Remittances received — all countries

Remittances received — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Remittances received in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 3,318,266,360 US$. Ranked 40 in the world out of 94. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 37,183.9%.

2025 3.32B US$ +65.85% vs 2024
World rank 40of 94
Period maximum 3.32B US$2025
Period minimum 8.8M US$2007

Trend over time

2005–2025 · US$

Remittances received — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2005–202501B2B3B4B200520072009201120132015201720192021202320252005: 8,900,000 US$2006: 12,800,000 US$2007: 8,800,000 US$2008: 14,700,000 US$2009: 19,500,000 US$2010: 15,700,000 US$2011: 1,127,500,000 US$2012: 855,853,175 US$2013: 1,001,358,241 US$2014: 756,410,388 US$2015: 1,166,568,218 US$2016: 593,480,275 US$2017: 1,076,294,915 US$2018: 1,822,706,176 US$2019: 2,076,317,928 US$2020: 1,196,048,014 US$2021: 1,347,879,531 US$2022: 3,261,877,235 US$2023: 3,298,265,099 US$2024: 2,000,736,161 US$2025: 3,318,266,360 US$
Change over the period: +3.31B (+37,183.89%) Average annual rate: 34.45 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.32B US$
World 804B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.75B US$
Remittances received — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 3.32B +1.32B +65.85%
2024 2B −1.3B −39.34%
2023 3.3B +36.39M +1.12%
2022 3.26B +1.91B +142%
2021 1.35B +152M +12.69%
2020 1.2B −880M −42.4%
2019 2.08B +254M +13.91%
2018 1.82B +746M +69.35%
2017 1.08B +483M +81.35%
2016 593M −573M −49.13%
2015 1.17B +410M +54.22%
2014 756M −245M −24.46%
2013 1B +146M +17%
2012 856M −272M −24.09%
2011 1.13B +1.11B +7,081.53%
2010 15.7M −3.8M −19.49%
2009 19.5M +4.8M +32.65%
2008 14.7M +5.9M +67.05%
2007 8.8M −4M −31.25%
2006 12.8M +3.9M +43.82%
2005 8.9M

Middle Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.32B AO Angola 51.72M

About the indicator

Personal remittances received by a country: the earnings of labor migrants sent home, plus transfers between households. For a couple of dozen countries this flow is larger than any single export item, and for several it exceeds a fifth of GDP — remittances then become the main external link of the economy, steadier than both direct investment and foreign aid: in a crisis they usually do not fall but rise, because migrants send their families more.

Important: Only transfers through banks and money transfer systems are counted. Cash brought in person does not reach the statistics, so the real volumes are higher — by estimates, noticeably so.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.