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Remittances to Tanzania: World Bank data

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Tanzania received US$1.12 billion in personal remittances in 2024, equal to 1.42% of GDP and down 9.3% on 2023, according to the World Bank. That ranks it 81st of the 163 economies with 2024 data. Personal remittances paid out of Tanzania were US$682 million in 2024, 58th of the 166 economies with 2024 data.

Received (2024)US$1.12 billion source
Share of GDP (2024)1.42% source
Change since 2019+159.1% (from US$433 million)
Highest year on record2023 (US$1.24 billion)
Paid out (2024)US$682 million source
Region and income groupSub-Saharan Africa , lower middle income

Remittances received by year

0.0340.4680.81,021.31,361.72000: 8.002001: 15.252002: 12.002003: 8.902004: 13.802005: 19.372006: 15.382007: 25.462008: 36.822009: 39.832010: 344.292011: 409.562012: 390.142013: 381.932014: 389.492015: 387.772016: 402.532017: 402.632018: 412.912019: 433.502020: 326.162021: 558.432022: 703.752023: 1,237.902024: 1,123.26200020052010201520202024
Personal remittances received, US$ million, by year.

What it costs to send

Sending the US$200 equivalent to Tanzania cost 4.88% to 17.30% on average across the 3 corridors the World Bank surveyed in Q3 2025: every corridor to Tanzania.

Sending from Tanzania cost 45.11% to 62.68% across 3 corridors: every corridor from Tanzania.

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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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