Personal remittances, paid (current US$), per unit of GDP by country

Personal remittances, paid (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
195
Highest
0.1978 current US$ per US$ of GDP
Luxembourg
Lowest
0 current US$ per US$ of GDP
Kenya
Median
0.0079 current US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
60
1966–2025
Data points
9,632

What the numbers show

Personal remittances, paid (current US$), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 0.1978 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Kenya.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0079 current US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0182 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,825.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 6,660.2%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 98.4%).

Personal remittances, paid (current US$), per unit of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 0.1978 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 5.8% rising
2 Naoero 0.156 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.0% rising
3 San Marino 0.1193 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 up 4.3% flat
4 Libya 0.1095 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 up 157.8% volatile
5 Kuwait 0.1065 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 19.7% volatile
6 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0982 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2018 rising
7 Lebanon 0.0884 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 16.3% falling
8 Maldives 0.0882 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 8.1% rising
9 Oman 0.0857 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.8% rising
10 Cayman Islands 0.0779 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 3.0% flat
11 Mauritius 0.0751 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 41.8% volatile
12 Timor-Leste 0.0651 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.8% volatile
13 Palau 0.0636 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 up 46.3% rising
14 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0618 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 41.4% falling
15 Bahrain 0.0563 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.1% falling
16 Qatar 0.0559 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 25.8% falling
17 Marshall Islands 0.0557 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 56.5% volatile
18 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0548 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2014 down 0.4% flat
19 Macau, China 0.0496 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 67.2% volatile
20 Saudi Arabia 0.046 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 17.8% volatile
21 Tuvalu 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 up 24.1% flat
22 Curaçao 0.0432 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 up 11.9% flat
23 Tonga 0.0429 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 232.1% volatile
24 Switzerland 0.0409 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 11.1% rising
25 Guinea-Bissau 0.0385 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 19.8% volatile
26 Tajikistan 0.038 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 90.2% falling
27 Brunei Darussalam 0.0373 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2009 up 165.0% rising
28 Grenada 0.0372 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 22.3% volatile
29 Cyprus 0.0369 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 14.7% volatile
30 Samoa 0.0348 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 82.3% rising
31 Andorra 0.0346 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 19.4% rising
32 Solomon Islands 0.0327 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 4.9% volatile
33 Central African Republic 0.0322 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1994 up 34.4% rising
34 Haiti 0.0317 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 93.4% volatile
35 Liberia 0.0316 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 72.1% volatile
36 Aruba 0.031 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 12.5% rising
37 Seychelles 0.0294 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.3% volatile
38 Montenegro 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 95.6% rising
39 Malaysia 0.0257 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.8% volatile
40 Kyrgyzstan 0.0253 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 58.3% volatile
41 Republic of Moldova 0.0248 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 25.2% rising
42 Niger 0.0236 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 74.3% volatile
43 Suriname 0.0235 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 274.2% volatile
44 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0235 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 53.7% falling
45 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 10.7% rising
46 Bhutan 0.0223 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.7% volatile
47 Armenia 0.0213 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 38.3% rising
48 Croatia 0.0211 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 323.3% volatile
49 Bermuda 0.0205 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 39.5% falling
50 Bahamas 0.0203 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 49.7% volatile
51 Iceland 0.0191 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 143.2% volatile
52 Austria 0.0187 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 49.1% volatile
53 Malawi 0.0175 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 731.8% volatile
54 Thailand 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 73.9% volatile
55 Vanuatu 0.0165 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2022 up 419.4% volatile
56 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.016 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 24.5% volatile
57 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 57.7% volatile
58 Belgium 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 60.6% rising
59 Czechia 0.0152 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 109.4% rising
60 Netherlands 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 10.1% volatile
61 Serbia 0.0147 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 147.6% rising
62 Jamaica 0.0142 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.2% volatile
63 Latvia 0.0138 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 33.4% volatile
64 Belize 0.0138 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 26.5% rising
65 Faroe Islands 0.0137 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2011 up 18.8% rising
66 Togo 0.0135 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2020 up 1.6% volatile
67 Chad 0.0131 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1994 up 78.2% volatile
68 Dominica 0.0125 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 70.6% volatile
69 Greece 0.0124 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 102.9% volatile
70 Cape Verde 0.012 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 47.5% volatile
71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0119 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 6.6% flat
72 Norway 0.0118 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 22.3% volatile
73 Ghana 0.0115 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 78.3% volatile
74 Denmark 0.0114 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 27.0% volatile
75 Afghanistan 0.0113 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2020 down 77.3% volatile
76 Lithuania 0.0111 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 21.9% volatile
77 Senegal 0.0111 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 25.4% rising
78 Guyana 0.0107 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 63.6% volatile
79 Yemen 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2016 up 68.1% rising
80 Mali 0.0099 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 15.1% falling
81 Jordan 0.0098 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.9% falling
82 Dominican Republic 0.0092 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 11.8% volatile
83 Malta 0.009 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 90.3% volatile
84 Guinea 0.009 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 120.2% volatile
85 Kazakhstan 0.0089 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 48.3% volatile
86 Georgia 0.0088 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 40.1% rising
87 Australia 0.0088 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 98.3% volatile
88 Burkina Faso 0.0088 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.8% falling
89 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0086 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2010 up 463.9% volatile
90 Mozambique 0.0086 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.9% volatile
91 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0086 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 337.7% volatile
92 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0086 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 109.9% volatile
93 Azerbaijan 0.0085 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 65.2% rising
94 Gabon 0.0085 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2015 down 56.3% falling
95 Barbados 0.0083 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2017 down 29.5% volatile
96 Honduras 0.0083 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 323.9% volatile
97 Indonesia 0.0081 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 51.0% rising
98 Uzbekistan 0.0079 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 130.0% volatile
99 Mongolia 0.0079 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 71.4% volatile
100 Korea 0.0076 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 34.9% volatile
101 Slovenia 0.0075 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 58.3% volatile
102 Albania 0.0074 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 44.3% volatile
103 Nicaragua 0.0074 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 6,660.2% volatile
104 New Caledonia 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2016 down 4.6% rising
105 Cambodia 0.0068 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.4% falling
106 Panama 0.0067 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 54.6% volatile
107 Burundi 0.0066 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 11.3% volatile
108 Rwanda 0.0066 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 45.7% falling
109 Canada 0.0065 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 98.3% rising
110 Costa Rica 0.0065 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 10.5% volatile
111 Mauritania 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 77.7% volatile
112 Sweden 0.0063 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 29.7% volatile
113 Estonia 0.0062 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 54.0% volatile
114 Romania 0.0062 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 114.0% volatile
115 France 0.0062 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 3.4% falling
116 Botswana 0.0061 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.4% volatile
117 Saint Lucia 0.0061 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.3% rising
118 Namibia 0.0059 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.8% rising
119 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0058 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 45.9% volatile
120 Finland 0.0056 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 2.4% volatile
121 Eswatini 0.0056 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 37.2% volatile
122 Benin 0.0055 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 31.9% volatile
123 Italy 0.0055 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 13.6% volatile
124 Hungary 0.0055 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 27.2% rising
125 Poland 0.0054 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 0.8% volatile
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0054 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 59.1% rising
127 El Salvador 0.0054 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 69.6% volatile
128 Congo 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2021 up 52.6% volatile
129 Germany 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 30.7% falling
130 Belarus 0.005 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 75.4% rising
131 Kosovo 0.005 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 53.9% volatile
131 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.005 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 53.9% volatile
133 Madagascar 0.0049 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 23.3% volatile
134 Sudan 0.0048 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2022 up 2,145.3% volatile
135 Zambia 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 56.9% volatile
136 Ireland 0.0044 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.4% volatile
137 New Zealand 0.0043 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 5.6% falling
138 Bulgaria 0.0043 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 88.9% rising
139 Slovakia 0.0042 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 60.7% volatile
140 French Polynesia 0.0041 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2016 down 52.4% falling
141 Gambia 0.0041 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 80.2% volatile
142 Comoros 0.004 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 up 386.7% volatile
143 Uganda 0.0039 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 57.7% volatile
144 Somalia 0.0035 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1983 volatile
145 United States of America 0.0035 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 4.9% rising
146 Russian Federation 0.0035 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 76.0% volatile
147 Angola 0.0034 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 71.9% volatile
148 Ecuador 0.0034 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 14.4% volatile
149 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0033 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 9.5% rising
150 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0032 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.4% volatile
151 Kiribati 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 42.2% volatile
152 India 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 31.6% volatile
153 Papua New Guinea 0.0027 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 84.5% volatile
154 Hong Kong, China 0.0027 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 9.1% rising
155 Israel 0.0027 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.4% volatile
156 South Africa 0.0026 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 6.7% volatile
157 Iraq 0.0026 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.3% volatile
158 Myanmar 0.0024 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2019 up 10.2% volatile
159 Fiji 0.0022 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.3% volatile
160 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0022 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 65.9% volatile
161 Egypt 0.0021 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 9.3% volatile
162 Chile 0.0019 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 21.4% volatile
163 Cameroon 0.0019 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.9% volatile
164 Nepal 0.0019 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 371.1% volatile
165 Paraguay 0.0019 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 40.9% volatile
166 Sri Lanka 0.0017 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 84.5% volatile
167 Japan 0.0016 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 83.2% volatile
168 Portugal 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.3% volatile
169 Uruguay 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 0.1% volatile
170 North Macedonia 0.0015 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 24.6% volatile
171 Sierra Leone 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 56.1% volatile
172 Tunisia 0.0014 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 141.8% volatile
173 Argentina 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 6.5% volatile
174 Lesotho 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 25.6% volatile
175 Morocco 0.0012 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 69.1% volatile
176 Türkiye 0.0011 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 30.5% volatile
177 Zimbabwe 0.0011 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 89.6% volatile
178 Peru 0.001 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 75.3% volatile
179 Ukraine 0.001 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 92.1% volatile
180 Colombia 0.0009 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 17.5% falling
181 Brazil 0.0008 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 9.8% volatile
182 Pakistan 0.0008 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 680.6% volatile
183 China 0.0007 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 42.0% volatile
184 Mexico 0.0006 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 23.9% rising
185 Philippines 0.0006 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 20.4% volatile
186 Algeria 0.0005 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 57.1% volatile
187 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0005 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2016 down 65.9% volatile
188 Ethiopia 0.0005 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 80.5% volatile
189 Spain 0.0004 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 36.5% volatile
190 Nigeria 0.0004 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 81.5% volatile
191 Bangladesh 0.0004 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 119.7% volatile
192 Guatemala 0.0003 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 33.0% volatile
193 Djibouti 0.0002 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 97.4% volatile
194 Palestine, State of 0 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 97.8% volatile
195 Kenya 0 current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 98.4% volatile

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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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Personal remittances, paid (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Personal remittances, paid (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
242 places, 9,632 data points, 1966–2025
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Personal remittances, paid (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.