Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Low-income countries

Remittances paid in low-income countries in 2023 — 4,529,178,239 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 1,074.7%.

2023 4.53B US$ −11.17% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.1B US$2022
Period minimum 313M US$1994

Trend over time

1980–2023 · US$

Remittances paid — Low-income countries, 1980–202302B4B6B19801985199019952000200520102015202020231980: 385,548,716 US$1981: 369,451,540 US$1982: 363,080,668 US$1983: 389,902,177 US$1985: 382,983,699 US$1986: 508,640,520 US$1987: 505,022,510 US$1993: 430,368,295 US$1994: 313,456,122 US$1999: 554,221,160 US$2000: 765,093,263 US$2001: 683,271,468 US$2002: 700,709,113 US$2003: 601,014,945 US$2004: 672,766,003 US$2005: 738,421,132 US$2006: 966,647,395 US$2007: 1,301,700,071 US$2008: 1,739,478,050 US$2009: 2,375,753,167 US$2010: 3,268,194,644 US$2011: 3,296,082,795 US$2012: 3,163,229,553 US$2013: 3,722,597,370 US$2014: 3,331,328,427 US$2015: 3,490,185,789 US$2016: 3,000,983,339 US$2017: 2,979,906,180 US$2018: 3,703,807,046 US$2019: 3,498,070,846 US$2020: 3,738,303,071 US$2021: 3,249,513,824 US$2022: 5,098,796,490 US$2023: 4,529,178,239 US$
Change over the period: +4.14B (+1,074.74%) Average annual rate: 5.9 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 4.53B US$
World 592B US$
Remittances paid — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 4.53B −570M −11.17%
2022 5.1B +1.85B +56.91%
2021 3.25B −489M −13.08%
2020 3.74B +240M +6.87%
2019 3.5B −206M −5.55%
2018 3.7B +724M +24.29%
2017 2.98B −21.08M −0.7%
2016 3B −489M −14.02%
2015 3.49B +159M +4.77%
2014 3.33B −391M −10.51%
2013 3.72B +559M +17.68%
2012 3.16B −133M −4.03%
2011 3.3B +27.89M +0.85%
2010 3.27B +892M +37.56%
2009 2.38B +636M +36.58%
2008 1.74B +438M +33.63%
2007 1.3B +335M +34.66%
2006 967M +228M +30.91%
2005 738M +65.66M +9.76%
2004 673M +71.75M +11.94%
2003 601M −99.69M −14.23%
2002 701M +17.44M +2.55%
2001 683M −81.82M −10.69%
2000 765M +211M +38.05%
1999 554M
1994 313M −117M −27.17%
1993 430M
1987 505M −3.62M −0.71%
1986 509M +126M +32.81%
1985 383M
1983 390M +26.82M +7.39%
1982 363M −6.37M −1.72%
1981 369M −16.1M −4.18%
1980 386M

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.