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Remittances by country

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How much money each country receives and sends in personal remittances, from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (last updated 2026-10-08). The largest recipient in the latest data is India, at US$150.71 billion in 2025, and the largest source is United States, at US$106.53 billion paid out in 2025.

Remittances received

CountryReceivedYearShare of GDP
IndiaUS$150.71 billion20253.81%
MexicoUS$65.09 billion20253.55%
FranceUS$44.54 billion20251.32%
PhilippinesUS$41.56 billion20258.53%
EgyptUS$41.52 billion202511.37%
PakistanUS$40.48 billion20259.94%
BangladeshUS$33.88 billion20257.42%
ChinaUS$30.00 billion20250.15%
GuatemalaUS$25.68 billion202520.82%
GermanyUS$23.90 billion20250.47%
NigeriaUS$22.79 billion20257.84%
UzbekistanUS$21.10 billion202514.35%
IndonesiaUS$17.60 billion20251.22%
BelgiumUS$16.35 billion20252.25%
NepalUS$14.70 billion202532.31%
MoroccoUS$13.66 billion20257.49%
ColombiaUS$13.13 billion20252.87%
ItalyUS$12.84 billion20250.50%
Dominican RepublicUS$12.41 billion20259.74%
HondurasUS$11.93 billion202530.12%
ThailandUS$11.90 billion20252.06%
RomaniaUS$10.65 billion20252.48%
TajikistanUS$10.18 billion202557.66%
El SalvadorUS$10.10 billion202527.51%
UkraineUS$9.88 billion20254.61%
PolandUS$9.46 billion20250.91%
United StatesUS$9.35 billion20250.03%
MalaysiaUS$8.94 billion20251.89%
Sri LankaUS$8.31 billion20257.63%
EcuadorUS$7.73 billion20255.93%
SpainUS$7.30 billion20250.38%
CroatiaUS$7.25 billion20256.90%
EthiopiaUS$7.14 billion20244.77%
South KoreaUS$7.07 billion20250.38%
LebanonUS$6.70 billion202333.35%
SerbiaUS$6.56 billion20256.56%
HungaryUS$5.72 billion20252.32%
SwedenUS$5.41 billion20250.81%
United KingdomUS$5.36 billion20250.13%
PeruUS$5.30 billion20251.58%
NicaraguaUS$5.25 billion202426.63%
NetherlandsUS$5.22 billion20250.39%
KenyaUS$5.11 billion20253.76%
CzechiaUS$4.93 billion20251.26%
BrazilUS$4.76 billion20250.21%
JapanUS$4.73 billion20250.11%
JordanUS$4.43 billion20247.56%
VenezuelaUS$4.30 billion20254.32%
GeorgiaUS$4.26 billion202511.17%
HaitiUS$4.11 billion202416.95%
TunisiaUS$3.88 billion20256.74%
SwitzerlandUS$3.87 billion20250.37%
AustriaUS$3.83 billion20250.66%
JamaicaUS$3.70 billion202516.29%
ZimbabweUS$3.51 billion20248.45%
Bosnia and HerzegovinaUS$3.49 billion202510.72%
DR CongoUS$3.32 billion20253.65%
SenegalUS$3.27 billion202310.64%
KyrgyzstanUS$3.20 billion202417.60%
SlovakiaUS$3.20 billion20252.07%
UgandaUS$2.80 billion20254.51%
BulgariaUS$2.75 billion20252.10%
PortugalUS$2.71 billion20250.78%
LuxembourgUS$2.70 billion20252.67%
AlbaniaUS$2.56 billion20258.39%
GhanaUS$2.42 billion20252.12%
BelarusUS$2.37 billion20252.54%
BermudaUS$2.35 billion2025
CambodiaUS$2.20 billion20254.29%
KosovoUS$2.16 billion202517.31%
AustraliaUS$2.01 billion20250.11%
MoldovaUS$1.91 billion20259.41%
Côte d'IvoireUS$1.77 billion20242.03%
AlgeriaUS$1.69 billion20250.59%
DenmarkUS$1.69 billion20250.37%
RussiaUS$1.61 billion20250.06%
ArmeniaUS$1.57 billion20255.38%
ParaguayUS$1.53 billion20253.10%
AzerbaijanUS$1.49 billion20251.97%
LatviaUS$1.44 billion20252.97%
LithuaniaUS$1.37 billion20251.44%
QatarUS$1.26 billion20250.58%
BoliviaUS$1.25 billion20251.92%
South SudanUS$1.18 billion2023
IsraelUS$1.16 billion20250.19%
TanzaniaUS$1.12 billion20241.42%
SloveniaUS$1.09 billion20251.37%
MaliUS$1.07 billion20243.99%
NorwayUS$1.03 billion20250.19%
LiberiaUS$1.02 billion202421.28%
South AfricaUS$1.00 billion20250.24%
ArgentinaUS$923 million20250.14%
MontenegroUS$897 million20259.72%
FinlandUS$876 million20250.28%
Costa RicaUS$846 million20250.82%
CyprusUS$844 million20252.05%
CanadaUS$834 million20250.04%
TürkiyeUS$761 million20250.05%
IraqUS$757 million20250.30%
IrelandUS$726 million20250.10%
West Bank and GazaUS$693 million20254.04%
CameroonUS$690 million20241.29%
NigerUS$650 million20243.30%
PanamaUS$634 million20250.70%
The GambiaUS$617 million202523.79%
GuineaUS$616 million20242.46%
MadagascarUS$616 million20253.14%
Burkina FasoUS$595 million20242.57%
GreeceUS$583 million20250.21%
MongoliaUS$558 million20252.20%
GuyanaUS$546 million20233.22%
EstoniaUS$536 million20251.14%
LesothoUS$535 million202520.79%
RwandaUS$517 million20243.42%
Hong KongUS$479 million20250.11%
LaosUS$473 million20252.58%
North MacedoniaUS$468 million20252.45%
FijiUS$424 million20247.11%
New ZealandUS$407 million20220.16%
ZambiaUS$404 million20251.40%
Cabo VerdeUS$357 million202511.67%
Saudi ArabiaUS$351 million20250.03%
BeninUS$339 million20231.72%
Sierra LeoneUS$321 million20244.60%
MalawiUS$306 million20252.05%
ComorosUS$306 million202320.84%
SamoaUS$288 million202522.37%
MauritiusUS$287 million20241.92%
BurundiUS$273 million20258.12%
TongaUS$267 million202539.32%
MozambiqueUS$265 million20251.19%
IcelandUS$265 million20250.69%
KazakhstanUS$237 million20250.08%
Guinea-BissauUS$217 million20249.88%
Trinidad and TobagoUS$200 million20250.77%
Timor-LesteUS$190 million20259.99%
CuraçaoUS$177 million20235.38%
SurinameUS$176 million20253.89%
MacaoUS$174 million20250.33%
BotswanaUS$165 million20250.83%
UruguayUS$150 million20250.18%
BelizeUS$124 million20253.72%
BhutanUS$110 million20243.28%
ChileUS$100 million20250.03%
OmanUS$39 million20250.04%
KuwaitUS$24 million20250.02%
LibyaUS$16 million20060.03%

Remittances paid out

CountryPaid outYear
United StatesUS$106.53 billion2025
United Arab EmiratesUS$62.13 billion2025
Saudi ArabiaUS$58.69 billion2025
SwitzerlandUS$42.68 billion2025
GermanyUS$26.67 billion2025
FranceUS$22.72 billion2025
NetherlandsUS$20.19 billion2025
LuxembourgUS$20.01 billion2025
KuwaitUS$16.74 billion2025
AustraliaUS$15.96 billion2025
CanadaUS$15.11 billion2025
South KoreaUS$14.31 billion2025
ChinaUS$14.04 billion2025
ItalyUS$13.91 billion2025
MalaysiaUS$13.83 billion2025
United KingdomUS$13.17 billion2025
IndiaUS$12.08 billion2025
QatarUS$12.06 billion2025
IndonesiaUS$11.68 billion2025
BelgiumUS$11.22 billion2025
AustriaUS$10.81 billion2025
ThailandUS$9.98 billion2025
OmanUS$9.47 billion2025
RussiaUS$8.87 billion2025
JapanUS$7.17 billion2025
NorwayUS$6.31 billion2025
CzechiaUS$5.96 billion2025
PolandUS$5.60 billion2025
DenmarkUS$5.49 billion2025
LibyaUS$4.82 billion2023
SwedenUS$4.19 billion2025
IrelandUS$3.80 billion2025
GreeceUS$3.45 billion2025
KazakhstanUS$2.73 billion2025
RomaniaUS$2.65 billion2025
MacaoUS$2.55 billion2025
BahrainUS$2.55 billion2025
CroatiaUS$2.40 billion2025
Côte d'IvoireUS$2.05 billion2024
TürkiyeUS$2.04 billion2025

What it costs to send along each route: remittance costs for every corridor.

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Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0.

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