Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Eastern Africa

Remittances paid in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 2,915,448,494 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 814.2%.

2024 2.92B US$ −7.91% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.17B US$2023
Period minimum 109M US$1991

Trend over time

1980–2024 · US$

Remittances paid — Eastern Africa, 1980–202401B2B3B4B19801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 318,897,532 US$1981: 285,031,856 US$1989: 130,678,784 US$1990: 115,533,464 US$1991: 109,234,761 US$1997: 181,498,092 US$1998: 175,367,136 US$1999: 457,445,367 US$2000: 622,149,599 US$2001: 556,900,333 US$2002: 548,841,503 US$2003: 413,087,330 US$2004: 437,095,382 US$2005: 476,157,545 US$2006: 484,103,253 US$2007: 591,158,245 US$2008: 830,552,324 US$2009: 899,214,307 US$2010: 855,425,241 US$2011: 942,869,082 US$2012: 982,432,015 US$2013: 955,083,898 US$2014: 1,815,212,199 US$2015: 1,727,462,219 US$2016: 1,582,602,093 US$2017: 1,810,455,301 US$2018: 2,014,988,953 US$2019: 1,900,196,714 US$2020: 2,236,975,070 US$2021: 2,459,017,565 US$2022: 2,532,570,684 US$2023: 3,165,790,917 US$2024: 2,915,448,494 US$
Change over the period: +2.6B (+814.23%) Average annual rate: 5.16 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Africa 2.92B US$
World 619B US$
Remittances paid — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 2.92B −250M −7.91%
2023 3.17B +633M +25%
2022 2.53B +73.55M +2.99%
2021 2.46B +222M +9.93%
2020 2.24B +337M +17.72%
2019 1.9B −115M −5.7%
2018 2.01B +205M +11.3%
2017 1.81B +228M +14.4%
2016 1.58B −145M −8.39%
2015 1.73B −87.75M −4.83%
2014 1.82B +860M +90.06%
2013 955M −27.35M −2.78%
2012 982M +39.56M +4.2%
2011 943M +87.44M +10.22%
2010 855M −43.79M −4.87%
2009 899M +68.66M +8.27%
2008 831M +239M +40.5%
2007 591M +107M +22.11%
2006 484M +7.95M +1.67%
2005 476M +39.06M +8.94%
2004 437M +24.01M +5.81%
2003 413M −136M −24.73%
2002 549M −8.06M −1.45%
2001 557M −65.25M −10.49%
2000 622M +165M +36.01%
1999 457M +282M +160.85%
1998 175M −6.13M −3.38%
1997 181M
1991 109M −6.3M −5.45%
1990 116M −15.15M −11.59%
1989 131M
1981 285M −33.87M −10.62%
1980 319M

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.