Remittances received — all countries

Remittances received — Europe & Central Asia

Remittances received in Europe & Central Asia in 2025 — 226,080,456,998 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 16,190.5%.

2025 226B US$ −4.49% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 237B US$2024
Period minimum 1.39B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Remittances received — Europe & Central Asia, 1970–20250100B200B300B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 1,387,801,446 US$1971: 1,816,536,157 US$1972: 2,109,157,583 US$1973: 2,211,065,182 US$1974: 3,446,953,880 US$1975: 7,629,769,590 US$1976: 7,796,786,377 US$1977: 10,447,382,278 US$1978: 13,060,027,637 US$1979: 16,399,054,066 US$1980: 19,146,456,214 US$1981: 17,825,550,974 US$1982: 17,132,685,337 US$1983: 15,275,356,623 US$1984: 14,903,811,796 US$1985: 14,841,197,254 US$1986: 18,836,664,813 US$1987: 23,867,193,763 US$1988: 26,496,697,547 US$1989: 28,925,257,787 US$1990: 34,462,181,488 US$1991: 34,372,087,318 US$1992: 36,849,183,950 US$1993: 35,571,052,038 US$1994: 40,061,507,744 US$1995: 39,009,280,907 US$1996: 39,615,952,714 US$1997: 44,323,526,108 US$1998: 48,497,797,916 US$1999: 45,045,262,347 US$2000: 44,665,722,889 US$2001: 45,854,710,229 US$2002: 50,108,864,668 US$2003: 60,396,287,344 US$2004: 73,410,118,036 US$2005: 86,142,340,008 US$2006: 98,158,031,159 US$2007: 124,216,496,069 US$2008: 146,481,150,287 US$2009: 135,468,035,901 US$2010: 136,874,010,270 US$2011: 154,266,633,772 US$2012: 152,308,958,599 US$2013: 172,121,782,300 US$2014: 175,009,860,507 US$2015: 156,171,298,469 US$2016: 158,370,681,830 US$2017: 175,615,027,428 US$2018: 189,944,149,662 US$2019: 194,995,289,804 US$2020: 189,343,396,955 US$2021: 209,723,056,032 US$2022: 216,944,398,169 US$2023: 227,374,040,054 US$2024: 236,716,783,240 US$2025: 226,080,456,998 US$
Change over the period: +225B (+16,190.55%) Average annual rate: 9.7 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 226B US$
World 804B US$
Remittances received — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 226B −10.64B −4.49%
2024 237B +9.34B +4.11%
2023 227B +10.43B +4.81%
2022 217B +7.22B +3.44%
2021 210B +20.38B +10.76%
2020 189B −5.65B −2.9%
2019 195B +5.05B +2.66%
2018 190B +14.33B +8.16%
2017 176B +17.24B +10.89%
2016 158B +2.2B +1.41%
2015 156B −18.84B −10.76%
2014 175B +2.89B +1.68%
2013 172B +19.81B +13.01%
2012 152B −1.96B −1.27%
2011 154B +17.39B +12.71%
2010 137B +1.41B +1.04%
2009 135B −11.01B −7.52%
2008 146B +22.26B +17.92%
2007 124B +26.06B +26.55%
2006 98.16B +12.02B +13.95%
2005 86.14B +12.73B +17.34%
2004 73.41B +13.01B +21.55%
2003 60.4B +10.29B +20.53%
2002 50.11B +4.25B +9.28%
2001 45.85B +1.19B +2.66%
2000 44.67B −380M −0.84%
1999 45.05B −3.45B −7.12%
1998 48.5B +4.17B +9.42%
1997 44.32B +4.71B +11.88%
1996 39.62B +607M +1.56%
1995 39.01B −1.05B −2.63%
1994 40.06B +4.49B +12.62%
1993 35.57B −1.28B −3.47%
1992 36.85B +2.48B +7.21%
1991 34.37B −90.09M −0.26%
1990 34.46B +5.54B +19.14%
1989 28.93B +2.43B +9.17%
1988 26.5B +2.63B +11.02%
1987 23.87B +5.03B +26.71%
1986 18.84B +4B +26.92%
1985 14.84B −62.61M −0.42%
1984 14.9B −372M −2.43%
1983 15.28B −1.86B −10.84%
1982 17.13B −693M −3.89%
1981 17.83B −1.32B −6.9%
1980 19.15B +2.75B +16.75%
1979 16.4B +3.34B +25.57%
1978 13.06B +2.61B +25.01%
1977 10.45B +2.65B +34%
1976 7.8B +167M +2.19%
1975 7.63B +4.18B +121.35%
1974 3.45B +1.24B +55.9%
1973 2.21B +102M +4.83%
1972 2.11B +293M +16.11%
1971 1.82B +429M +30.89%
1970 1.39B

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.