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Personal remittances received — % of GDP (2023)

Name: Personal remittances received — % of GDP (2023)
Creator: World Bank (World Development Indicators)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, remittances, migration, diaspora, gdp-share, external-flows, household-income, balance-of-payments

Personal remittances received as a share of GDP in 2023, showing which economies rely most on money sent home by migrants.

Source: World Bank (World Development Indicators)•169 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

2.8%

Median: 0.4%

Countries Covered

169

with available data

Highest

Kyrgyzstan

31.3%

Lowest

Solomon Islands

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Kyrgyzstan31.3%

2Lebanon26.6%

3Tajikistan24.9%

4Lesotho24.6%

5Honduras23.2%

By Region

North America4.9%(4 countries)

Other3.7%(89 countries)

Asia2.9%(26 countries)

Africa2.2%(9 countries)

Europe1.0%(32 countries)

Key Findings

•Small and lower‑income economies can have remittances exceeding 20% of GDP, reflecting strong diaspora dependence.
•Countries with large migrant workforces abroad often show high remittance-to-GDP ratios even when total dollar inflows are modest.
•High ratios can cushion household consumption during domestic downturns, but create exposure to shocks in destination labor markets.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (60.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.8%)

North America (4)

Other (89)

Asia (26)

Africa (9)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the size of personal remittances received relative to a country’s total economic output (GDP) in 2023. It highlights how important income sent home by migrants is to national economies—often dwarfing other external inflows for small states and lower‑income countries.

Remittances can be a stabilizing source of household income and foreign exchange, but heavy reliance can also signal limited domestic job opportunities and exposure to shocks in destination countries. Values are sourced from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators (indicator: BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS).

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Kyrgyzstan	31.3%
2	Lebanon	26.6%
3	Tajikistan	24.9%
4	Lesotho	24.6%
5	Honduras	23.2%
6	Nepal	22.3%
7	Haiti	18.4%
8	Jamaica	17.9%
9	Georgia	16.7%
10	Nicaragua	15.5%
11	Uzbekistan	15.2%
12	Guatemala	15.1%
13	Moldova, Republic of	13.2%
14	Guyana	11.0%
15	Jordan	10.4%
16	Philippines	9.3%
17	Senegal	9.3%
18	Albania	9.2%
19	Dominican Republic	9.1%
20	Serbia	9.0%
21	Sri Lanka	8.2%
22	Morocco	8.0%
23	Pakistan	8.0%
24	Armenia	7.5%
25	Montenegro	7.0%
26	Mali	6.2%
27	Ghana	5.7%
28	Vietnam	4.4%
29	Mexico	4.3%
30	Madagascar	3.6%
31	Vanuatu	3.5%
32	El Salvador	3.3%
33	India	3.2%
34	Cambodia	3.1%
35	Kenya	3.1%
36	The Republic of North Macedonia	3.0%
37	Myanmar	2.9%
38	Liberia	2.7%
39	Slovakia	2.4%
40	Togo	2.4%
41	Angola	2.2%
42	Afghanistan	2.1%
43	Mozambique	2.0%
44	Croatia	1.8%
45	Malawi	1.8%
46	Peru	1.8%
47	Republic of The Gambia	1.7%
48	Rwanda	1.7%
49	Bangladesh	1.7%
50	Romania	1.6%
51	Greece	1.4%
52	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.4%
53	United Republic of Tanzania	1.4%
54	Djibouti	1.2%
55	Guinea	1.2%
56	Cote d'Ivoire	1.2%
57	Cape Verde	1.1%
58	Ukraine	1.1%
59	Poland	1.0%
60	Hungary	0.9%
61	Indonesia	0.9%
62	Mauritania	0.9%
63	Colombia	0.8%
64	Ecuador	0.8%
65	France	0.8%
66	Ireland	0.8%
67	Latvia	0.8%
68	Spain	0.8%
69	Czech Republic	0.7%
70	Sweden	0.7%
71	Fiji	0.6%
72	Lithuania	0.6%
73	Panama	0.6%
74	Slovenia	0.6%
75	Yemen	0.6%
76	Austria	0.6%
77	Belgium	0.6%
78	Belize	0.6%
79	Costa Rica	0.5%
80	Ethiopia	0.5%
81	Niger	0.5%
82	Switzerland	0.5%
83	Burkina Faso	0.5%
84	Cyprus	0.4%
85	Denmark	0.4%
86	Estonia	0.4%
87	Italy	0.4%
88	Luxembourg	0.4%
89	Mauritius	0.4%
90	Eswatini	0.4%
91	Uganda	0.4%
92	Argentina	0.4%
93	Bolivia	0.4%
94	Chad	0.3%
95	Finland	0.3%
96	Germany	0.3%
97	Malta	0.3%
98	Netherlands	0.3%
99	Portugal	0.3%
100	South Sudan	0.3%
101	Sudan	0.3%
102	Thailand	0.3%
103	United Kingdom	0.3%
104	Kazakhstan	0.2%
105	New Zealand	0.2%
106	Algeria	0.2%
107	Australia	0.2%
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.2%
109	Bulgaria	0.1%
110	Burundi	0.1%
111	Belarus	0.1%
112	Cameroon	0.1%
113	Canada	0.1%
114	Central African Republic	0.1%
115	Chile	0.1%
116	Republic of the Congo	0.1%
117	Gabon	0.1%
118	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.1%
119	Israel	0.1%
120	Japan	0.1%
121	South Korea	0.1%
122	Namibia	0.1%
123	Nigeria	0.1%
124	Norway	0.1%
125	Papua New Guinea	0.1%
126	Paraguay	0.1%
127	Russian Federation	0.1%
128	Sierra Leone	0.1%
129	South Africa	0.1%
130	Suriname	0.1%
131	Tunisia	0.1%
132	Türkiye	0.1%
133	United States of America	0.1%
134	Uruguay	0.1%
135	Zambia	0.1%
136	Brazil	0.1%
137	Brunei Darussalam	0.1%
138	People's Republic of China	0.0%
139	Taiwan, Province of China	0.0%
140	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0%
141	Cuba	0.0%
142	Benin	0.0%
143	Eritrea	0.0%
144	State of Palestine	0.0%
145	Iceland	0.0%
146	Iraq	0.0%
147	Kuwait	0.0%
148	Libya	0.0%
149	Malaysia	0.0%
150	Maldives	0.0%
151	Mongolia	0.0%
152	Oman	0.0%
153	Aruba	0.0%
154	New Caledonia	0.0%
155	Qatar	0.0%
156	Saudi Arabia	0.0%
157	Seychelles	0.0%
158	Singapore	0.0%
159	Somalia	0.0%
160	Zimbabwe	0.0%
161	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0%
162	Tonga	0.0%
163	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0%
164	United Arab Emirates	0.0%
165	Turkmenistan	0.0%
166	Egypt	0.0%
167	Venezuela	0.0%
168	Botswana	0.0%
169	Solomon Islands	0.0%

Showing 169 of 169 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #remittances #migration #diaspora #gdp-share #external-flows #household-income #balance-of-payments

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank (World Development Indicators) (2023).

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