatile
34 Syrian Arab Republic 7.6% 2025 up 64.0% volatile
36 Algeria 7.5% 2025 down 36.5% falling
37 Kosovo 7.5% 2025 up 7.0% falling
38 Republic of Moldova 7.4% 2025 up 29.1% falling
38 Republic of Moldova 7.4% 2025 up 29.1% falling
40 China 7.3% 2025 down 28.2% falling
41 Bangladesh 7.3% 2025 up 75.5% rising
42 Cabo Verde 7.2% 2025 down 32.5% falling
43 Armenia 7.1% 2025 up 382.4% rising
44 Serbia 7.1% 2025 down 23.3% falling
45 Myanmar 6.9% 2025 down 43.4% volatile
46 Samoa 6.4% 2025 down 24.1% falling
47 Ukraine 6.2% 2025 up 31.7% falling
48 Estonia 6.2% 2021 up 34.2% falling
49 Ecuador 6.0% 2025 up 39.2% rising
50 Morocco 6.0% 2025 down 14.4% falling
51 Costa Rica 6.0% 2025 up 4.6% falling
52 South Africa 6.0% 2025 down 33.6% falling
53 Latvia 5.8% 2021 up 37.6% flat
54 Somalia 5.8% 2025 down 10.4% falling
55 Thailand 5.8% 2025 down 23.8% falling
56 Senegal 5.8% 2025 up 3.6% falling
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.7% 2025 down 22.3% falling
58 Fiji 5.5% 2025 down 42.7% falling
59 Sierra Leone 5.5% 2025 up 5.1% falling
60 Viet Nam 5.5% 2025 down 30.0% falling
60 Viet Nam 5.5% 2025 down 30.0% falling
62 Tunisia 5.5% 2025 down 9.9% falling
63 Brazil 5.4% 2025 down 23.3% falling
64 Jamaica 5.4% 2025 down 37.0% falling
65 Liberia 5.4% 2025 up 6.3% rising
66 Haiti 5.3% 2025 down 43.6% falling
66 Madagascar 5.3% 2025 down 33.0% falling
68 India 5.3% 2025 down 18.5% falling
69 Hungary 5.2% 2025 down 13.4% falling
70 Colombia 5.1% 2025 down 16.8% falling
71 Indonesia 5.1% 2025 down 25.7% falling
72 Dominican Republic 5.0% 2025 down 21.7% falling
73 Nicaragua 5.0% 2025 up 21.9% rising
74 Egypt 4.9% 2025 down 13.4% flat
75 Jordan 4.9% 2025 down 15.6% falling
75 Türkiye 4.9% 2025 down 29.8% falling
75 Türkiye 4.9% 2025 down 29.8% falling
78 Peru 4.9% 2025 down 19.4% falling
79 Lithuania 4.7% 2025 down 43.0% falling
80 Ghana 4.6% 2025 down 50.9% falling
81 Honduras 4.6% 2025 up 7.3% flat
82 Mexico 4.5% 2025 down 19.0% falling
82 Philippines 4.5% 2025 down 27.5% falling
84 Yemen 4.4% 2025 up 18.8% rising
85 Nigeria 4.3% 2025 down 44.5% falling
86 Malaysia 4.2% 2025 down 26.5% falling
87 Ethiopia 4.2% 2025 down 47.1% falling
87 Guatemala 4.2% 2025 down 11.1% falling
89 Panama 4.1% 2025 down 12.6% falling
90 North Macedonia 4.1% 2025 down 61.0% falling
91 Sri Lanka 4.1% 2025 down 27.1% falling
92 Côte d'Ivoire 4.0% 2025 down 33.1% falling
92 Côte d'Ivoire 4.0% 2025 down 33.1% falling
94 Romania 3.8% 2025 down 37.1% falling
95 Comoros 3.8% 2025 down 21.1% rising
96 State of Palestine 3.5% 2025 down 51.3% falling
97 Nepal 3.5% 2025 down 0.8% falling
98 El Salvador 3.5% 2025 down 17.1% falling
99 Togo 3.4% 2025 down 60.2% falling
100 Poland 3.4% 2025 down 49.2% falling
101 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.1% 2025 down 47.9% falling
102 Cameroon 3.1% 2025 down 30.0% flat
103 Tajikistan 3.0% 2025 up 99.3% volatile
104 Croatia 3.0% 2025 down 28.0% volatile
105 Pakistan 2.7% 2025 down 49.2% falling
106 Uzbekistan 2.4% 2021 up 8.1% falling
107 Azerbaijan 1.6% 2021 down 31.2% falling
108 Kazakhstan 1.5% 2021 down 32.9% falling
109 Belarus 1.5% 2021 down 37.9% falling
109 Georgia 1.5% 2021 down 43.3% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a proportion of the amount remitted (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
118 places, 1,231 data points, 2011–2025
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