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Remittances as percent of GDP, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 50 countries was 4.87 percent. The highest value was in the Gambia: 26.82 percent and the lowest value was in the Central African Republic: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2023. 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, 2023 Global rank Available data
Gambia 26.82 1 1978 - 2023
Lesotho 24.12 2 1975 - 2023
Comoros 20.77 3 1980 - 2023
Liberia 18.47 4 2004 - 2023
Somalia 14.85 5 1979 - 2023
Cape Verde 12.24 6 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 11.74 7 1977 - 2023
Senegal 9.47 8 1974 - 2023
G.-Bissau 9.38 9 1988 - 2023
Morocco 8.6 10 1975 - 2023
Ghana 6.41 11 1979 - 2023
Egypt 6.11 12 1977 - 2023
Sierra Leone 6.1 13 1980 - 2023
Togo 6.1 14 1974 - 2023
Nigeria 5.65 15 1977 - 2023
Tunisia 5.56 16 1976 - 2023
Mali 5.52 17 1975 - 2023
Rwanda 3.93 18 1976 - 2023
Kenya 3.92 19 1970 - 2023
Mozambique 3.22 20 1991 - 2023
Niger 3.15 21 1974 - 2023
Burkina Faso 2.85 22 1974 - 2023
Uganda 2.63 23 1999 - 2023
Swaziland 2.62 24 1974 - 2023
Madagascar 2.37 25 1974 - 2023
Guinea 2.36 26 1986 - 2023
DR Congo 2.05 27 2005 - 2023
Mauritius 1.94 28 1994 - 2023
Malawi 1.85 29 1994 - 2023
Burundi 1.83 30 2004 - 2023
Djibouti 1.41 31 1991 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 1.35 32 1978 - 2023
Benin 1.19 33 1974 - 2023
Sudan 0.91 34 1977 - 2023
Zambia 0.89 35 2003 - 2023
Cameroon 0.78 36 1979 - 2023
Algeria 0.74 37 1970 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.57 38 1975 - 2023
Mauritania 0.57 39 1975 - 2023
Namibia 0.5 40 1990 - 2023
Seychelles 0.49 41 1989 - 2023
Tanzania 0.42 42 1978 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.36 43 1977 - 2023
Botswana 0.31 44 1975 - 2023
South Africa 0.22 45 1970 - 2023
Gabon 0.09 46 1978 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.02 47 1978 - 2023
Angola 0.01 48 1996 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 49 1977 - 2023
Chad 0 50 1985 - 2023



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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