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The following article presents a comprehensive overview of countries ranked by the amount of remittances they receive 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.
Countries by remittances received and remittances received as a percent of GDP according to data by the World Bank.[1][2]
| Country | Remittances received (USD millions) |
Remittances as % of GDP | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
 India |
111,222 | 3.3 | 2022 |
 Mexico |
61,100 | 4.2 | 2022 |
 Philippines |
38,049 | 9.4 | 2022 |
 France |
33,928 | 1.2 | 2022 |
 Pakistan |
30,176 | 8.1 | 2022 |
 Egypt |
28,333 | 5.9 | 2022 |
 China |
26,106 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Bangladesh |
21,505 | 4.7 | 2022 |
 Nigeria |
20,128 | 4.3 | 2022 |
 Germany |
19,288 | 0.5 | 2022 |
 Guatemala |
18,205 | 19.2 | 2022 |
 Ukraine |
16,783 | 10.5 | 2022 |
 Uzbekistan |
16,736 | 20.8 | 2022 |
 Belgium |
13,428 | 2.3 | 2022 |
 Vietnam |
13,200 | 3.2 | 2022 |
 Indonesia |
13,089 | 1 | 2022 |
 Morocco |
11,168 | 8.5 | 2022 |
 Italy |
10,530 | 0.5 | 2022 |
 Dominican Republic |
10,278 | 9.1 | 2022 |
 Colombia |
9,455 | 2.8 | 2022 |
 Nepal |
9,293 | 22.8 | 2022 |
 Thailand |
8,917 | 1.8 | 2022 |
 Romania |
8,781 | 2.9 | 2022 |
 Honduras |
8,485 | 26.8 | 2022 |
 South Korea |
7,825 | 0.5 | 2022 |
 El Salvador |
7,693 | 23.7 | 2022 |
 United States |
7,431 | 0 | 2022 |
 Lebanon |
6,435 | 0 | 2022 |
 Poland |
6,433 | 0.9 | 2022 |
 Serbia |
5,704 | 9 | 2022 |
 Croatia |
5,408 | 7.6 | 2022 |
 Japan |
5,384 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Tajikistan |
5,346 | 50.9 | 2022 |
 Brazil |
4,974 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Jordan |
4,913 | 10.1 | 2022 |
 Ecuador |
4,748 | 4.1 | 2022 |
 Ghana |
4,633 | 6.3 | 2022 |
 Spain |
4,277 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Czech Republic |
4,153 | 1.4 | 2022 |
 Kenya |
4,060 | 3.6 | 2022 |
 Palestine |
4,049 | 21.2 | 2022 |
 United Kingdom |
3,965 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Azerbaijan |
3,950 | 5 | 2022 |
 Hungary |
3,890 | 2.2 | 2022 |
 Georgia |
3,854 | 15.6 | 2022 |
 Sri Lanka |
3,819 | 5.1 | 2022 |
 Haiti |
3,798 | 18.8 | 2022 |
 Yemen |
3,771 | 17.2 | 2022 |
 Peru |
3,708 | 1.5 | 2022 |
 Jamaica |
3,688 | 21.6 | 2022 |
 Russia |
3,300 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Sweden |
3,289 | 0.6 | 2022 |
 Nicaragua |
3,227 | 20.6 | 2022 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
3,225 | 27.9 | 2022 |
 Zimbabwe |
3,085 | 11.3 | 2022 |
 Switzerland |
3,074 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Senegal |
3,007 | 10.9 | 2022 |
 Austria |
3,000 | 0.6 | 2022 |
 Tunisia |
2,807 | 6.1 | 2022 |
 Cambodia |
2,616 | 8.9 | 2022 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2,581 | 10.5 | 2022 |
 Netherlands |
2,370 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Slovakia |
2,316 | 2 | 2022 |
 Luxembourg |
2,223 | 2.7 | 2022 |
 Moldova |
2,038 | 14 | 2022 |
 Armenia |
2,035 | 10.4 | 2022 |
 Bulgaria |
2,033 | 2.3 | 2022 |
 Bermuda |
1,800 | 23.8 | 2022 |
 Albania |
1,745 | 9.2 | 2022 |
 Somalia |
1,735 | 16.7 | 2022 |
 Algeria |
1,659 | 0.9 | 2022 |
 Malaysia |
1,620 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Kosovo |
1,613 | 17.1 | 2022 |
 Sudan |
1,499 | 2.9 | 2022 |
 Belarus |
1,465 | 2 | 2022 |
 Bolivia |
1,459 | 3.3 | 2022 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1,348 | 2.1 | 2022 |
 Australia |
1,307 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Latvia |
1,294 | 3.2 | 2022 |
 Argentina |
1,267 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Israel |
1,265 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Myanmar |
1,261 | 2 | 2022 |
 Uganda |
1,250 | 2.7 | 2022 |
 Denmark |
1,247 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Iraq |
1,098 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Mali |
1,057 | 5.6 | 2022 |
 Ivory Coast |
1,042 | 1.5 | 2022 |
 Qatar |
1,032 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Portugal |
976 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 South Africa |
873 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Canada |
864 | 0 | 2022 |
 Montenegro |
830 | 13.3 | 2022 |
 Slovenia |
779 | 1.3 | 2022 |
 Lithuania |
736 | 1 | 2022 |
 Niger |
725 | 4.7 | 2022 |
 Tanzania |
698 | 0.9 | 2022 |
 Turkey |
694 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Liberia |
690 | 17.2 | 2022 |
 Norway |
630 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 New Caledonia |
621 | 6.5 | 2022 |
 Costa Rica |
621 | 0.9 | 2022 |
 Greece |
601 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Finland |
594 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Paraguay |
592 | 1.4 | 2022 |
 French Polynesia |
582 | 10 | 2022 |
 New Zealand |
577 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Burkina Faso |
571 | 3 | 2022 |
 Cameroon |
563 | 1.3 | 2022 |
 Togo |
557 | 6.7 | 2022 |
 Lesotho |
533 | 23.8 | 2022 |
 Guinea |
527 | 2.5 | 2022 |
 Panama |
526 | 0.7 | 2022 |
 Guyana |
525 | 3.6 | 2022 |
 Cyprus |
522 | 1.8 | 2022 |
 Ethiopia |
510 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Gambia |
502 | 22.9 | 2022 |
 Kazakhstan |
481 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Rwanda |
474 | 3.6 | 2022 |
 Estonia |
470 | 1.2 | 2022 |
 Fiji |
459 | 9.2 | 2022 |
 North Macedonia |
457 | 3.4 | 2022 |
 Ireland |
436 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Hong Kong |
419 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Mongolia |
399 | 2.3 | 2022 |
 Madagascar |
385 | 2.5 | 2022 |
 Afghanistan |
370 | 0 | 2022 |
 Sierra Leone |
322 | 7.9 | 2022 |
 Cape Verde |
313 | 14.1 | 2022 |
 Mozambique |
303 | 1.6 | 2022 |
 Saudi Arabia |
287 | 0 | 2022 |
 Comoros |
282 | 22.7 | 2022 |
 Samoa |
280 | 33.6 | 2022 |
 Mauritius |
274 | 2.1 | 2022 |
 South Sudan |
267 | 0 | 2022 |
 Malawi |
264 | 2 | 2022 |
 Zambia |
243 | 0.8 | 2022 |
 Laos |
240 | 1.5 | 2022 |
 Benin |
231 | 1.3 | 2022 |
 Malta |
226 | 1.2 | 2022 |
 Tonga |
225 | 0 | 2022 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
206 | 12.6 | 2022 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
204 | 0.7 | 2022 |
 Vanuatu |
198 | 18.7 | 2022 |
 Iceland |
193 | 0.7 | 2022 |
 Timor-Leste |
186 | 5.8 | 2022 |
 Curaçao |
159 | 5.2 | 2022 |
 Faroe Islands |
158 | 4.5 | 2022 |
 Suriname |
148 | 4.1 | 2022 |
 Belize |
142 | 5 | 2022 |
 Eswatini |
126 | 2.6 | 2022 |
 Uruguay |
125 | 0.2 | 2022 |
 Mauritania |
109 | 1.1 | 2022 |
 Bhutan |
96 | 0 | 2022 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
89 | 9.3 | 2022 |
 Barbados |
85 | 1.5 | 2022 |
 Macau |
83 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Solomon Islands |
81 | 5.1 | 2022 |
 Grenada |
70 | 5.8 | 2022 |
 Chile |
69 | 0 | 2022 |
 Botswana |
68 | 0.3 | 2022 |
 Saint Lucia |
62 | 2.6 | 2022 |
 Bahamas |
58 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Djibouti |
57 | 1.6 | 2022 |
 Namibia |
54 | 0.4 | 2022 |
 Sint Maarten |
48 | 3.1 | 2022 |
 Burundi |
48 | 1.4 | 2022 |
 Oman |
39 | 0 | 2022 |
 Aruba |
38 | 1.1 | 2022 |
 Dominica |
38 | 6.2 | 2022 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
38 | 3.9 | 2022 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
35 | 1.9 | 2022 |
 Kiribati |
28 | 12.7 | 2022 |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
23 | 5.5 | 2022 |
 Kuwait |
22 | 0 | 2022 |
 San Marino |
21 | 0 | 2022 |
 Gabon |
18 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Angola |
14 | 0 | 2022 |
 Cayman Islands |
10 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
10 | 1.9 | 2022 |
 Seychelles |
10 | 0.6 | 2022 |
 Marshall Islands |
8 | 3.2 | 2022 |
 Maldives |
5 | 0.1 | 2022 |
 Papua New Guinea |
3 | 0 | 2022 |
 Republic of the Congo |
3 | 0 | 2022 |
 Tuvalu |
2 | 4.2 | 2022 |
 Palau |
2 | 0 | 2022 |
 Brunei |
1 | 0 | 2022 |
| World | 790,797 | 0.8 | 2022 |
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