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Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%)

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

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Key Insights

Global Average
3.5%
Median: 2.8%
Countries Covered
100
with available data
Highest
Cuba
19.6%
Lowest
Malawi
-49.7%
Top 5 Countries
1Cuba19.6%
2Benin17.4%
3Angola12.8%
4Sierra Leone10.3%
5Tajikistan10.3%
By Region
Africa5.2%(9 countries)
Other3.6%(60 countries)
Asia3.3%(15 countries)
South America2.7%(4 countries)
North America2.6%(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-49.7%)High (19.6%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 3.5%)

Africa (9)
Other (60)
Asia (15)
South America (4)
North America (2)
Europe (10)

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

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Cuba19.6%
2Benin17.4%
3Angola12.8%
4Sierra Leone10.3%
5Tajikistan10.3%
6Vanuatu9.5%
7Eritrea9.2%
8Afghanistan9.0%
9Uganda8.9%
10Botswana8.4%
11Zambia8.1%
12Guyana7.9%
13Algeria7.8%
14Bangladesh7.7%
15Republic of The Gambia6.8%
16South Sudan6.5%
17Somalia6.0%
18Rwanda5.8%
19Albania5.6%
20Tunisia5.5%
21United Republic of Tanzania5.3%
22Lebanon5.3%
23Zimbabwe5.3%
24Lao People's Democratic Republic4.9%
25Haiti4.7%
26Paraguay4.7%
27Nigeria4.6%
28Samoa4.6%
29South Africa4.6%
30Armenia4.4%
31Kyrgyzstan4.2%
32Morocco4.2%
33Tonga4.1%
34Myanmar4.0%
35Bosnia and Herzegovina3.9%
36Kenya3.9%
37Mozambique3.8%
38Jamaica3.6%
39Peru3.6%
40Bulgaria3.5%
41Vietnam3.5%
42Bolivia3.4%
43Cape Verde3.4%
44Ethiopia3.4%
45Jordan3.4%
46Egypt3.3%
47Fiji3.2%
48Cameroon3.0%
49Madagascar2.9%
50Liberia2.8%
51People's Republic of China2.8%
52Yemen2.8%
53Estonia2.8%
54Mexico2.7%
55Honduras2.6%
56Guatemala2.6%
57Nepal2.5%
58Dominican Republic2.5%
59Panama2.5%
60Indonesia2.4%
61Colombia2.4%
62Brazil2.4%
63Türkiye2.3%
64Nicaragua2.3%
65Ecuador2.3%
66Costa Rica2.3%
67Sri Lanka2.2%
68Pakistan2.1%
69Cambodia2.1%
70The Republic of North Macedonia2.1%
71Uzbekistan2.1%
72Latvia2.1%
73Togo2.1%
74Thailand2.0%
75Moldova, Republic of2.0%
76Ghana2.0%
77El Salvador2.0%
78Democratic Republic of the Congo2.0%
79State of Palestine2.0%
80Serbia1.9%
81Lesotho1.8%
82Eswatini1.8%
83India1.8%
84Comoros1.7%
85Mali1.7%
86Philippines1.7%
87Hungary1.6%
88Lithuania1.4%
89Azerbaijan1.3%
90Belarus1.3%
91Kazakhstan1.2%
92Malaysia1.0%
93Poland0.9%
94Romania0.9%
95Georgia0.8%
96Cote d'Ivoire0.7%
97Senegal0.7%
98Ukraine0.7%
99Croatia0.3%
100Malawi-49.7%
Showing 100 of 100 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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