Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a proportion of the amount remitted
Compare average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a proportion of the amount remitted across 95 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2025.
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Key Insights
- •95 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Malawi has the highest published value (31.48 %).
- •Pakistan has the lowest published value (2.74 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 7.5%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a proportion of the amount remitted (%).
Values use UN SDG series SI_RMT_COST, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2025 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.
Methodology
UN SDG series SI_RMT_COST; year 2025; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "G", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 10.c.1.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 31.5% |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 22.3% |
| 3 | Angola | 21.4% |
| 4 | Sudan | 21.2% |
| 5 | Bolivia | 18.5% |
| 6 | Botswana | 16.5% |
| 7 | Uganda | 15.9% |
| 8 | Namibia | 13.3% |
| 9 | Republic of The Gambia | 12.1% |
| 10 | Vanuatu | 12.0% |
| 11 | Eswatini | 11.6% |
| 12 | Kenya | 11.6% |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 11.5% |
| 14 | Lesotho | 11.3% |
| 15 | United Republic of Tanzania | 11.3% |
| 16 | Zambia | 10.7% |
| 17 | Rwanda | 10.7% |
| 18 | Mali | 10.2% |
| 19 | Cambodia | 9.9% |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.9% |
| 21 | South Sudan | 9.8% |
| 22 | Suriname | 8.9% |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 8.8% |
| 24 | Cuba | 8.8% |
| 25 | Lebanon | 8.5% |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 8.4% |
| 27 | Mozambique | 8.3% |
| 28 | Guyana | 8.2% |
| 29 | Paraguay | 8.2% |
| 30 | Albania | 8.0% |
| 31 | Tonga | 7.8% |
| 32 | Eritrea | 7.7% |
| 33 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.6% |
| 34 | Algeria | 7.6% |
| 35 | Moldova, Republic of | 7.4% |
| 36 | People's Republic of China | 7.3% |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 7.3% |
| 38 | Cape Verde | 7.2% |
| 39 | Armenia | 7.1% |
| 40 | Serbia | 7.1% |
| 41 | Myanmar | 6.9% |
| 42 | Samoa | 6.4% |
| 43 | Ukraine | 6.2% |
| 44 | Ecuador | 6.0% |
| 45 | Morocco | 6.0% |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 6.0% |
| 47 | South Africa | 6.0% |
| 48 | Somalia | 5.8% |
| 49 | Thailand | 5.8% |
| 50 | Senegal | 5.8% |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.7% |
| 52 | Fiji | 5.5% |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 5.5% |
| 54 | Vietnam | 5.5% |
| 55 | Tunisia | 5.5% |
| 56 | Brazil | 5.4% |
| 57 | Jamaica | 5.4% |
| 58 | Liberia | 5.4% |
| 59 | Haiti | 5.3% |
| 60 | Madagascar | 5.3% |
| 61 | India | 5.3% |
| 62 | Hungary | 5.3% |
| 63 | Colombia | 5.1% |
| 64 | Indonesia | 5.1% |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 5.0% |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 5.0% |
| 67 | Egypt | 4.9% |
| 68 | Jordan | 4.9% |
| 69 | Türkiye | 4.9% |
| 70 | Peru | 4.9% |
| 71 | Lithuania | 4.7% |
| 72 | Ghana | 4.6% |
| 73 | Honduras | 4.6% |
| 74 | Mexico | 4.5% |
| 75 | Philippines | 4.5% |
| 76 | Yemen | 4.4% |
| 77 | Nigeria | 4.3% |
| 78 | Malaysia | 4.2% |
| 79 | Ethiopia | 4.2% |
| 80 | Guatemala | 4.2% |
| 81 | Panama | 4.1% |
| 82 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 4.1% |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 4.1% |
| 84 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.1% |
| 85 | Romania | 3.8% |
| 86 | Comoros | 3.8% |
| 87 | Nepal | 3.5% |
| 88 | El Salvador | 3.5% |
| 89 | Togo | 3.4% |
| 90 | Poland | 3.4% |
| 91 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.2% |
| 92 | Cameroon | 3.1% |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 3.0% |
| 94 | Croatia | 3.0% |
| 95 | Pakistan | 2.7% |
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).
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