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Remittances to India: World Bank data

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India received US$150.71 billion in personal remittances in 2025, equal to 3.81% of GDP and up 9.5% on 2024, according to the World Bank. That ranks it 1st of the 132 economies with 2025 data. Personal remittances paid out of India were US$12.08 billion in 2025, 17th of the 135 economies with 2025 data.

Received (2025)US$150.71 billion source
Share of GDP (2025)3.81% source
Change since 2020+81.3% (from US$83.15 billion)
Highest year on record2025 (US$150.71 billion)
Paid out (2025)US$12.08 billion source
Region and income groupSouth Asia, lower middle income

Remittances received by year

0.041.482.9124.3165.82000: 12.882001: 14.272002: 15.742003: 21.002004: 18.752005: 22.132006: 28.332007: 37.222008: 49.982009: 49.202010: 53.482011: 62.502012: 68.822013: 69.972014: 70.392015: 68.912016: 62.742017: 68.972018: 78.792019: 83.332020: 83.152021: 89.382022: 111.222023: 119.532024: 137.672025: 150.71200020052010201520202025
Personal remittances received, US$ billion, by year.

What it costs to send

Sending the US$200 equivalent to India cost 1.91% to 16.39% on average across the 20 corridors the World Bank surveyed in Q3 2025: every corridor to India.

Sending from India cost 3.14% to 6.84% across 2 corridors: every corridor from India.

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Remittances are paid out by banks, payout partners and mobile wallets that money transfer companies keep funded ahead of demand. Polynopsis is liquidity software for those companies: one live position across every bank, payout partner and wallet, with a warning before a corridor runs dry.

Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators (BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT, BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS, BM.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), last updated 2026-10-08, licensed CC BY 4.0. Ranks are worked out by Polynopsis from the same data.

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Polynopsis is liquidity management software for cross-border payment companies. The name joins poly, many, and synopsis, a seeing together: one live view of money spread across many banks, payout partners, exchanges and stablecoin wallets, including money in flight, with a warning before any corridor runs dry.

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