Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) - Country Ranking

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Tonga 38.98 2020
2 Kyrgyz Republic 31.32 2020
3 Tajikistan 26.69 2020
4 Samoa 25.30 2020
5 Lesotho 25.09 2020
6 Somalia 24.91 2020
7 El Salvador 24.09 2020
8 Nepal 24.09 2020
9 Honduras 23.62 2020
10 The Gambia 22.29 2020
11 Jamaica 22.20 2020
12 Haiti 21.44 2020
13 Lebanon 20.90 2020
14 Comoros 18.40 2020
15 Moldova 15.75 2020
16 Nicaragua 14.70 2020
17 Guatemala 14.70 2020
18 Cabo Verde 14.43 2020
19 Dominica 13.48 2020
20 Georgia 13.31 2020
21 Montenegro 12.59 2020
22 Yemen 12.04 2016
23 Uzbekistan 11.65 2020
24 Dominican Republic 10.57 2020
25 Armenia 10.50 2020
26 Liberia 10.41 2020
27 Senegal 10.40 2020
28 Zimbabwe 10.15 2020
29 Pakistan 9.94 2020
30 Vanuatu 9.92 2020
31 Albania 9.85 2020
32 Ukraine 9.78 2020
33 Philippines 9.66 2020
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.32 2020
35 Jordan 8.93 2020
36 Sri Lanka 8.85 2020
37 Guinea-Bissau 8.59 2020
38 Timor-Leste 8.17 2020
39 Egypt 8.10 2020
40 Guyana 8.01 2020
41 Fiji 7.84 2020
42 Kiribati 7.55 2020
43 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7.52 2020
44 Belize 7.38 2020
45 Croatia 7.35 2020
46 Serbia 7.25 2020
47 Grenada 6.76 2020
48 Bangladesh 6.73 2020
49 New Caledonia 6.58 2019
50 Morocco 6.47 2020
51 Vietnam 6.34 2020
52 Ghana 6.26 2020
53 Togo 5.82 2020
54 Tunisia 5.69 2020
55 Mali 5.65 2020
56 Nauru 5.27 2018
57 Cambodia 4.93 2020
58 Suriname 4.30 2020
59 Mongolia 4.12 2020
60 Mexico 3.99 2020
61 Nigeria 3.98 2020
62 Afghanistan 3.92 2020
63 Madagascar 3.79 2020
64 Niger 3.79 2020
65 St. Lucia 3.69 2020
66 Bhutan 3.60 2020
67 Ecuador 3.38 2020
68 North Macedonia 3.37 2020
69 Azerbaijan 3.29 2020
70 Latvia 3.23 2020
71 St. Kitts and Nevis 3.22 2020
72 India 3.13 2020
73 Bolivia 3.08 2020
74 Kenya 3.07 2020
75 Romania 3.07 2020
76 Luxembourg 2.92 2020
77 Eswatini 2.83 2020
78 Uganda 2.82 2020
79 Myanmar 2.82 2020
80 Rwanda 2.71 2020
81 Antigua and Barbuda 2.65 2020
82 Mauritius 2.61 2020
83 Burkina Faso 2.59 2020
84 Colombia 2.55 2020
85 Mozambique 2.49 2020
86 Barbados 2.45 2020
87 Hungary 2.45 2020
88 Belgium 2.43 2020
89 Slovak Republic 2.34 2020
90 Sudan 2.32 2020
91 Dem. Rep. Congo 2.28 2020
92 Cyprus 2.17 2020
93 Mauritania 2.13 2020
94 Malta 1.91 2020
95 Djibouti 1.89 2020
96 São Tomé and Principe 1.82 2020
97 Solomon Islands 1.78 2020
98 Malawi 1.77 2020
99 Czech Republic 1.71 2020
100 Belarus 1.68 2020
101 Estonia 1.65 2020
102 Thailand 1.65 2020
103 Paraguay 1.64 2020
104 Burundi 1.61 2020
105 Peru 1.45 2020
106 Sierra Leone 1.45 2020
107 Lithuania 1.40 2020
108 Bulgaria 1.37 2020
109 Benin 1.32 2020
110 Lao PDR 1.21 2020
111 Slovenia 1.20 2020
112 Algeria 1.17 2020
113 Poland 1.13 2020
114 France 0.96 2020
115 Seychelles 0.94 2020
116 Indonesia 0.91 2020
117 Trinidad and Tobago 0.90 2020
118 Costa Rica 0.85 2020
119 Palau 0.84 2020
120 Panama 0.84 2020
121 Cameroon 0.82 2020
122 Iceland 0.76 2020
123 Zambia 0.74 2020
124 Austria 0.69 2020
125 Russia 0.67 2020
126 Iran 0.65 2020
127 Syrian Arab Republic 0.64 2010
128 Namibia 0.60 2020
129 Sweden 0.57 2020
130 Côte d'Ivoire 0.53 2020
131 Tanzania 0.52 2020
132 Italy 0.51 2020
133 Germany 0.47 2020
134 Korea 0.45 2020
135 Qatar 0.45 2020
136 Malaysia 0.42 2020
137 Denmark 0.42 2020
138 Switzerland 0.39 2020
139 Iraq 0.39 2020
140 Ethiopia 0.38 2020
141 Greece 0.32 2020
142 Finland 0.30 2020
143 Israel 0.28 2020
144 Portugal 0.26 2020
145 Netherlands 0.26 2020
146 Cayman Islands 0.25 2020
147 Brazil 0.25 2020
148 South Africa 0.24 2020
149 Botswana 0.24 2020
150 Spain 0.23 2020
151 Kazakhstan 0.22 2020
152 Uruguay 0.21 2020
153 Norway 0.16 2020
154 Argentina 0.16 2020
155 Guinea 0.14 2020
156 China 0.13 2020
157 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.12 2020
158 United Kingdom 0.12 2020
159 Gabon 0.12 2020
160 Turkey 0.11 2020
161 Japan 0.10 2020
162 Australia 0.09 2020
163 Congo 0.08 2016
164 Macao SAR, China 0.07 2020
165 New Zealand 0.07 2020
166 Ireland 0.06 2020
167 Oman 0.05 2020
168 Canada 0.05 2020
169 Saudi Arabia 0.04 2020
170 United States 0.03 2020
171 Chile 0.03 2020
172 Venezuela 0.03 2014
173 Kuwait 0.02 2020
174 Angola 0.01 2020
175 Papua New Guinea 0.01 2020
176 Brunei 0.01 2020
177 Turkmenistan 0.00 2019
178 Equatorial Guinea 0.00 2019
178 Eritrea 0.00 2011
178 Libya 0.00 2019
178 Tuvalu 0.00 2020
178 Chad 0.00 2020
178 Singapore 0.00 2019
178 Central African Republic 0.00 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).