demographic2023

Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%) — series 2

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Loading visualization...

Key Insights

Global Average
3.5value
Median: 2.8value
Countries Covered
103
with available data
Highest
Cuba
19.6value
Lowest
Malawi
-49.7value
Top 5 Countries
1Cuba19.6value
2Benin17.4value
3Angola12.8value
4Syrian Arab Republic10.7value
5Sierra Leone10.3value
By Region
Africa5.2value(9 countries)
Other3.7value(63 countries)
Asia3.3value(15 countries)
South America2.7value(4 countries)
North America2.6value(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-49.7value)High (19.6value)

Regional Comparison

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

Africa (9)
Other (63)
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 country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. 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
1Cuba19.6value
2Benin17.4value
3Angola12.8value
4Syrian Arab Republic10.7value
5Sierra Leone10.3value
6Tajikistan10.3value
7Vanuatu9.5value
8Eritrea9.2value
9Afghanistan9.0value
10Uganda8.9value
11Botswana8.4value
12Zambia8.1value
13Guyana7.9value
14Algeria7.8value
15Bangladesh7.7value
16Republic of The Gambia6.8value
17South Sudan6.5value
18Somalia6.0value
19Rwanda5.8value
20Albania5.6value
21Tunisia5.5value
22United Republic of Tanzania5.3value
23Lebanon5.3value
24Zimbabwe5.3value
25Lao People's Democratic Republic4.9value
26Suriname4.8value
27Haiti4.7value
28Paraguay4.7value
29Nigeria4.6value
30Samoa4.6value
31South Africa4.6value
32Armenia4.4value
33Kyrgyzstan4.2value
34Morocco4.2value
35Tonga4.1value
36Myanmar4.0value
37Bosnia and Herzegovina3.9value
38Kenya3.9value
39Mozambique3.8value
40Jamaica3.6value
41Peru3.6value
42Bulgaria3.5value
43Vietnam3.5value
44Bolivia3.4value
45Cape Verde3.4value
46Ethiopia3.4value
47Jordan3.4value
48Egypt3.3value
49Fiji3.2value
50Cameroon3.0value
51Madagascar2.9value
52Liberia2.8value
53People's Republic of China2.8value
54Yemen2.8value
55Estonia2.8value
56Sudan2.7value
57Mexico2.7value
58Honduras2.6value
59Guatemala2.6value
60Nepal2.5value
61Dominican Republic2.5value
62Panama2.5value
63Indonesia2.4value
64Colombia2.4value
65Brazil2.4value
66Türkiye2.3value
67Nicaragua2.3value
68Ecuador2.3value
69Costa Rica2.3value
70Sri Lanka2.2value
71Pakistan2.1value
72Cambodia2.1value
73The Republic of North Macedonia2.1value
74Uzbekistan2.1value
75Latvia2.1value
76Togo2.1value
77Thailand2.0value
78Moldova, Republic of2.0value
79Ghana2.0value
80El Salvador2.0value
81Democratic Republic of the Congo2.0value
82State of Palestine2.0value
83Serbia1.9value
84Lesotho1.8value
85Eswatini1.8value
86India1.8value
87Comoros1.7value
88Mali1.7value
89Philippines1.7value
90Hungary1.6value
91Lithuania1.4value
92Azerbaijan1.3value
93Belarus1.3value
94Kazakhstan1.2value
95Malaysia1.0value
96Poland0.9value
97Romania0.9value
98Georgia0.8value
99Cote d'Ivoire0.7value
100Senegal0.7value
101Ukraine0.7value
102Croatia0.3value
103Malawi-49.7value
Showing 103 of 103 countries

Topics

Data Source

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

View Original Source