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Remittances to Senegal: World Bank data

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Senegal received US$3.27 billion in personal remittances in 2023, equal to 10.64% of GDP and up 12.2% on 2022, according to the World Bank. That ranks it 54th of the 174 economies with 2023 data. Personal remittances paid out of Senegal were US$340 million in 2023, 85th of the 178 economies with 2023 data.

Received (2023)US$3.27 billion source
Share of GDP (2023)10.64% source
Change since 2018+34.6% (from US$2.43 billion)
Highest year on record2023 (US$3.27 billion)
Paid out (2023)US$340 million source
Region and income groupSub-Saharan Africa , lower middle income

Remittances received by year

0.00.91.82.73.62000: 0.232001: 0.302002: 0.352003: 0.512004: 0.632005: 0.792006: 0.932007: 1.192008: 1.482009: 1.362010: 1.482011: 1.622012: 1.582013: 1.782014: 1.932015: 1.762016: 1.982017: 2.152018: 2.432019: 2.532020: 2.612021: 3.102022: 2.912023: 3.27200020052010201520202023
Personal remittances received, US$ billion, by year.

What it costs to send

Sending the US$200 equivalent to Senegal cost 2.41% to 7.90% on average across the 2 corridors the World Bank surveyed in Q3 2025: every corridor to Senegal.

Sending from Senegal cost 25.70% to 25.70% across 1 corridor: every corridor from Senegal.

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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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