List of countries by remittances received

This is a list of countries by remittances received 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.

List

Remittances received (2023/2024, World Bank)[1][2]
Country Remittances
received
(USD millions)
% of GDP Remittances per capita
(USD)
 India 137,675 3.5 96
 Mexico 67,638 3.7 526
 Philippines 40,279 8.7 343
 France 36,861 1.2 541
 Pakistan 34,914 9.4 145
 China 31,411 0.2 22
 Bangladesh 30,000 6.3 173
 Guatemala 21,649 19.1 1,176
 Nigeria 21,293 11.3 95
 Germany 21,225 0.5 255
 Egypt 19,532 4.9 173
 Uzbekistan 16,579 14.4 455
 Indonesia 16,038 1.1 58
 Belgium 15,208 2.3 1,300
 Nepal 14,185 33.1 459
 Vietnam 14,000 3.2 141
 Ukraine 11,969 6.3 326
 Colombia 11,873 2.8 228
 Morocco 11,755 8.1 311
 Dominican Republic 11,247 9.0 995
 Italy 11,152 0.5 189
 Thailand 9,584 1.8 133
 Honduras 9,533 25.7 899
 Romania 9,524 2.5 501
 Poland 8,688 0.9 230
 El Salvador 8,488 24.0 1,326
 United States 7,870 0.0 23
 South Korea 7,449 0.4 144
 Tajikistan 6,802 47.9 673
 Croatia 6,739 7.3 1,773
 Lebanon 6,696 33.3 1,217
 Ecuador 6,544 5.2 360
 Spain 6,265 0.4 129
 Sri Lanka 6,023 7.2 274
 Serbia 5,772 7.1 875
 Nicaragua 5,246 26.6 749
 Hungary 5,237 2.3 545
 Brazil 4,902 0.2 23
 United Kingdom 4,834 0.1 71
 Sweden 4,702 0.8 448
 Japan 4,644 0.1 38
 Jordan 4,480 8.8 390
 Peru 4,446 1.7 129
 Netherlands 4,358 0.4 243
 Czech Republic 4,248 1.2 405
 Kenya 4,228 3.9 77
 Georgia 3,999 11.8 1,081
 Yemen 3,771 17.5 (2018) 110
 Haiti 3,753 18.9 321
 Austria 3,592 0.7 399
 Jamaica 3,564 17.9 1,273
 Switzerland 3,502 0.4 398
 Zimbabwe 3,301 9.4 198
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,298 4.9 32
 Senegal 3,267 10.6 182
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,124 11.0 976
 Tunisia 2,872 6.0 230
 Kyrgyzstan 2,850 18.8 419
 Cambodia 2,828 6.1 166
 Slovakia 2,741 1.9 508
 Bulgaria 2,672 2.4 417
 Ghana 2,431 3.0 71
 Luxembourg 2,430 2.6 3,682
 Albania 2,274 8.4 812
 Bermuda 2,035 23.7 31,766
 Moldova 1,918 10.5 777
 Russia 1,908 0.1 13
 Australia 1,884 0.1 71
 Algeria 1,868 0.8 42
 Kosovo 1,833 17.5 1,010
 Portugal 1,805 0.6 174
 Somalia 1,735 15.8 109
 Malaysia 1,605 0.4 49
 Denmark 1,526 0.4 260
 Bolivia 1,449 3.2 120
 Qatar 1,443 0.7 474
 Uganda 1,431 2.9 31
 Belarus 1,383 1.8 146
 Azerbaijan 1,352 1.8 131
 Latvia 1,336 3.1 706
 Armenia 1,182 4.6 397
 South Sudan 1,175 9.5 (2015) 99
 Iraq 1,162 0.4 27
 Myanmar 1,100 1.6 20
 Lithuania 1,053 1.2 355
 Mali 1,045 4.2 49
 Argentina 1,045 0.2 23
 Ivory Coast 1,042 1.3 38
 Sudan 1,000 2.5 22
 Turkey 982 0.1 11
 Israel 952 0.2 104
 Paraguay 878 2.0 121
 South Africa 855 0.2 14
 Montenegro 855 10.6 1,360
 Slovenia 852 1.2 406
 Canada 851 0.0 22
 New Zealand 816 0.3 163
 Liberia 800 18.2 150
 Cameroon 787 1.6 29
 Tanzania 759 1.0 12
 Finland 749 0.2 135
 Palestine 736 5.4 136
 Costa Rica 725 0.8 140
 Togo 650 7.1 76
 Niger 624 3.7 24
 Cyprus 622 1.8 506
 Norway 621 0.1 113
 New Caledonia 621 6.5 2,134
 Burkina Faso 584 2.9 27
 French Polynesia 582 9.1 1,933
 Ireland 571 0.1 111
 Greece 561 0.2 52
 Guyana 546 3.2 680
 Ethiopia 539 0.4 4
 Panama 532 0.6 121
 Gambia 529 21.1 208
 Rwanda 518 3.6 38
 Fiji 500 9.2 548
 Lesotho 499 22.0 231
 Guinea 497 2.2 37
 Estonia 496 1.2 374
Hong Kong 462 0.1 61
 North Macedonia 458 2.7 220
 Mongolia 455 2.2 135
 Madagascar 385 2.4 13
 Benin 339 1.7 26
 Cape Verde 336 12.1 593
 Saudi Arabia 322 0.0 9
 Afghanistan 320 1.9 8
 Mauritius 315 2.2 248
 Comoros 306 21.4 337
 Sierra Leone 293 4.6 35
 Laos 287 1.8 37
 Samoa 282 26.4 1,410
 Mozambique 267 1.2 8
 Tonga 257 50.0 2,570
 Zambia 246 0.9 12
 Iceland 241 0.7 668
 Kazakhstan 240 0.1 12
 Timor-Leste 220 11.7 163
 Guinea-Bissau 204 9.8 99
 Trinidad and Tobago 199 0.8 140
 Burundi 198 7.5 15
 Malawi 180 1.4 9
 Curaçao 177 5.4 1,073
 Mauritania 168 1.6 34
 Suriname 160 3.4 268
 Faroe Islands 158 4.1 3,038
 Belize 154 4.4 372
 Vanuatu 145 12.9 442
 Namibia 143 1.1 55
 Uruguay 136 0.2 39
 Macau 112 0.2 168
 Bhutan 110 3.6 138
 Chile 100 0.0 5
 Solomon Islands 95 5.4 133
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94 8.2 847
 Barbados 85 1.3 296
 Eswatini 80 1.7 68
 Grenada 70 5.0 620
 Botswana 70 0.4 28
 Bahamas 66 0.4 163
 Saint Lucia 65 2.5 350
 Djibouti 56 1.4 55
 Sint Maarten 48 3.0 1,091
Andorra 48 1.3 618
 Republic of the Congo 44 0.3 7
 Oman 39 0.0 7
 Aruba 39 1.1 361
 Dominica 38.6 5.6 536
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 36.4 3.4 677
 Marshall Islands 34.5 13.3 580
 Antigua and Barbuda 26.3 1.2 267
 Federated States of Micronesia 23.3 5.3 226
 San Marino 21.9 1.2 644
 Kuwait 20.4 0.0 5
 Gabon 18.5 0.1 8
 Malta 15.4 0.1 32
 Angola 14.1 0.0 0
 Kiribati 11.6 4.0 90
 Seychelles 11.4 0.5 114
 Cayman Islands 10.8 0.2 315
 Papua New Guinea 10.7 0.0 1
 São Tomé and Príncipe 10.0 1.5 44
 Maldives 5.7 0.1 15
 Tuvalu 2.6 4.2 210
 Palau 2.0 0.7 110
 Brunei 1.0 0.0 2
Nauru 0.9 0.6 70
World 740,508 0.7 92

References

  1. ^ "Personal remittances, received (current US$)". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 25 April 2024.