Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP (%) by country
Countries reporting
205
Highest
47.9%
Tajikistan
Lowest
0.0%
Papua New Guinea
Median
2.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,398
What the numbers show
Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP (%) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 47.9% in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.0% in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 5.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,938.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 2,204.4%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 97.0%).
Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) … total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 47.9% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 2 | Tonga | 42.6% | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 3 | Lebanon | 33.3% | 2023 | up 106.6% | rising |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 26.6% | 2024 | up 177.5% | rising |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.6% | 2022 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Nepal | 26.2% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 7 | Honduras | 25.7% | 2024 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 8 | Samoa | 24.0% | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 9 | El Salvador | 24.0% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 10 | Bermuda | 23.7% | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 23.1% | 2024 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 12 | Comoros | 23.0% | 2023 | up 112.3% | rising |
| 13 | Gambia | 22.0% | 2024 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Liberia | 21.3% | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Lesotho | 20.9% | 2024 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 16 | Guatemala | 19.1% | 2024 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 18.8% | 2022 | up 536.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Kosovo | 17.3% | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 19 | Haiti | 16.3% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 20 | Jamaica | 16.2% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 14.4% | 2024 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 22 | Polynesia | 12.4% | 2016 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 23 | Cabo Verde | 12.3% | 2024 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 24 | Yemen | 12.0% | 2016 | up 78.9% | falling |
| 25 | Georgia | 11.9% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 26 | East Timor | 11.8% | 2024 | up 290.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Timor-Leste | 11.8% | 2024 | up 290.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Senegal | 10.6% | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 29 | French Polynesia | 10.6% | 2016 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.6% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 31 | Moldova | 10.5% | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 31 | Republic of Moldova | 10.5% | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 33 | Montenegro | 10.3% | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.8% | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.7% | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Pakistan | 9.4% | 2024 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 9.0% | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 38 | Philippines | 8.7% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 39 | Togo | 8.7% | 2020 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 8.4% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 41 | Nigeria | 8.4% | 2024 | up 130.8% | rising |
| 42 | Albania | 8.4% | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 43 | Jordan | 8.3% | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 44 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.9% | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 7.8% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 46 | Burundi | 7.7% | 2024 | up 269.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Egypt | 7.6% | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 48 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 7.4% | 2014 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 7.2% | 2024 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 50 | New Caledonia | 7.1% | 2016 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 51 | Fiji | 7.1% | 2024 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 6.8% | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 53 | Serbia | 6.4% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 54 | Tunisia | 6.3% | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 55 | Faroe Islands | 6.3% | 2011 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 56 | Ukraine | 6.3% | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 6.1% | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 58 | Cambodia | 6.1% | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 6.0% | 2024 | up 391.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Dominica | 5.7% | 2024 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 61 | Curacao | 5.4% | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 61 | Curaçao | 5.4% | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 63 | State of Palestine | 5.4% | 2024 | down 58.4% | rising |
| 64 | Ecuador | 5.2% | 2024 | up 118.1% | falling |
| 65 | Vietnam | 5.1% | 2004 | — | rising |
| 65 | Viet Nam | 5.1% | 2004 | — | rising |
| 67 | Armenia | 4.9% | 2024 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 68 | Belize | 4.8% | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 69 | Ethiopia | 4.8% | 2024 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Kiribati | 4.8% | 2024 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 71 | Sierra Leone | 4.6% | 2024 | up 466.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Caribbean | 4.5% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 4.2% | 2023 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 4.2% | 2024 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 75 | Mali | 4.0% | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 76 | Afghanistan | 4.0% | 2020 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Ghana | 3.7% | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Mexico | 3.6% | 2024 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 79 | Suriname | 3.6% | 2024 | up 2,053.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Rwanda | 3.6% | 2024 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Bhutan | 3.6% | 2023 | up 489.9% | volatile |
| 82 | India | 3.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 83 | Grenada | 3.5% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.5% | 2024 | up 51.7% | falling |
| 85 | Myanmar | 3.4% | 2019 | up 2,204.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Niger | 3.3% | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Guyana | 3.2% | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Latvia | 3.1% | 2024 | down 40.3% | rising |
| 89 | Burkina Faso | 2.9% | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 90 | Sudan | 2.9% | 2022 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.8% | 2023 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 92 | Colombia | 2.8% | 2024 | up 159.4% | rising |
| 93 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.8% | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 2.7% | 2024 | down 19.9% | flat |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 2.7% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 96 | Uganda | 2.7% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 97 | Syria | 2.6% | 2010 | up 178.1% | rising |
| 97 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.6% | 2010 | up 178.1% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 2.6% | 2024 | up 103.7% | rising |
| 100 | Romania | 2.5% | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Guinea | 2.5% | 2024 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Hungary | 2.5% | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Belarus | 2.4% | 2024 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 2.4% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 105 | Madagascar | 2.3% | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 2.3% | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 107 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.3% | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 108 | Belgium | 2.3% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 109 | Mongolia | 2.2% | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Slovakia | 2.1% | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 111 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.0% | 2024 | up 156.4% | rising |
| 111 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.0% | 2024 | up 156.4% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritius | 1.9% | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 1.8% | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 115 | Cyprus | 1.8% | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Thailand | 1.8% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 117 | Benin | 1.7% | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 118 | Peru | 1.7% | 2024 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 119 | Malawi | 1.7% | 2024 | up 277.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Barbados | 1.5% | 2017 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 121 | Laos | 1.5% | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.5% | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 123 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.4% | 2024 | up 82.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Nauru | 1.4% | 2024 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Naoero | 1.4% | 2024 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Djibouti | 1.3% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 127 | Melanesia | 1.3% | 2024 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 128 | Zambia | 1.3% | 2024 | up 515.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Andorra | 1.3% | 2024 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 130 | Cameroon | 1.3% | 2024 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 131 | Slovenia | 1.2% | 2024 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 132 | Lithuania | 1.2% | 2024 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 133 | France | 1.2% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 134 | Czechia | 1.2% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.2% | 2024 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 136 | Mozambique | 1.2% | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 137 | Estonia | 1.2% | 2024 | down 42.8% | rising |
| 138 | Indonesia | 1.1% | 2024 | up 19.7% | flat |
| 139 | San Marino | 1.1% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 140 | Aruba | 1.0% | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Poland | 0.9% | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 142 | Mauritania | 0.9% | 2024 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 143 | Palau | 0.8% | 2023 | down 23.9% | flat |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.8% | 2024 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 0.8% | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 146 | Iceland | 0.7% | 2024 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 147 | Sweden | 0.7% | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 148 | Namibia | 0.7% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 149 | Eswatini | 0.7% | 2024 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 150 | Algeria | 0.7% | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Botswana | 0.7% | 2024 | up 121.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Qatar | 0.7% | 2024 | up 172.3% | rising |
| 153 | Austria | 0.7% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 154 | Panama | 0.6% | 2024 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 155 | Portugal | 0.6% | 2024 | up 119.9% | rising |
| 156 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.6% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 157 | Seychelles | 0.6% | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.5% | 2004 | — | rising |
| 159 | Italy | 0.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 160 | Germany | 0.5% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 161 | Bahamas | 0.4% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 162 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.4% | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 163 | South Korea | 0.4% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 163 | Republic of Korea | 0.4% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 165 | Switzerland | 0.4% | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 166 | Malaysia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 167 | Spain | 0.4% | 2024 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 168 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2024 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 169 | Congo | 0.3% | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 170 | Finland | 0.3% | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 171 | Iraq | 0.2% | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.2% | 2016 | up 174.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Brazil | 0.2% | 2024 | up 108.0% | falling |
| 174 | Greece | 0.2% | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 175 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 176 | Norway | 0.2% | 2024 | up 28.3% | flat |
| 177 | Israel | 0.2% | 2024 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 178 | Uruguay | 0.2% | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 179 | China | 0.2% | 2024 | down 40.2% | flat |
| 180 | Argentina | 0.2% | 2024 | up 70.4% | falling |
| 181 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2022 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 182 | Cayman Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 183 | United Kingdom | 0.1% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 183 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 185 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2015 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 186 | Japan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 188 | Australia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 188 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.1% | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 190 | Russia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 76.8% | rising |
| 190 | Russian Federation | 0.1% | 2024 | down 76.8% | rising |
| 192 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Turkey | 0.1% | 2024 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 194 | Türkiye | 0.1% | 2024 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Malta | 0.1% | 2024 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Angola | 0.1% | 2024 | up 150.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Canada | 0.0% | 2024 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 199 | Oman | 0.0% | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 200 | Chile | 0.0% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 201 | United States | 0.0% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 202 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 203 | Libya | 0.0% | 2006 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 204 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2024 | up 439.4% | volatile |
| 205 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Africa 5.9%
- Central Asia 5.6%
- Northern Africa 5.4%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 5.3%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5.2%
- Central America 5.1%
- Central and Southern Asia 4.6%
- Southern Asia 4.5%
- Africa 3.9%
- Eastern Africa 3.7%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.2%
- South-Eastern Asia 2.5%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 2.2%
- Middle Africa 1.2%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.2%
- Eastern Europe 1.1%
- Asia 1.0%
- World 1.0%
- Americas 1.0%
- Western Europe 0.8%
- Southern Europe 0.8%
- South America 0.8%
- Europe 0.7%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 0.4%
- Western Asia 0.4%
- Southern Africa 0.4%
- Europe and Northern America 0.4%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 0.3%
- Northern Europe 0.3%
- Eastern Asia 0.2%
- Oceania 0.1%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0.1%
- Northern America 0.0%
- United States of America 0.0%