Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Central America

Remittances paid in Central America in 2025 — 3,030,765,460 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 4,179.5%.

2025 3.03B US$ −9.89% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 3.36B US$2024
Period minimum 39.11M US$1986

Trend over time

1980–2025 · US$

Remittances paid — Central America, 1980–202501B2B3B4B19801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 70,819,999 US$1981: 64,480,000 US$1982: 54,100,000 US$1983: 51,499,999 US$1984: 53,580,001 US$1985: 47,339,999 US$1986: 39,106,455 US$1987: 53,370,001 US$1994: 49,183,064 US$1995: 71,381,215 US$1996: 95,179,866 US$1997: 126,943,764 US$1998: 154,592,661 US$1999: 184,125,673 US$2000: 255,030,591 US$2001: 268,309,710 US$2002: 323,575,157 US$2003: 390,757,062 US$2004: 364,496,600 US$2005: 382,544,834 US$2006: 578,853,754 US$2007: 635,686,477 US$2008: 767,319,083 US$2009: 781,304,663 US$2010: 838,515,474 US$2011: 865,930,994 US$2012: 1,028,696,501 US$2013: 1,924,774,062 US$2014: 2,102,747,390 US$2015: 2,049,938,224 US$2016: 2,070,569,013 US$2017: 2,456,293,202 US$2018: 2,587,438,724 US$2019: 2,763,952,353 US$2020: 2,188,140,674 US$2021: 2,632,113,964 US$2022: 2,870,809,943 US$2023: 2,952,756,053 US$2024: 3,363,265,046 US$2025: 3,030,765,460 US$
Change over the period: +2.96B (+4,179.53%) Average annual rate: 8.71 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Central America 3.03B US$
World 526B US$
Remittances paid — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 3.03B −332M −9.89%
2024 3.36B +411M +13.9%
2023 2.95B +81.95M +2.85%
2022 2.87B +239M +9.07%
2021 2.63B +444M +20.29%
2020 2.19B −576M −20.83%
2019 2.76B +177M +6.82%
2018 2.59B +131M +5.34%
2017 2.46B +386M +18.63%
2016 2.07B +20.63M +1.01%
2015 2.05B −52.81M −2.51%
2014 2.1B +178M +9.25%
2013 1.92B +896M +87.11%
2012 1.03B +163M +18.8%
2011 866M +27.42M +3.27%
2010 839M +57.21M +7.32%
2009 781M +13.99M +1.82%
2008 767M +132M +20.71%
2007 636M +56.83M +9.82%
2006 579M +196M +51.32%
2005 383M +18.05M +4.95%
2004 364M −26.26M −6.72%
2003 391M +67.18M +20.76%
2002 324M +55.27M +20.6%
2001 268M +13.28M +5.21%
2000 255M +70.9M +38.51%
1999 184M +29.53M +19.1%
1998 155M +27.65M +21.78%
1997 127M +31.76M +33.37%
1996 95.18M +23.8M +33.34%
1995 71.38M +22.2M +45.13%
1994 49.18M
1987 53.37M +14.26M +36.47%
1986 39.11M −8.23M −17.39%
1985 47.34M −6.24M −11.65%
1984 53.58M +2.08M +4.04%
1983 51.5M −2.6M −4.81%
1982 54.1M −10.38M −16.1%
1981 64.48M −6.34M −8.95%
1980 70.82M

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.