Remittances received — all countries

Remittances received — OECD

Remittances received in the OECD in 2025 — 254,581,136,356 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 15,179.9%.

2025 255B US$ −0.62% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 256B US$2024
Period minimum 1.67B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Remittances received — OECD, 1970–20250100B200B300B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 1,666,121,484 US$1971: 2,154,648,225 US$1972: 2,658,484,417 US$1973: 2,855,501,229 US$1974: 4,083,938,675 US$1975: 8,197,777,585 US$1976: 8,367,763,733 US$1977: 11,449,334,163 US$1978: 14,290,385,065 US$1979: 18,132,553,314 US$1980: 22,292,864,296 US$1981: 21,617,685,562 US$1982: 20,791,878,416 US$1983: 19,290,557,067 US$1984: 19,196,532,986 US$1985: 19,216,465,362 US$1986: 25,424,938,150 US$1987: 31,875,519,984 US$1988: 35,749,698,863 US$1989: 39,105,643,938 US$1990: 45,515,323,942 US$1991: 46,729,374,441 US$1992: 49,964,271,884 US$1993: 48,071,607,059 US$1994: 49,767,784,632 US$1995: 52,263,243,239 US$1996: 52,925,425,779 US$1997: 57,778,198,404 US$1998: 60,877,046,617 US$1999: 59,555,678,986 US$2000: 60,067,728,599 US$2001: 63,052,638,462 US$2002: 67,999,712,588 US$2003: 83,278,174,584 US$2004: 96,064,485,405 US$2005: 106,365,174,644 US$2006: 119,685,256,887 US$2007: 137,175,859,219 US$2008: 153,010,776,290 US$2009: 142,611,662,307 US$2010: 141,808,658,932 US$2011: 156,318,700,326 US$2012: 153,188,843,911 US$2013: 164,320,115,072 US$2014: 170,932,660,476 US$2015: 160,519,847,133 US$2016: 163,521,924,190 US$2017: 175,236,506,106 US$2018: 187,650,748,579 US$2019: 191,541,668,814 US$2020: 194,109,009,461 US$2021: 216,579,265,565 US$2022: 225,036,360,308 US$2023: 244,473,334,101 US$2024: 256,169,413,358 US$2025: 254,581,136,356 US$
Change over the period: +253B (+15,179.87%) Average annual rate: 9.57 %

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 255B US$
World 804B US$
Remittances received — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 255B −1.59B −0.62%
2024 256B +11.7B +4.78%
2023 244B +19.44B +8.64%
2022 225B +8.46B +3.9%
2021 217B +22.47B +11.58%
2020 194B +2.57B +1.34%
2019 192B +3.89B +2.07%
2018 188B +12.41B +7.08%
2017 175B +11.71B +7.16%
2016 164B +3B +1.87%
2015 161B −10.41B −6.09%
2014 171B +6.61B +4.02%
2013 164B +11.13B +7.27%
2012 153B −3.13B −2%
2011 156B +14.51B +10.23%
2010 142B −803M −0.56%
2009 143B −10.4B −6.8%
2008 153B +15.83B +11.54%
2007 137B +17.49B +14.61%
2006 120B +13.32B +12.52%
2005 106B +10.3B +10.72%
2004 96.06B +12.79B +15.35%
2003 83.28B +15.28B +22.47%
2002 68B +4.95B +7.85%
2001 63.05B +2.98B +4.97%
2000 60.07B +512M +0.86%
1999 59.56B −1.32B −2.17%
1998 60.88B +3.1B +5.36%
1997 57.78B +4.85B +9.17%
1996 52.93B +662M +1.27%
1995 52.26B +2.5B +5.01%
1994 49.77B +1.7B +3.53%
1993 48.07B −1.89B −3.79%
1992 49.96B +3.23B +6.92%
1991 46.73B +1.21B +2.67%
1990 45.52B +6.41B +16.39%
1989 39.11B +3.36B +9.39%
1988 35.75B +3.87B +12.15%
1987 31.88B +6.45B +25.37%
1986 25.42B +6.21B +32.31%
1985 19.22B +19.93M +0.1%
1984 19.2B −94.02M −0.49%
1983 19.29B −1.5B −7.22%
1982 20.79B −826M −3.82%
1981 21.62B −675M −3.03%
1980 22.29B +4.16B +22.94%
1979 18.13B +3.84B +26.89%
1978 14.29B +2.84B +24.81%
1977 11.45B +3.08B +36.83%
1976 8.37B +170M +2.07%
1975 8.2B +4.11B +100.73%
1974 4.08B +1.23B +43.02%
1973 2.86B +197M +7.41%
1972 2.66B +504M +23.38%
1971 2.15B +489M +29.32%
1970 1.67B

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.