Personal remittances, received in Euro area
Euro area: Personal remittances, received was 0.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Personal remittances, received in Euro area, 1975–2025
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for personal remittances, received in Euro area is 0.8%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, personal remittances, received in Euro area peaked at 0.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1999.
Euro area ranks 38th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Personal remittances, received in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.4% | — |
| 1976 | 0.4% | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.5% | +16.0% |
| 1978 | 0.5% | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 0.5% | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6% | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6% | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 0.6% | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.6% | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 0.5% | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.5% | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.5% | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 0.5% | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 0.5% | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 0.5% | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.5% | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 0.5% | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.4% | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.5% | +22.2% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -19.3% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 0.8% | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 35 Sao Tome and Principe 9.7% compare
- 36 Republic of Moldova 9.4% compare
- 37 Togo 8.7% compare
- 38 Philippines 8.5% compare
- 39 Zimbabwe 8.5% compare
- 40 Albania 8.4% compare
- 41 Burundi 8.1% compare
More economy & growth data for Euro area
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1621 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 22,440 current US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4469 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 8.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 8,140 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 10,992 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 10.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2189 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is personal remittances, received in Euro area?
- Personal remittances, received in Euro area was 0.8% in 2025, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest personal remittances, received recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest personal remittances, received recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1999.
- How does Euro area rank for personal remittances, received?
- Euro area ranks 38th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is personal remittances, received rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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.