Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Southern Africa

Remittances paid in Southern Africa in 2024 — 1,222,129,277 US$. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 99%.

2024 1.22B US$ −1.64% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 1.68B US$2011
Period minimum 614M US$1976

Trend over time

1976–2024 · US$

Remittances paid — Southern Africa, 1976–2024500M1B1.5B2B197619811986199119962001200620112016202120241976: 613,985,035 US$1977: 670,934,510 US$1978: 739,243,039 US$1979: 832,142,797 US$1980: 1,051,376,544 US$1981: 1,088,689,539 US$1982: 987,633,005 US$1983: 1,115,699,837 US$1984: 971,286,888 US$1985: 747,791,201 US$1986: 878,050,902 US$1987: 1,075,863,594 US$1988: 1,093,883,461 US$1989: 1,134,195,775 US$1990: 1,263,550,371 US$1991: 948,090,032 US$1992: 902,502,569 US$1993: 783,376,753 US$1994: 733,946,384 US$1995: 855,525,787 US$1996: 679,735,068 US$1997: 775,878,211 US$1998: 801,695,953 US$1999: 813,504,979 US$2000: 787,942,779 US$2001: 693,734,247 US$2002: 672,275,613 US$2003: 955,025,561 US$2004: 1,066,061,668 US$2005: 1,175,137,143 US$2006: 1,188,785,625 US$2007: 1,294,774,068 US$2008: 1,225,265,913 US$2009: 1,281,872,481 US$2010: 1,545,882,051 US$2011: 1,684,818,753 US$2012: 1,597,125,918 US$2013: 1,389,695,016 US$2014: 1,347,716,210 US$2015: 1,165,610,548 US$2016: 1,045,977,019 US$2017: 1,204,908,686 US$2018: 1,246,970,016 US$2019: 1,277,285,891 US$2020: 1,175,473,719 US$2021: 1,409,987,796 US$2022: 1,322,873,604 US$2023: 1,242,461,781 US$2024: 1,222,129,277 US$
Change over the period: +608M (+99.05%) Average annual rate: 1.44 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 1.22B US$
World 619B US$
Remittances paid — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 1.22B −20.33M −1.64%
2023 1.24B −80.41M −6.08%
2022 1.32B −87.11M −6.18%
2021 1.41B +235M +19.95%
2020 1.18B −102M −7.97%
2019 1.28B +30.32M +2.43%
2018 1.25B +42.06M +3.49%
2017 1.2B +159M +15.19%
2016 1.05B −120M −10.26%
2015 1.17B −182M −13.51%
2014 1.35B −41.98M −3.02%
2013 1.39B −207M −12.99%
2012 1.6B −87.69M −5.2%
2011 1.68B +139M +8.99%
2010 1.55B +264M +20.6%
2009 1.28B +56.61M +4.62%
2008 1.23B −69.51M −5.37%
2007 1.29B +106M +8.92%
2006 1.19B +13.65M +1.16%
2005 1.18B +109M +10.23%
2004 1.07B +111M +11.63%
2003 955M +283M +42.06%
2002 672M −21.46M −3.09%
2001 694M −94.21M −11.96%
2000 788M −25.56M −3.14%
1999 814M +11.81M +1.47%
1998 802M +25.82M +3.33%
1997 776M +96.14M +14.14%
1996 680M −176M −20.55%
1995 856M +122M +16.57%
1994 734M −49.43M −6.31%
1993 783M −119M −13.2%
1992 903M −45.59M −4.81%
1991 948M −315M −24.97%
1990 1.26B +129M +11.4%
1989 1.13B +40.31M +3.69%
1988 1.09B +18.02M +1.67%
1987 1.08B +198M +22.53%
1986 878M +130M +17.42%
1985 748M −223M −23.01%
1984 971M −144M −12.94%
1983 1.12B +128M +12.97%
1982 988M −101M −9.28%
1981 1.09B +37.31M +3.55%
1980 1.05B +219M +26.35%
1979 832M +92.9M +12.57%
1978 739M +68.31M +10.18%
1977 671M +56.95M +9.28%
1976 614M

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.