Personal remittances, received in OECD members
OECD members: Personal remittances, received was 0.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Personal remittances, received in OECD members, 1977–2025
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for personal remittances, received in OECD members is 0.4%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, personal remittances, received in OECD members peaked at 0.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1995.
That places OECD members 42nd out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Personal remittances, received in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 0.2% | — |
| 1978 | 0.2% | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 0.3% | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 0.3% | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3% | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 0.3% | +13.2% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | +13.4% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.3% | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3% | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 0.3% | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -20.6% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | +10.9% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More economy & growth data for OECD members
- Inflation, GDP deflator 3.1% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 12.4% (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added 12.98 trillion current US$ (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added 11.64 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added -0.8% (2024)
- Trade in services 14.9% (2025)
- Services, value added 41.66 trillion current US$ (2021)
- Services, value added 69.8% (2021)
- GDP per capita 41,261 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP per capita 51,734 current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is personal remittances, received in OECD members?
- Personal remittances, received in OECD members was 0.4% in 2025, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest personal remittances, received recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest personal remittances, received recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1995.
- How does OECD members rank for personal remittances, received?
- OECD members ranks 42nd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is personal remittances, received rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.