Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Kuwait

Remittances paid in Kuwait in 2025 — 16,741,186,553 US$. Ranked 7 in the world out of 95. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 5,969.4%.

2025 16.74B US$ +18.15% vs 2024
World rank 7of 95
Period maximum 18.86B US$2019
Period minimum 276M US$1975

Trend over time

1975–2025 · US$

Remittances paid — Kuwait, 1975–202505B10B15B20B197519801985199019952000200520102015202020251975: 275,831,329 US$1976: 314,651,032 US$1977: 369,897,339 US$1978: 432,644,287 US$1979: 531,903,198 US$1980: 691,830,505 US$1981: 688,701,965 US$1982: 875,270,508 US$1983: 864,563,232 US$1984: 962,636,475 US$1985: 1,044,045,288 US$1986: 1,083,984,131 US$1987: 1,101,688,110 US$1988: 1,179,087,891 US$1989: 1,283,275,757 US$1990: 769,617,445 US$1991: 425,653,800 US$1992: 828,721,745 US$1993: 1,229,133,716 US$1994: 1,330,547,313 US$1995: 1,353,670,917 US$1996: 1,376,046,147 US$1997: 1,374,655,024 US$1998: 1,611,126,869 US$1999: 1,731,191,226 US$2000: 1,734,302,377 US$2001: 1,784,912,694 US$2002: 1,925,543,132 US$2003: 2,143,876,846 US$2004: 2,404,479,131 US$2005: 2,647,602,740 US$2006: 3,183,238,048 US$2007: 9,763,770,985 US$2008: 10,322,571,366 US$2009: 11,749,212,892 US$2010: 11,864,003,973 US$2011: 13,012,206,030 US$2012: 15,459,199,374 US$2013: 17,711,480,681 US$2014: 18,128,476,350 US$2015: 15,202,536,401 US$2016: 15,287,570,250 US$2017: 13,760,108,803 US$2018: 14,346,861,711 US$2019: 18,855,161,641 US$2020: 17,357,178,323 US$2021: 18,468,103,780 US$2022: 17,744,092,399 US$2023: 12,679,515,247 US$2024: 14,168,984,683 US$2025: 16,741,186,553 US$
Change over the period: +16.47B (+5,969.36%) Average annual rate: 8.56 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Kuwait 16.74B US$
World 526B US$
Remittances paid — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 16.74B +2.57B +18.15%
2024 14.17B +1.49B +11.75%
2023 12.68B −5.06B −28.54%
2022 17.74B −724M −3.92%
2021 18.47B +1.11B +6.4%
2020 17.36B −1.5B −7.94%
2019 18.86B +4.51B +31.42%
2018 14.35B +587M +4.26%
2017 13.76B −1.53B −9.99%
2016 15.29B +85.03M +0.56%
2015 15.2B −2.93B −16.14%
2014 18.13B +417M +2.35%
2013 17.71B +2.25B +14.57%
2012 15.46B +2.45B +18.81%
2011 13.01B +1.15B +9.68%
2010 11.86B +115M +0.98%
2009 11.75B +1.43B +13.82%
2008 10.32B +559M +5.72%
2007 9.76B +6.58B +206.72%
2006 3.18B +536M +20.23%
2005 2.65B +243M +10.11%
2004 2.4B +261M +12.16%
2003 2.14B +218M +11.34%
2002 1.93B +141M +7.88%
2001 1.78B +50.61M +2.92%
2000 1.73B +3.11M +0.18%
1999 1.73B +120M +7.45%
1998 1.61B +236M +17.2%
1997 1.37B −1.39M −0.1%
1996 1.38B +22.38M +1.65%
1995 1.35B +23.12M +1.74%
1994 1.33B +101M +8.25%
1993 1.23B +400M +48.32%
1992 829M +403M +94.69%
1991 426M −344M −44.69%
1990 770M −514M −40.03%
1989 1.28B +104M +8.84%
1988 1.18B +77.4M +7.03%
1987 1.1B +17.7M +1.63%
1986 1.08B +39.94M +3.83%
1985 1.04B +81.41M +8.46%
1984 963M +98.07M +11.34%
1983 865M −10.71M −1.22%
1982 875M +187M +27.09%
1981 689M −3.13M −0.45%
1980 692M +160M +30.07%
1979 532M +99.26M +22.94%
1978 433M +62.75M +16.96%
1977 370M +55.25M +17.56%
1976 315M +38.82M +14.07%
1975 276M

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.