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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.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database95 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
7.5%
Median: 5.8%
Countries Covered
95
with available data
Highest
Malawi
31.5%
Lowest
Pakistan
2.7%
Top 5 Countries
1Malawi31.5%
2Bulgaria22.3%
3Angola21.4%
4Sudan21.2%
5Bolivia18.5%
By Region
Other8.3%(58 countries)
Africa7.8%(9 countries)
Europe7.0%(8 countries)
Asia5.6%(14 countries)
South America5.4%(4 countries)
Key Findings
  • 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

Low (2.7%)High (31.5%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 7.5%)

Other (58)
Africa (9)
Europe (8)
Asia (14)
South America (4)
North America (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

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
1Malawi31.5%
2Bulgaria22.3%
3Angola21.4%
4Sudan21.2%
5Bolivia18.5%
6Botswana16.5%
7Uganda15.9%
8Namibia13.3%
9Republic of The Gambia12.1%
10Vanuatu12.0%
11Eswatini11.6%
12Kenya11.6%
13Lao People's Democratic Republic11.5%
14Lesotho11.3%
15United Republic of Tanzania11.3%
16Zambia10.7%
17Rwanda10.7%
18Mali10.2%
19Cambodia9.9%
20Kyrgyzstan9.9%
21South Sudan9.8%
22Suriname8.9%
23Afghanistan8.8%
24Cuba8.8%
25Lebanon8.5%
26Zimbabwe8.4%
27Mozambique8.3%
28Guyana8.2%
29Paraguay8.2%
30Albania8.0%
31Tonga7.8%
32Eritrea7.7%
33Syrian Arab Republic7.6%
34Algeria7.6%
35Moldova, Republic of7.4%
36People's Republic of China7.3%
37Bangladesh7.3%
38Cape Verde7.2%
39Armenia7.1%
40Serbia7.1%
41Myanmar6.9%
42Samoa6.4%
43Ukraine6.2%
44Ecuador6.0%
45Morocco6.0%
46Costa Rica6.0%
47South Africa6.0%
48Somalia5.8%
49Thailand5.8%
50Senegal5.8%
51Bosnia and Herzegovina5.7%
52Fiji5.5%
53Sierra Leone5.5%
54Vietnam5.5%
55Tunisia5.5%
56Brazil5.4%
57Jamaica5.4%
58Liberia5.4%
59Haiti5.3%
60Madagascar5.3%
61India5.3%
62Hungary5.3%
63Colombia5.1%
64Indonesia5.1%
65Dominican Republic5.0%
66Nicaragua5.0%
67Egypt4.9%
68Jordan4.9%
69Türkiye4.9%
70Peru4.9%
71Lithuania4.7%
72Ghana4.6%
73Honduras4.6%
74Mexico4.5%
75Philippines4.5%
76Yemen4.4%
77Nigeria4.3%
78Malaysia4.2%
79Ethiopia4.2%
80Guatemala4.2%
81Panama4.1%
82The Republic of North Macedonia4.1%
83Sri Lanka4.1%
84Cote d'Ivoire4.1%
85Romania3.8%
86Comoros3.8%
87Nepal3.5%
88El Salvador3.5%
89Togo3.4%
90Poland3.4%
91Democratic Republic of the Congo3.2%
92Cameroon3.1%
93Tajikistan3.0%
94Croatia3.0%
95Pakistan2.7%
Showing 95 of 95 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).

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