Remittances by Country
Personal remittances received, current US dollars. Latest values for 201 economies.
Among 198 countries, India has the highest remittances at $150.71B and Central African Republic the lowest at $0.00B (latest available readings).
Remittances by Region
Latest available reading (periods may differ by country). Choose a region or “All countries”.
Remittances — All Countries
Sorted by latest value. Click headers to re-sort.
| # | Country | Last | Previous | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🌐World | $925.55B | $870.35B | 2025 |
| 2 |  European Union | $177.90B | $163.18B | 2025 |
| 3 | India | $150.71B | $137.67B | 2025 |
| 4 | Euro Area | $140.05B | $128.67B | 2025 |
| 5 | Mexico | $65.09B | $67.91B | 2025 |
| 6 | France | $44.54B | $40.72B | 2025 |
| 7 | Philippines | $41.56B | $40.28B | 2025 |
| 8 | Egypt | $41.52B | $29.56B | 2025 |
| 9 | Pakistan | $40.48B | $34.91B | 2025 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | $33.88B | $27.52B | 2025 |
| 11 | China | $30.00B | $24.98B | 2025 |
| 12 | Guatemala | $25.68B | $21.64B | 2025 |
| 13 | Germany | $23.90B | $22.17B | 2025 |
| 14 | Nigeria | $22.79B | $22.13B | 2025 |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | $21.10B | $16.58B | 2025 |
| 16 | Indonesia | $17.60B | $16.04B | 2025 |
| 17 | Belgium | $16.35B | $15.48B | 2025 |
| 18 | Nepal | $14.70B | $11.25B | 2025 |
| 19 | Morocco | $13.66B | $12.51B | 2025 |
| 20 | Colombia | $13.13B | $11.87B | 2025 |
| 21 | Italy | $12.84B | $12.14B | 2025 |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | $12.41B | $11.35B | 2025 |
| 23 | Honduras | $11.93B | $9.52B | 2025 |
| 24 | Thailand | $11.90B | $9.46B | 2025 |
| 25 | Romania | $10.65B | $9.53B | 2025 |
| 26 | Tajikistan | $10.18B | $6.80B | 2025 |
| 27 | El Salvador | $10.10B | $8.49B | 2025 |
| 28 | Ukraine | $9.88B | $12.00B | 2025 |
| 29 | Poland | $9.46B | $8.69B | 2025 |
| 30 | United States | $9.35B | $9.03B | 2025 |
| 31 | Malaysia | $8.94B | $7.61B | 2025 |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | $8.31B | $6.72B | 2025 |
| 33 | Ecuador | $7.73B | $6.54B | 2025 |
| 34 | Spain | $7.30B | $6.33B | 2025 |
| 35 | Croatia | $7.25B | $6.70B | 2025 |
| 36 | Ethiopia | $7.14B | $0.54B | 2024 |
| 37 | South Korea | $7.07B | $7.28B | 2025 |
| 38 | Lebanon | $6.70B | $6.44B | 2023 |
| 39 | Serbia | $6.56B | $5.76B | 2025 |
| 40 | Hungary | $5.72B | $5.56B | 2025 |
| 41 | Sweden | $5.41B | $4.58B | 2025 |
| 42 | United Kingdom | $5.36B | $4.83B | 2025 |
| 43 | Peru | $5.30B | $4.93B | 2025 |
| 44 | Nicaragua | $5.25B | $4.66B | 2024 |
| 45 | Netherlands | $5.22B | $4.68B | 2025 |
| 46 | Kenya | $5.11B | $5.00B | 2025 |
| 47 | Czech Republic | $4.93B | $4.55B | 2025 |
| 48 | Brazil | $4.76B | $4.90B | 2025 |
| 49 | Japan | $4.73B | $4.65B | 2025 |
| 50 | Jordan | $4.43B | $4.36B | 2024 |
| 51 | Venezuela | $4.31B | $3.81B | 2025 |
| 52 | Georgia | $4.26B | $4.06B | 2025 |
| 53 | Haiti | $4.11B | $3.75B | 2024 |
| 54 | Tunisia | $3.88B | $3.26B | 2025 |
| 55 | Switzerland | $3.87B | $3.64B | 2025 |
| 56 | Austria | $3.83B | $3.48B | 2025 |
| 57 | Yemen | $3.77B | $3.35B | 2016 |
| 58 | Jamaica | $3.70B | $3.56B | 2025 |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | $3.51B | $3.30B | 2024 |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3.49B | $3.12B | 2025 |
| 61 | DR Congo | $3.32B | $2.00B | 2025 |
| 62 | Senegal | $3.27B | $2.91B | 2023 |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | $3.20B | $2.86B | 2024 |
| 64 | Slovakia | $3.20B | $2.95B | 2025 |
| 65 | Uganda | $2.80B | $1.43B | 2025 |
| 66 | Bulgaria | $2.75B | $2.64B | 2025 |
| 67 | Portugal | $2.71B | $2.32B | 2025 |
| 68 | Luxembourg | $2.70B | $2.52B | 2025 |
| 69 | Albania | $2.56B | $2.27B | 2025 |
| 70 | Myanmar | $2.55B | $2.67B | 2019 |
| 71 | Ghana | $2.42B | $3.03B | 2025 |
| 72 | Belarus | $2.37B | $1.85B | 2025 |
| 73 | Bermuda | $2.35B | $2.23B | 2025 |
| 74 | Vietnam | $2.31B | $2.10B | 2004 |
| 75 | Cambodia | $2.20B | $2.83B | 2025 |
| 76 | Kosovo | $2.16B | $1.94B | 2025 |
| 77 | Australia | $2.01B | $1.77B | 2025 |
| 78 | Moldova | $1.91B | $1.92B | 2025 |
| 79 | Ivory Coast | $1.77B | $1.31B | 2024 |
| 80 | Algeria | $1.69B | $1.80B | 2025 |
| 81 | Denmark | $1.69B | $1.61B | 2025 |
| 82 | Syria | $1.62B | $1.35B | 2010 |
| 83 | Russia | $1.61B | $1.82B | 2025 |
| 84 | Armenia | $1.57B | $1.40B | 2025 |
| 85 | Paraguay | $1.53B | $1.14B | 2025 |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | $1.49B | $1.35B | 2025 |
| 87 | Latvia | $1.44B | $1.34B | 2025 |
| 88 | Lithuania | $1.37B | $1.05B | 2025 |
| 89 | Qatar | $1.26B | $1.44B | 2025 |
| 90 | Bolivia | $1.25B | $1.27B | 2025 |
| 91 | South Sudan | $1.18B | $0.27B | 2023 |
| 92 | Israel | $1.16B | $0.95B | 2025 |
| 93 | Tanzania | $1.12B | $1.24B | 2024 |
| 94 | Slovenia | $1.09B | $0.91B | 2025 |
| 95 | Mali | $1.07B | $1.05B | 2024 |
| 96 | Iran | $1.03B | $1.18B | 2004 |
| 97 | Norway | $1.03B | $0.95B | 2025 |
| 98 | Liberia | $1.02B | $0.95B | 2024 |
| 99 | South Africa | $1.00B | $0.86B | 2025 |
| 100 | Argentina | $0.92B | $1.06B | 2025 |
| 101 | Montenegro | $0.90B | $0.86B | 2025 |
| 102 | Finland | $0.88B | $0.84B | 2025 |
| 103 | Costa Rica | $0.85B | $0.72B | 2025 |
| 104 | Cyprus | $0.84B | $0.68B | 2025 |
| 105 | Canada | $0.83B | $0.85B | 2025 |
| 106 | Afghanistan | $0.79B | $0.83B | 2020 |
| 107 | Turkey | $0.76B | $0.98B | 2025 |
| 108 | Iraq | $0.76B | $0.70B | 2025 |
| 109 | Ireland | $0.73B | $0.64B | 2025 |
| 110 | Palestine | $0.69B | $0.74B | 2025 |
| 111 | Cameroon | $0.69B | $0.79B | 2024 |
| 112 | Niger | $0.65B | $0.62B | 2024 |
| 113 | Togo | $0.65B | $0.51B | 2020 |
| 114 | Panama | $0.63B | $0.53B | 2025 |
| 115 | New Caledonia | $0.62B | $0.61B | 2016 |
| 116 | Gambia | $0.62B | $0.53B | 2025 |
| 117 | Guinea | $0.62B | $0.50B | 2024 |
| 118 | Madagascar | $0.62B | $0.41B | 2025 |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | $0.60B | $0.58B | 2024 |
| 120 | Greece | $0.58B | $0.56B | 2025 |
| 121 | French Polynesia | $0.58B | $0.56B | 2016 |
| 122 | Mongolia | $0.56B | $0.53B | 2025 |
| 123 | Guyana | $0.55B | $0.54B | 2023 |
| 124 | Estonia | $0.54B | $0.50B | 2025 |
| 125 | Lesotho | $0.54B | $0.48B | 2025 |
| 126 | Rwanda | $0.52B | $0.52B | 2024 |
| 127 | Hong Kong | $0.48B | $0.46B | 2025 |
| 128 | Laos | $0.47B | $0.37B | 2025 |
| 129 | North Macedonia | $0.47B | $0.46B | 2025 |
| 130 | Fiji | $0.42B | $0.48B | 2024 |
| 131 | New Zealand | $0.41B | $0.46B | 2022 |
| 132 | Zambia | $0.40B | $0.33B | 2025 |
| 133 | Cape Verde | $0.36B | $0.33B | 2025 |
| 134 | Saudi Arabia | $0.35B | $0.34B | 2025 |
| 135 | Benin | $0.34B | $0.25B | 2023 |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | $0.32B | $0.29B | 2024 |
| 137 | Malawi | $0.31B | $0.22B | 2025 |
| 138 | Comoros | $0.31B | $0.28B | 2023 |
| 139 | Samoa | $0.29B | $0.28B | 2025 |
| 140 | Mauritius | $0.29B | $0.32B | 2024 |
| 141 | Burundi | $0.27B | $0.24B | 2025 |
| 142 | Tonga | $0.27B | $0.26B | 2025 |
| 143 | Mozambique | $0.27B | $0.27B | 2025 |
| 144 | Iceland | $0.26B | $0.24B | 2025 |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | $0.24B | $0.24B | 2025 |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | $0.22B | $0.20B | 2024 |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | $0.20B | $0.20B | 2025 |
| 148 | Vanuatu | $0.20B | $0.20B | 2022 |
| 149 | Timor-Leste | $0.19B | $0.22B | 2025 |
| 150 | Curacao | $0.18B | $0.16B | 2023 |
| 151 | Suriname | $0.18B | $0.16B | 2025 |
| 152 | Macao | $0.17B | $0.14B | 2025 |
| 153 | Botswana | $0.16B | $0.13B | 2025 |
| 154 | Faroe Islands | $0.16B | $0.15B | 2011 |
| 155 | Uruguay | $0.15B | $0.14B | 2025 |
| 156 | Belize | $0.12B | $0.12B | 2025 |
| 157 | Bhutan | $0.11B | $0.11B | 2024 |
| 158 | Chile | $0.10B | $0.10B | 2025 |
| 159 | Namibia | $0.10B | $0.08B | 2024 |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | $0.10B | $0.08B | 2024 |
| 161 | Mauritania | $0.09B | $0.17B | 2024 |
| 162 | St Vincent and the Grenadines | $0.09B | $0.09B | 2025 |
| 163 | Barbados | $0.09B | $0.16B | 2017 |
| 164 | Marshall Islands | $0.07B | $0.06B | 2024 |
| 165 | Bahamas | $0.07B | $0.06B | 2024 |
| 166 | St Lucia | $0.06B | $0.06B | 2025 |
| 167 | Djibouti | $0.06B | $0.06B | 2024 |
| 168 | Angola | $0.05B | $0.05B | 2025 |
| 169 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $0.05B | $0.05B | 2023 |
| 170 | Grenada | $0.05B | $0.05B | 2025 |
| 171 | Republic of the Congo | $0.04B | $0.01B | 2021 |
| 172 | Andorra | $0.04B | $0.05B | 2025 |
| 173 | St Kitts and Nevis | $0.04B | $0.04B | 2025 |
| 174 | Dominica | $0.04B | $0.04B | 2025 |
| 175 | Oman | $0.04B | $0.04B | 2025 |
| 176 | Aruba | $0.04B | $0.04B | 2023 |
| 177 | Eswatini | $0.04B | $0.03B | 2025 |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | $0.04B | $0.01B | 2025 |
| 179 | San Marino | $0.02B | $0.02B | 2024 |
| 180 | Kuwait | $0.02B | $0.02B | 2025 |
| 181 | Micronesia | $0.02B | $0.02B | 2014 |
| 182 | Kiribati | $0.02B | $0.01B | 2025 |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | $0.02B | $0.03B | 2025 |
| 184 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $0.02B | $0.02B | 1983 |
| 185 | Gabon | $0.02B | $0.03B | 2015 |
| 186 | Libya | $0.02B | $0.02B | 2006 |
| 187 | Malta | $0.02B | $0.02B | 2024 |
| 188 | Seychelles | $0.01B | $0.01B | 2025 |
| 189 | Sudan | $0.01B | $0.02B | 2025 |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | $0.01B | $0.01B | 2024 |
| 191 | Turks and Caicos Islands | $0.01B | $0.01B | 2018 |
| 192 | Maldives | $0.01B | $0.01B | 2025 |
| 193 | Turkmenistan | $0.00B | – | 1996 |
| 194 | Papua New Guinea | $0.00B | $0.01B | 2024 |
| 195 | Eritrea | $0.00B | $0.00B | 2000 |
| 196 | Tuvalu | $0.00B | $0.00B | 2023 |
| 197 | Naoero | $0.00B | $0.00B | 2024 |
| 198 | Palau | $0.00B | $0.00B | 2023 |
| 199 | Chad | $0.00B | $0.00B | 1994 |
| 200 | Equatorial Guinea | $0.00B | $0.00B | 1996 |
| 201 | Central African Republic | $0.00B | $0.00B | 1993 |
Remittances around the world — in simple words
Overview
Remittances is available for 180 economies with recent data. The median value is $1.02B and the simple average is $5.45B.
Highest: India ($150.71B), Mexico ($65.09B), France ($44.54B), Philippines ($41.56B), Egypt ($41.52B).
Lowest: Palau ($0.00B), Naoero ($0.00B), Tuvalu ($0.00B), Papua New Guinea ($0.00B), Maldives ($0.01B).
Major economies
Among the 18 major economies tracked here, India ($150.71B) has the highest reading and Saudi Arabia ($0.35B) the lowest. Their median is $7.18B.
Remittances — Regional Medians
Median of the latest readings of countries in each World Bank region. The median is the middle value — half the countries are above it and half below.
| Region | Countries | Median |
|---|---|---|
| East Asia & Pacific | 27 | $0.42B |
| Europe & Central Asia | 50 | $2.71B |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 35 | $0.63B |
| Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 17 | $1.16B |
| North America | 3 | $2.35B |
| South Asia | 6 | $11.50B |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 42 | $0.57B |
Understanding Remittances — a simple guide
What it measures
Personal remittances received from workers abroad, in current US dollars.
How it is calculated
Money sent home by citizens working abroad, in US dollars.
Workers in the Gulf sending money to families in India are counted here.
High remittances support household income and the current account.
Low remittances mean less income from abroad.
Why it matters for the economy and markets
Remittances are a large and stable source of foreign income for many emerging economies.
How to read it
They tend to be counter-cyclical, rising when the home economy is under stress.
How to use the chart
Use the 5Y / 10Y / 25Y / Max buttons to change the time range, or drag the slider under the chart. Hover (or tap) on the line to see the exact value for any period. Dashed lines and hatched bars are IMF projections, not actual data. The “Download CSV” button gives you the full data series.
Frequently asked questions
What does remittances measure?
Which country has the highest remittances?
Data are sourced from official international organisations (IMF, World Bank, BIS) and national authorities, and are shown for educational and informational purposes only. They are not investment advice and no recommendation is made. Figures may be revised by the source; IMF figures for the current and future years are projections. This page was last updated on Saturday, October 17, 2026.