Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Japan

Remittances paid in Japan in 2025 — 7,168,113,690 US$. Ranked 21 in the world out of 95. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 5,413.9%.

2025 7.17B US$ +18% vs 2024
World rank 21of 95
Period maximum 8.25B US$2020
Period minimum 130M US$1977

Trend over time

1977–2025 · US$

Remittances paid — Japan, 1977–202502.5B5B7.5B10B197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: 130,000,000 US$1978: 160,000,000 US$1979: 200,000,000 US$1980: 220,000,000 US$1981: 240,000,000 US$1982: 330,000,000 US$1983: 320,000,000 US$1984: 290,000,000 US$1991: 1,298,408,203 US$1992: 1,371,243,774 US$1993: 1,574,901,367 US$1994: 1,582,775,146 US$1995: 1,820,253,784 US$1996: 3,035,564,721 US$1997: 3,118,271,084 US$1998: 2,913,909,321 US$1999: 3,032,998,092 US$2000: 2,530,781,278 US$2001: 2,345,078,421 US$2002: 2,678,810,110 US$2003: 1,504,285,472 US$2004: 1,212,182,603 US$2005: 1,149,537,317 US$2006: 3,332,164,589 US$2007: 3,639,371,943 US$2008: 4,548,088,347 US$2009: 3,932,046,367 US$2010: 4,365,714,733 US$2011: 4,536,170,392 US$2012: 4,042,571,071 US$2013: 2,872,330,560 US$2014: 4,214,761,758 US$2015: 4,000,341,421 US$2016: 5,066,869,685 US$2017: 5,282,863,264 US$2018: 6,150,517,743 US$2019: 6,827,885,453 US$2020: 8,245,330,486 US$2021: 6,133,593,630 US$2022: 4,529,698,513 US$2023: 5,935,032,314 US$2024: 6,074,439,398 US$2025: 7,168,113,690 US$
Change over the period: +7.04B (+5,413.93%) Average annual rate: 8.71 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Japan 7.17B US$
World 526B US$
East Asia & Pacific 74.99B US$
Remittances paid — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 7.17B +1.09B +18%
2024 6.07B +139M +2.35%
2023 5.94B +1.41B +31.02%
2022 4.53B −1.6B −26.15%
2021 6.13B −2.11B −25.61%
2020 8.25B +1.42B +20.76%
2019 6.83B +677M +11.01%
2018 6.15B +868M +16.42%
2017 5.28B +216M +4.26%
2016 5.07B +1.07B +26.66%
2015 4B −214M −5.09%
2014 4.21B +1.34B +46.74%
2013 2.87B −1.17B −28.95%
2012 4.04B −494M −10.88%
2011 4.54B +170M +3.9%
2010 4.37B +434M +11.03%
2009 3.93B −616M −13.55%
2008 4.55B +909M +24.97%
2007 3.64B +307M +9.22%
2006 3.33B +2.18B +189.87%
2005 1.15B −62.65M −5.17%
2004 1.21B −292M −19.42%
2003 1.5B −1.17B −43.85%
2002 2.68B +334M +14.23%
2001 2.35B −186M −7.34%
2000 2.53B −502M −16.56%
1999 3.03B +119M +4.09%
1998 2.91B −204M −6.55%
1997 3.12B +82.71M +2.72%
1996 3.04B +1.22B +66.77%
1995 1.82B +237M +15%
1994 1.58B +7.87M +0.5%
1993 1.57B +204M +14.85%
1992 1.37B +72.84M +5.61%
1991 1.3B
1984 290M −30M −9.38%
1983 320M −10M −3.03%
1982 330M +90M +37.5%
1981 240M +20M +9.09%
1980 220M +20M +10%
1979 200M +40M +25%
1978 160M +30M +23.08%
1977 130M

Eastern Asia, 2025

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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.