Remittances, percent of GDP - Country rankings
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Remittances as percent of GDP, 2024:
The average for 2024 based on 150 countries was 4.65 percent. The highest value was in Tajikistan: 47.89 percent and the lowest value was in Kuwait: 0.01 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Remittances, percent of GDP, 2024 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tajikistan | 47.89 | 1 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Nicaragua | 26.64 | 2 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Nepal | 26.23 | 3 | 1993 - 2024 |
| Honduras | 25.7 | 4 | 1974 - 2024 |
| Samoa | 24.01 | 5 | 1977 - 2024 |
| El Salvador | 24 | 6 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Gambia | 22 | 7 | 1978 - 2024 |
| Liberia | 21.28 | 8 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Lesotho | 20.94 | 9 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Guatemala | 19.12 | 10 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Haiti | 16.3 | 11 | 1971 - 2024 |
| Jamaica | 16.19 | 12 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Uzbekistan | 14.42 | 13 | 2005 - 2024 |
| Cape Verde | 12.25 | 14 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Georgia | 11.87 | 15 | 1997 - 2024 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 10.55 | 16 | 1998 - 2024 |
| Moldova | 10.54 | 17 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Montenegro | 10.34 | 18 | 2007 - 2024 |
| G.-Bissau | 9.79 | 19 | 1988 - 2024 |
| S.T.&Principe | 9.75 | 20 | 1978 - 2024 |
| Pakistan | 9.4 | 21 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Domin. Rep. | 9.05 | 22 | 1970 - 2024 |
| Philippines | 8.73 | 23 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Zimbabwe | 8.45 | 24 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Nigeria | 8.44 | 25 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Albania | 8.41 | 26 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Jordan | 8.31 | 27 | 1972 - 2024 |
| St. Vincent & ... | 7.94 | 28 | 1986 - 2024 |
| Morocco | 7.79 | 29 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Burundi | 7.69 | 30 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Egypt | 7.6 | 31 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Croatia | 7.21 | 32 | 1993 - 2024 |
| Fiji | 7.11 | 33 | 1979 - 2024 |
| Sri Lanka | 6.79 | 34 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Serbia | 6.4 | 35 | 2007 - 2024 |
| Tunisia | 6.34 | 36 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Ukraine | 6.29 | 37 | 1996 - 2024 |
| Bangladesh | 6.11 | 38 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Cambodia | 6.1 | 39 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Solomon Isl. | 6.01 | 40 | 1999 - 2024 |
| Dominica | 5.67 | 41 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Palestine | 5.37 | 42 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Ecuador | 5.25 | 43 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Armenia | 4.92 | 44 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Belize | 4.81 | 45 | 1984 - 2024 |
| Ethiopia | 4.77 | 46 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Kiribati | 4.76 | 47 | 1979 - 2024 |
| Sierra Leone | 4.6 | 48 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Kenya | 4.15 | 49 | 1970 - 2024 |
| Mali | 3.99 | 50 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Ghana | 3.68 | 51 | 1979 - 2024 |
| Mexico | 3.64 | 52 | 1979 - 2024 |
| Rwanda | 3.63 | 53 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Suriname | 3.63 | 54 | 1977 - 2024 |
| India | 3.52 | 55 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Grenada | 3.5 | 56 | 1986 - 2024 |
| Niger | 3.27 | 57 | 1974 - 2024 |
| Latvia | 3.06 | 58 | 1996 - 2024 |
| Colombia | 2.83 | 59 | 1970 - 2024 |
| DR Congo | 2.82 | 60 | 2005 - 2024 |
| North Macedonia | 2.7 | 61 | 1996 - 2024 |
| Luxembourg | 2.68 | 62 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Uganda | 2.65 | 63 | 1999 - 2024 |
| Paraguay | 2.56 | 64 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Romania | 2.49 | 65 | 1994 - 2024 |
| Guinea | 2.46 | 66 | 1986 - 2024 |
| Hungary | 2.46 | 67 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Belarus | 2.43 | 68 | 1993 - 2024 |
| Saint Lucia | 2.38 | 69 | 1983 - 2024 |
| Bolivia | 2.33 | 70 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Bulgaria | 2.33 | 71 | 1996 - 2024 |
| Madagascar | 2.33 | 72 | 1974 - 2024 |
| Belgium | 2.31 | 73 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Mongolia | 2.22 | 74 | 1998 - 2024 |
| Slovakia | 2.1 | 75 | 1993 - 2024 |
| Ivory Coast | 2.03 | 76 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Mauritius | 1.92 | 77 | 1994 - 2024 |
| Azerbaijan | 1.82 | 78 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Cyprus | 1.8 | 79 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Thailand | 1.8 | 80 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Peru | 1.71 | 81 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Malawi | 1.65 | 82 | 1994 - 2024 |
| Laos | 1.49 | 83 | 1984 - 2024 |
| Tanzania | 1.42 | 84 | 1978 - 2024 |
| Djibouti | 1.35 | 85 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Zambia | 1.32 | 86 | 2003 - 2024 |
| Andorra | 1.3 | 87 | 2019 - 2024 |
| Cameroon | 1.29 | 88 | 1979 - 2024 |
| Lithuania | 1.24 | 89 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Slovenia | 1.24 | 90 | 1992 - 2024 |
| France | 1.23 | 91 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Czechia | 1.22 | 92 | 1993 - 2024 |
| Ant.& Barb. | 1.19 | 93 | 1986 - 2024 |
| Mozambique | 1.17 | 94 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Estonia | 1.15 | 95 | 1994 - 2024 |
| Indonesia | 1.15 | 96 | 1983 - 2024 |
| Poland | 0.95 | 97 | 1994 - 2024 |
| Mauritania | 0.87 | 98 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Tr.&Tobago | 0.78 | 99 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Costa Rica | 0.76 | 100 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Iceland | 0.74 | 101 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Sweden | 0.73 | 102 | 1970 - 2024 |
| Namibia | 0.72 | 103 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Swaziland | 0.69 | 104 | 1974 - 2024 |
| Algeria | 0.67 | 105 | 1970 - 2024 |
| Botswana | 0.66 | 106 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Qatar | 0.66 | 107 | 2011 - 2024 |
| Austria | 0.65 | 108 | 1970 - 2024 |
| Panama | 0.61 | 109 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Portugal | 0.59 | 110 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Seychelles | 0.55 | 111 | 1989 - 2024 |
| Italy | 0.47 | 112 | 1970 - 2024 |
| Germany | 0.45 | 113 | 1971 - 2024 |
| Bahamas | 0.42 | 114 | 2020 - 2024 |
| Netherlands | 0.39 | 115 | 1970 - 2024 |
| South Korea | 0.39 | 116 | 1976 - 2024 |
| Switzerland | 0.39 | 117 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Malaysia | 0.38 | 118 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Spain | 0.37 | 119 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Denmark | 0.36 | 120 | 1992 - 2024 |
| UA Emirates | 0.33 | 121 | 2023 - 2024 |
| Macao | 0.27 | 122 | 2002 - 2024 |
| Finland | 0.25 | 123 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Iraq | 0.25 | 124 | 2005 - 2024 |
| Brazil | 0.22 | 125 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Greece | 0.22 | 126 | 1976 - 2024 |
| South Africa | 0.21 | 127 | 1970 - 2024 |
| Norway | 0.2 | 128 | 1975 - 2024 |
| Israel | 0.18 | 129 | 1970 - 2024 |
| China | 0.17 | 130 | 1982 - 2024 |
| Uruguay | 0.17 | 131 | 1979 - 2024 |
| Argentina | 0.16 | 132 | 1978 - 2024 |
| UK | 0.13 | 133 | 1987 - 2024 |
| Japan | 0.12 | 134 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Hong Kong | 0.11 | 135 | 1998 - 2024 |
| Ireland | 0.11 | 136 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Australia | 0.1 | 137 | 1970 - 2024 |
| Russia | 0.09 | 138 | 1994 - 2024 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.08 | 139 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Maldives | 0.08 | 140 | 1983 - 2024 |
| Turkey | 0.07 | 141 | 1974 - 2024 |
| Malta | 0.06 | 142 | 1971 - 2024 |
| Angola | 0.05 | 143 | 1996 - 2024 |
| Canada | 0.04 | 144 | 1995 - 2024 |
| Oman | 0.04 | 145 | 1978 - 2024 |
| Chile | 0.03 | 146 | 1983 - 2024 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.03 | 147 | 2005 - 2024 |
| USA | 0.03 | 148 | 1977 - 2024 |
| Kuwait | 0.01 | 149 | 2010 - 2024 |
| Papua N.G. | 0.01 | 150 | 1976 - 2024 |
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.
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