Cost to send money from Australia to Lebanon

By Polynopsis team · Last updated 29 October 2026

Sending AUD 200 from Australia to Lebanon cost 10.67% of the amount on average in Q3 2025, across 33 services surveyed by the World Bank. The lowest cost was 2.39% (Citibank) and the highest 26.88%. AUD 200 is the World Bank's standard amount for this corridor, set as the equivalent of US$200. A year earlier, in Q3 2024, the average was 11.07%.

Average total cost (US$200 equivalent)	10.67%
Average total cost (US$500 equivalent)	6.08%
Average FX margin	2.96%
Money transfer operators	3.86% across 9 services
Banks	13.22% across 24 services
Surveyed	15 Aug 2025 to 9 Sep 2025, 15 providers

Every service surveyed, cheapest first

Total cost is the fee plus the FX margin, as a share of AUD 200.

Provider	Type	Pay by	Receive as	Speed	Fee	FX margin	Total cost
Citibank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 0.00	2.39%	2.39%
National Australia Bank (NAB)	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 0.00	2.48%	2.48%
Remitly	Money Transfer Operator	Bank account transfer	Debit card	3-5 days	AUD 4.99	0.34%	2.84%
Commonwealth Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 0.00	2.92%	2.92%
Remitly	Money Transfer Operator	Debit card	Debit card	Less than one hour	AUD 5.99	0.34%	3.34%
Remitly	Money Transfer Operator	Credit card	Debit card	3-5 days	AUD 5.99	0.35%	3.35%
MoneyGram	Money Transfer Operator	Debit card	Cash	Less than one hour	AUD 2.89	2.04%	3.49%
Remitly	Money Transfer Operator	Bank account transfer	Cash	3-5 days	AUD 2.99	2.01%	3.51%
Westpac	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	3-5 days	AUD 0.00	3.82%	3.82%
St. George Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	3-5 days	AUD 0.00	3.85%	3.85%
Remitly	Money Transfer Operator	Debit card	Cash	Less than one hour	AUD 3.99	2.01%	4.01%
Remitly	Money Transfer Operator	Credit card	Cash	3-5 days	AUD 3.99	2.04%	4.04%
Suncorp	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	3-5 days	AUD 0.00	4.72%	4.72%
MoneyGram	Money Transfer Operator	Credit card	Cash	Less than one hour	AUD 5.99	2.04%	5.04%
Western Union	Money Transfer Operator	Cash	Cash	Less than one hour	AUD 5.00	2.61%	5.11%
ANZ Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 9.00	3.34%	7.84%
ANZ Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 9.00	3.34%	7.84%
Bank of Sydney	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 10.00	5.41%	10.41%
BankWest	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 35.00	-3.84%	13.66%
Arab Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 20.00	3.77%	13.77%
Arab Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 20.00	3.79%	13.79%
Bank of Sydney	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 20.00	5.39%	15.39%
Bank of Sydney	Bank	Bank account transfer	Own/partner Bank account	2 days	AUD 20.00	5.40%	15.40%
HSBC	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	3-5 days	AUD 30.00	2.05%	17.05%
National Australia Bank (NAB)	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 30.00	2.50%	17.50%
Commonwealth Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 30.00	2.91%	17.91%
St. George Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 32.00	3.78%	19.78%
Westpac	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 32.00	3.80%	19.80%
Suncorp	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 30.00	4.83%	19.83%
Bendigo Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 30.00	5.08%	20.08%
Bendigo Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 30.00	5.08%	20.08%
Bendigo Bank	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 30.00	5.09%	20.09%
HSBC	Bank	Bank account transfer	Bank account	2 days	AUD 50.00	1.88%	26.88%

How the cost has moved

The average was 13.02% in Q2 2016, the first quarter in this series with data for the corridor, and 10.67% in Q3 2025.

Average total cost of sending the US$200 equivalent, by quarter surveyed. Gaps are quarters with no data in the World Bank dataset.

The UN target

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to bring the global average cost of sending remittances below 3% by 2030 and to remove corridors costing more than 5%. The World Bank measures the 5% test on the average of the three cheapest qualifying services in each corridor, not on the corridor average. source In this corridor the three cheapest services surveyed averaged 2.57% (a plain average, without the World Bank's qualifying rules).

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to send money from Australia to Lebanon?

Which service cost least from Australia to Lebanon?

In the World Bank's Q3 2025 survey the lowest total cost was 2.39% of AUD 200, from Citibank. Costs change with exchange rates, so check current prices with each provider.

Where Polynopsis fits

The companies surveyed here move money across borders every day, and many of them prefund payout partners in the receiving country. Polynopsis is liquidity software for those companies: one live position across their banks, payout partners and wallets, with a warning before a corridor runs dry.

Data: World Bank, Remittance Prices Worldwide (complete dataset, licensed CC BY 4.0). Averages and charts are worked out by Polynopsis from that dataset. Services without a US$200 quote are left out of the averages, so a few corridors differ slightly from the World Bank site. Each corridor uses the local send amount the World Bank set as the equivalent of US$200; where that amount is now worth much less than US$200, fixed fees make the percentage cost higher.

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About Polynopsis

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