Personal remittances, received in Arab World
Arab World: Personal remittances, received was 2.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Personal remittances, received in Arab World, 2005–2025
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Arab World recorded 2.6% for personal remittances, received in 2025.
The figure is up 61.5% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, personal remittances, received in Arab World peaked at 2.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2024.
Arab World ranks 21st of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Personal remittances, received in Arab World, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2.6% | — |
| 2006 | 2.4% | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 2.5% | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 2.3% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | -20.7% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | -22.1% |
| 2024 | 1.6% | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 2.6% | +61.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 1.6% | 2.7% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Arab World
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 0.9554 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added 1.90 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Services, value added 1.86 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Services, value added 50.0% (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.4905 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,700 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per 6,275 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per unit 0.8317 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), annual 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is personal remittances, received in Arab World?
- Personal remittances, received in Arab World was 2.6% in 2025, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest personal remittances, received recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest personal remittances, received recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2024.
- How does Arab World rank for personal remittances, received?
- Arab World ranks 21st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is personal remittances, received rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Arab World data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Personal remittances, received (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.