List of countries by remittances received

This is a list of countries by remittances received from abroad. Remittances, defined as monetary transfers made by migrants to their home countries, play a crucial role in global economies and the livelihoods of individuals and families. In some countries, remittances account for more than 30% of the total economic output.

List

Remittances received (2023/2024, World Bank) ^{[1] [2]}

Country	Remittances received (USD millions)	% of GDP
India	137,675	3.5
Mexico	67,638	3.7
Philippines	40,279	8.7
France	36,861	1.2
Pakistan	34,914	9.4
China	31,411	0.2
Bangladesh	27,122	6.0
Guatemala	21,649	19.1
Nigeria	21,293	11.3
Germany	21,225	0.5
Egypt	19,532	4.9
Uzbekistan	16,579	14.4
Indonesia	16,038	1.1
Belgium	15,208	2.3
Nepal	14,185	33.1
Vietnam	14,000	3.2
Ukraine	11,969	6.3
Colombia	11,873	2.8
Morocco	11,755	8.1
Dominican Republic	11,247	9.0
Italy	11,152	0.5
Thailand	9,584	1.8
Honduras	9,533	25.7
Romania	9,524	2.5
Poland	8,688	0.9
El Salvador	8,488	24.0
United States	7,870	0.0
South Korea	7,449	0.4
Tajikistan	6,802	47.9
Croatia	6,739	7.3
Lebanon	6,696	33.3
Ecuador	6,544	5.2
Spain	6,265	0.4
Sri Lanka	6,023	7.2
Serbia	5,772	7.1
Nicaragua	5,246	26.6
Hungary	5,237	2.3
Brazil	4,902	0.2
United Kingdom	4,834	0.1
Sweden	4,702	0.8
Japan	4,644	0.1
Jordan	4,480	8.8
Peru	4,446	1.7
Netherlands	4,358	0.4
Czech Republic	4,248	1.2
Kenya	4,228	3.9
Georgia	3,999	11.8
Yemen	3,771	(2018) 17.5
Haiti	3,753	18.9
Austria	3,592	0.7
Jamaica	3,564	17.9
Switzerland	3,502	0.4
Zimbabwe	3,301	9.4
Democratic Republic of the Congo	3,298	4.9
Senegal	3,267	10.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,124	11.0
Tunisia	2,872	6.0
Kyrgyzstan	2,850	18.8
Cambodia	2,828	6.1
Slovakia	2,741	1.9
Bulgaria	2,672	2.4
Ghana	2,431	3.0
Luxembourg	2,430	2.6
Albania	2,274	8.4
Bermuda	2,035	23.7
Moldova	1,918	10.5
Russia	1,908	0.1
Australia	1,884	0.1
Algeria	1,868	0.8
Kosovo	1,833	17.5
Portugal	1,805	0.6
Somalia	1,735	15.8
Malaysia	1,605	0.4
Denmark	1,526	0.4
Bolivia	1,449	3.2
Qatar	1,443	0.7
Uganda	1,431	2.9
Belarus	1,383	1.8
Azerbaijan	1,352	1.8
Latvia	1,336	3.1
Armenia	1,182	4.6
South Sudan	1,175	(2015) 9.5
Iraq	1,162	0.4
Myanmar	1,100	1.6
Lithuania	1,053	1.2
Mali	1,045	4.2
Argentina	1,045	0.2
Ivory Coast	1,042	1.3
Sudan	1,000	2.5
Turkey	982	0.1
Israel	952	0.2
Paraguay	878	2.0
South Africa	855	0.2
Montenegro	855	10.6
Slovenia	852	1.2
Canada	851	0.0
New Zealand	816	0.3
Liberia	800	18.2
Cameroon	787	1.6
Tanzania	759	1.0
Finland	749	0.2
Palestine	736	5.4
Costa Rica	725	0.8
Togo	650	7.1
Niger	624	3.7
Cyprus	622	1.8
Norway	621	0.1
New Caledonia	621	6.5
Burkina Faso	584	2.9
French Polynesia	582	9.1
Ireland	571	0.1
Greece	561	0.2
Guyana	546	3.2
Ethiopia	539	0.4
Panama	532	0.6
Gambia	529	21.1
Rwanda	518	3.6
Fiji	500	9.2
Lesotho	499	22.0
Guinea	497	2.2
Estonia	496	1.2
Hong Kong	462	0.1
North Macedonia	458	2.7
Mongolia	455	2.2
Madagascar	385	2.4
Benin	339	1.7
Cape Verde	336	12.1
Saudi Arabia	322	0.0
Afghanistan	320	1.9
Mauritius	315	2.2
Comoros	306	21.4
Sierra Leone	293	4.6
Laos	287	1.8
Samoa	282	26.4
Mozambique	267	1.2
Tonga	257	50.0
Zambia	246	0.9
Iceland	241	0.7
Kazakhstan	240	0.1
Timor-Leste	220	11.7
Guinea-Bissau	204	9.8
Trinidad and Tobago	199	0.8
Burundi	198	7.5
Malawi	180	1.4
Curaçao	177	5.4
Mauritania	168	1.6
Suriname	160	3.4
Faroe Islands	158	4.1
Belize	154	4.4
Vanuatu	145	12.9
Namibia	143	1.1
Uruguay	136	0.2
Macau	112	0.2
Bhutan	110	3.6
Chile	100	0.0
Solomon Islands	95	5.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	94	8.2
Barbados	85	1.3
Eswatini	80	1.7
Grenada	70	5.0
Botswana	70	0.4
Bahamas	66	0.4
Saint Lucia	65	2.5
Djibouti	56	1.4
Sint Maarten	48	3.0
Andorra	48	1.3
Republic of the Congo	44	0.3
Oman	39	0.0
Aruba	39	1.1
Dominica	38.6	5.6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	36.4	3.4
Marshall Islands	34.5	13.3
Antigua and Barbuda	26.3	1.2
Federated States of Micronesia	23.3	5.3
San Marino	21.9	1.2
Kuwait	20.4	0.0
Gabon	18.5	0.1
Malta	15.4	0.1
Angola	14.1	0.0
Kiribati	11.6	4.0
Seychelles	11.4	0.5
Cayman Islands	10.8	0.2
Papua New Guinea	10.7	0.0
São Tomé and Príncipe	10.0	1.5
Maldives	5.7	0.1
Tuvalu	2.6	4.2
Palau	2.0	0.7
Brunei	1.0	0.0
Nauru	0.9	0.6
World	740,508	0.7

References

1. "Personal remittances, received (current US$)". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
2. "Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 25 April 2024.