The following article presents a comprehensive overview of countries ranked by the amount of remittances they receive from abroad. Remittances, defined as monetary transfers made by migrants to their home countries, play a crucial role in global economies and the livelihoods of individuals and families. In some countries, remittances account for more than 30% of the total economic output.
Ranking
Countries by remittances received and remittances received as a percent of GDP according to data by the World Bank.[1][2]
Country | Remittances received (USD millions) |
Remittances as % of GDP | Year |
---|---|---|---|
India | 111,222 | 3.3 | 2022 |
Mexico | 61,100 | 4.3 | 2022 |
France | 33,928 | 1.2 | 2022 |
Pakistan | 29,871 | 7.9 | 2022 |
Egypt | 28,333 | 5.9 | 2022 |
China | 26,106 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Bangladesh | 21,504 | 4.7 | 2022 |
Nigeria | 20,128 | 4.2 | 2022 |
Germany | 19,288 | 0.5 | 2022 |
Guatemala | 18,203 | 19.2 | 2022 |
Uzbekistan | 16,736 | 20.8 | 2022 |
Ukraine | 16,715 | 10.4 | 2022 |
Belgium | 13,438 | 2.3 | 2022 |
Vietnam | 13,151 | 3.2 | 2022 |
Morocco | 11,168 | 8.3 | 2022 |
Italy | 10,530 | 0.5 | 2022 |
Portugal | 10,296 | 4.1 | 2022 |
Dominican Republic | 10,278 | 9.0 | 2022 |
Indonesia | 9,960 | 0.8 | 2022 |
Colombia | 9,449 | 2.7 | 2022 |
Nepal | 9,293 | 22.8 | 2022 |
Philippines | 9,067 | 2.2 | 2022 |
Thailand | 8,912 | 1.8 | 2022 |
Romania | 8,660 | 2.9 | 2022 |
Honduras | 8,485 | 26.8 | 2022 |
South Korea | 7,825 | 0.5 | 2022 |
El Salvador | 7,693 | 23.7 | 2022 |
United States | 7,431 | 0.0 | 2022 |
Lebanon | 6,449 | 27.5 | 2022 |
Poland | 6,435 | 0.9 | 2022 |
Serbia | 5,601 | 8.8 | 2022 |
Croatia | 5,392 | 7.6 | 2022 |
Japan | 5,384 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Tajikistan | 5,346 | 50.9 | 2022 |
Jordan | 5,000 | 10.5 | 2022 |
Brazil | 4,969 | 0.3 | 2022 |
Ecuador | 4,748 | 4.1 | 2022 |
Ghana | 4,664 | 6.4 | 2022 |
Haiti | 4,532 | 22.4 | 2022 |
Spain | 4,268 | 0.3 | 2022 |
Czech Republic | 4,153 | 1.4 | 2022 |
Kenya | 4,060 | 3.6 | 2022 |
Palestine | 4,049 | 21.2 | 2022 |
Azerbaijan | 3,950 | 5.0 | 2022 |
United Kingdom | 3,877 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Georgia | 3,854 | 15.7 | 2022 |
Sri Lanka | 3,818 | 5.1 | 2022 |
Yemen | 3,771 | 17.5 | 2022 |
Peru | 3,708 | 1.5 | 2022 |
Jamaica | 3,688 | 21.6 | 2022 |
Hungary | 3,589 | 2.0 | 2022 |
Russia | 3,300 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Sweden | 3,289 | 0.6 | 2022 |
Nicaragua | 3,227 | 20.6 | 2022 |
Kyrgyzstan | 3,225 | 29.5 | 2022 |
Tunisia | 3,092 | 6.6 | 2022 |
Zimbabwe | 3,085 | 14.9 | 2022 |
Austria | 2,935 | 0.6 | 2022 |
Switzerland | 2,620 | 0.3 | 2022 |
Cambodia | 2,616 | 8.7 | 2022 |
Senegal | 2,500 | 9.0 | 2022 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,466 | 10.1 | 2022 |
Netherlands | 2,370 | 0.2 | 2022 |
Luxembourg | 2,186 | 2.7 | 2022 |
Slovakia | 2,147 | 1.9 | 2022 |
Moldova | 2,037 | 14.1 | 2022 |
Armenia | 2,035 | 10.4 | 2022 |
Bulgaria | 2,033 | 2.3 | 2022 |
Myanmar | 1,900 | 3.2 | 2022 |
Bermuda | 1,800 | 23.8 | 2022 |
Algeria | 1,760 | 0.9 | 2022 |
Albania | 1,745 | 9.2 | 2022 |
Somalia | 1,735 | 21.4 | 2022 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,664 | 2.9 | 2022 |
Malaysia | 1,620 | 0.4 | 2022 |
Kosovo | 1,613 | 17.1 | 2022 |
Sudan | 1,499 | 2.9 | 2022 |
Belarus | 1,465 | 2.0 | 2022 |
Bolivia | 1,459 | 3.4 | 2022 |
Latvia | 1,333 | 3.2 | 2022 |
Australia | 1,298 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Uganda | 1,270 | 2.8 | 2022 |
Argentina | 1,267 | 0.2 | 2022 |
Israel | 1,265 | 0.2 | 2022 |
Denmark | 1,247 | 0.3 | 2022 |
South Sudan | 1,187 | 9.5 | 2022 |
Mali | 1,131 | 6.0 | 2022 |
Qatar | 1,032 | 0.4 | 2022 |
South Africa | 873 | 0.2 | 2022 |
Canada | 862 | 0.0 | 2022 |
Montenegro | 830 | 13.6 | 2022 |
Slovenia | 779 | 1.2 | 2022 |
Lithuania | 736 | 1.0 | 2022 |
Tanzania | 698 | 0.9 | 2022 |
Turkey | 694 | 0.1 | 2022 |
New Zealand | 677 | 0.3 | 2022 |
Togo | 650 | 8.2 | 2022 |
Norway | 629 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Iraq | 624 | 0.2 | 2022 |
New Caledonia | 621 | 6.2 | 2022 |
Costa Rica | 621 | 0.9 | 2022 |
Gambia | 615 | 27.1 | 2022 |
Greece | 601 | 0.3 | 2022 |
Finland | 594 | 0.2 | 2022 |
Paraguay | 592 | 1.4 | 2022 |
Burkina Faso | 589 | 3.1 | 2022 |
French Polynesia | 582 | 9.6 | 2022 |
Lesotho | 576 | 22.5 | 2022 |
Guyana | 540 | 3.5 | 2022 |
Guinea | 527 | 2.5 | 2022 |
Cyprus | 520 | 1.8 | 2022 |
Panama | 519 | 0.7 | 2022 |
Ethiopia | 510 | 0.4 | 2022 |
Niger | 500 | 3.6 | 2022 |
Kazakhstan | 481 | 0.2 | 2022 |
Rwanda | 474 | 3.6 | 2022 |
Estonia | 470 | 1.2 | 2022 |
Fiji | 459 | 9.3 | 2022 |
North Macedonia | 456 | 3.4 | 2022 |
Madagascar | 440 | 2.9 | 2022 |
Ireland | 436 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Hong Kong | 414 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Mongolia | 399 | 2.4 | 2022 |
Cameroon | 365 | 0.8 | 2022 |
Ivory Coast | 360 | 0.5 | 2022 |
Afghanistan | 350 | 2.1 | 2022 |
Liberia | 346 | 8.6 | 2022 |
Cape Verde | 313 | 13.5 | 2022 |
Mozambique | 303 | 1.7 | 2022 |
Saudi Arabia | 287 | 0.0 | 2022 |
Samoa | 280 | 33.6 | 2022 |
Mauritius | 274 | 2.1 | 2022 |
Comoros | 260 | 20.9 | 2022 |
Malawi | 259 | 2.0 | 2022 |
Zambia | 243 | 0.8 | 2022 |
Sierra Leone | 232 | 5.8 | 2022 |
Benin | 231 | 1.3 | 2022 |
Malta | 226 | 1.3 | 2022 |
Tonga | 217 | 46.2 | 2022 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 204 | 0.7 | 2022 |
Laos | 198 | 1.3 | 2022 |
Iceland | 193 | 0.7 | 2022 |
Timor-Leste | 186 | 5.9 | 2022 |
Guinea-Bissau | 178 | 10.9 | 2022 |
Faroe Islands | 158 | 4.3 | 2022 |
Vanuatu | 150 | 15.3 | 2022 |
Suriname | 148 | 4.1 | 2022 |
Belize | 142 | 5.0 | 2022 |
Eswatini | 126 | 2.6 | 2022 |
Curaçao | 125 | 5.2 | 2022 |
Uruguay | 125 | 0.2 | 2022 |
Bhutan | 96 | 2.9 | 2022 |
Barbados | 85 | 1.5 | 2022 |
Solomon Islands | 81 | 5.1 | 2022 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 70 | 7.3 | 2022 |
Grenada | 69 | 5.5 | 2022 |
Chile | 69 | 0.0 | 2022 |
Botswana | 68 | 0.3 | 2022 |
Saint Lucia | 55 | 2.7 | 2022 |
Djibouti | 55 | 1.6 | 2022 |
Namibia | 54 | 0.4 | 2022 |
Dominica | 52 | 8.5 | 2022 |
Mauritania | 50 | 0.5 | 2022 |
Sint Maarten | 49 | 3.1 | 2022 |
Burundi | 48 | 1.6 | 2022 |
Oman | 39 | 0.0 | 2022 |
Aruba | 38 | 1.1 | 2022 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 35 | 2.0 | 2022 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 33 | 3.4 | 2022 |
Marshall Islands | 30 | 10.7 | 2022 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 23 | 5.5 | 2022 |
Kuwait | 22 | 0.0 | 2022 |
San Marino | 21 | 1.1 | 2022 |
Gabon | 18 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Macau | 17 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Kiribati | 15 | 6.7 | 2022 |
Angola | 14 | 0.0 | 2022 |
Seychelles | 11 | 0.7 | 2022 |
Cayman Islands | 9 | 0.1 | 2022 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 8 | 1.4 | 2022 |
Maldives | 5 | 0.1 | 2022 |
Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0.0 | 2022 |
Tuvalu | 3 | 4.1 | 2022 |
Palau | 2 | 1.2 | 2022 |
Brunei | 1 | 0.0 | 2021 |
World | 768,848 | 0.8 | 2022 |
References
- ↑ "Personal remittances, received (current US$)". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ↑ "Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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