Personal remittances, received in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Personal remittances, received was 0.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Personal remittances, received in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1982–2025
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for personal remittances, received in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 0.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, personal remittances, received in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2021.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Personal remittances, received in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 0.8% | — |
| 1983 | 0.7% | -19.3% |
| 1984 | 0.5% | -24.1% |
| 1985 | 0.4% | -10.7% |
| 1986 | 0.5% | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.5% | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 0.5% | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 0.5% | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.5% | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | +11.0% |
| 1994 | 0.6% | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 0.6% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9% | +43.7% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | -35.8% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | -11.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | +15.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 176.21 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 4.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5647 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 6,123 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5372 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,825 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 10,615 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9789 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is personal remittances, received in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Personal remittances, received in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 0.5% in 2025, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest personal remittances, received recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2004.
- What is the lowest personal remittances, received recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2021.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for personal remittances, received?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 40th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is personal remittances, received rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.