Personal remittances, received in High income
High income: Personal remittances, received was 0.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Personal remittances, received in High income, 1977–2025
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
High income recorded 0.3% for personal remittances, received in 2025.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, personal remittances, received in High income peaked at 0.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1996.
High income ranks 45th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Personal remittances, received in High income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 0.2% | — |
| 1978 | 0.2% | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 0.2% | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | +7.3% |
| 1981 | 0.2% | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | -8.1% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | +14.0% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | +15.7% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.3% | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3% | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -20.4% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -17.1% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 0.3% | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 42 Nigeria 7.8% compare
- 43 Jordan 7.6% compare
- 44 Morocco 7.5% compare
- 45 Bangladesh 7.4% compare
- 46 Micronesia, Federated States of 7.4% compare
- 47 Croatia 7.2% compare
- 48 New Caledonia 7.1% compare
More economy & growth data for High income
- Services, value added 43.80 trillion current US$ (2021)
- Manufacturing, value added 8.09 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -0.3415 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 15.39 trillion current US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 12.75 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added -0.3% (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 21.3% (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.1767 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 31,473 current US$ per person (2021)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.691 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is personal remittances, received in High income?
- Personal remittances, received in High income was 0.3% in 2025, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest personal remittances, received recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest personal remittances, received recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1996.
- How does High income rank for personal remittances, received?
- High income ranks 45th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is personal remittances, received rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.