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Remittances paid — Iraq

Remittances paid in Iraq in 2024 — 735,700,000 US$. Ranked 56 in the world out of 162. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 791.8%.

2024 736M US$ −15.18% vs 2023
World rank 56of 162
Period maximum 867M US$2023
Period minimum 17.3M US$2007

Trend over time

2005–2024 · US$

Remittances paid — Iraq, 2005–20240250M500M750M1B200520072009201120132015201720192021202320242005: 82,500,000 US$2006: 781,300,000 US$2007: 17,300,000 US$2008: 31,400,000 US$2009: 26,700,000 US$2010: 48,400,000 US$2011: 78,000,000 US$2012: 548,000,000 US$2013: 484,000,000 US$2014: 599,300,000 US$2015: 539,300,000 US$2016: 349,600,000 US$2017: 396,200,000 US$2018: 499,700,000 US$2019: 664,300,000 US$2020: 580,700,000 US$2021: 852,400,000 US$2022: 633,000,000 US$2023: 867,400,000 US$2024: 735,700,000 US$
Change over the period: +653M (+791.76%) Average annual rate: 12.21 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iraq

Iraq 736M US$
World 619B US$
Middle East & North Africa 147B US$
Western Asia computed 150B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.49B US$
Remittances paid — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 736M −132M −15.18%
2023 867M +234M +37.03%
2022 633M −219M −25.74%
2021 852M +272M +46.79%
2020 581M −83.6M −12.58%
2019 664M +165M +32.94%
2018 500M +104M +26.12%
2017 396M +46.6M +13.33%
2016 350M −190M −35.18%
2015 539M −60M −10.01%
2014 599M +115M +23.82%
2013 484M −64M −11.68%
2012 548M +470M +602.56%
2011 78M +29.6M +61.16%
2010 48.4M +21.7M +81.27%
2009 26.7M −4.7M −14.97%
2008 31.4M +14.1M +81.5%
2007 17.3M −764M −97.79%
2006 781M +699M +847.03%
2005 82.5M — —

Western Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AE United Arab Emirates 58.46B SA Saudi Arabia 46.56B KW Kuwait 14.17B QA Qatar 11.51B OM Oman 9.18B BH Bahrain 2.66B TR Türkiye 1.53B IL Israel 1.37B CY Cyprus 1.3B IQ Iraq 736M AZ Azerbaijan 664M AM Armenia 596M JO Jordan 577M GE Georgia 313M PS Palestine 9.33M
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About the indicator

Personal remittances sent from a country abroad. This is the mirror side of remittances received, and together the two divide the world into countries that take in labor migrants and countries that send them. The largest senders are the United States and the Gulf states, and for the latter the flow is enormous relative to the size of the economy: incomers make up the majority of those working there.

Important: Remittances sent and received should match at the world level, but they do not: some countries do not record the flow, and part of the transfers goes outside the statistics.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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