Remittances from Kuwait: World Bank data
Personal remittances paid out of Kuwait were US$16.74 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank, 9th of the 135 economies with 2025 data. Kuwait received US$24 million in personal remittances in 2025, equal to 0.02% of GDP and up 17.4% on 2024, according to the World Bank. That ranks it 127th of the 132 economies with 2025 data.
| Received (2025) | US$24 million source |
| Share of GDP (2025) | 0.02% source |
| Change since 2020 | +6.3% (from US$23 million) |
| Highest year on record | 2021 (US$807 million) |
| Paid out (2025) | US$16.74 billion source |
| Region and income group | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, high income |
Remittances received by year
What it costs to send
Sending from Kuwait cost 0.35% to 6.63% across 6 corridors: every corridor from Kuwait.
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Where Polynopsis fits
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 gives cross-border payment teams one live position across every bank, payout partner, exchange and wallet, including money in flight, and warns before a corridor runs dry.
About Polynopsis
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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