Remittances received — all countries

Remittances received — Upper-middle-income countries

Remittances received in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 202,744,732,394 US$. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 1,385.4%.

2025 203B US$ −8.38% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 221B US$2024
Period minimum 13.65B US$1992

Trend over time

1992–2025 · US$

Remittances received — Upper-middle-income countries, 1992–20250100B200B300B1992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 13,649,097,715 US$1993: 14,575,873,133 US$1994: 17,203,582,537 US$1995: 19,591,140,377 US$1996: 21,497,216,267 US$1997: 25,847,674,583 US$1998: 26,214,989,934 US$1999: 27,005,851,282 US$2000: 29,367,870,680 US$2001: 31,942,726,257 US$2002: 36,963,338,231 US$2003: 48,570,460,284 US$2004: 59,626,095,531 US$2005: 64,966,919,067 US$2006: 75,457,864,433 US$2007: 88,813,749,689 US$2008: 95,093,403,319 US$2009: 88,138,567,813 US$2010: 94,224,203,332 US$2011: 102,597,278,666 US$2012: 103,810,174,394 US$2013: 108,537,562,413 US$2014: 126,074,067,192 US$2015: 128,791,445,275 US$2016: 125,444,920,865 US$2017: 137,238,864,448 US$2018: 144,909,021,666 US$2019: 141,668,222,351 US$2020: 144,357,977,131 US$2021: 173,838,776,403 US$2022: 198,521,169,232 US$2023: 210,249,929,136 US$2024: 221,297,216,083 US$2025: 202,744,732,394 US$
Change over the period: +189B (+1,385.41%) Average annual rate: 8.52 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 203B US$
World 804B US$
Remittances received — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 203B −18.55B −8.38%
2024 221B +11.05B +5.25%
2023 210B +11.73B +5.91%
2022 199B +24.68B +14.2%
2021 174B +29.48B +20.42%
2020 144B +2.69B +1.9%
2019 142B −3.24B −2.24%
2018 145B +7.67B +5.59%
2017 137B +11.79B +9.4%
2016 125B −3.35B −2.6%
2015 129B +2.72B +2.16%
2014 126B +17.54B +16.16%
2013 109B +4.73B +4.55%
2012 104B +1.21B +1.18%
2011 103B +8.37B +8.89%
2010 94.22B +6.09B +6.9%
2009 88.14B −6.95B −7.31%
2008 95.09B +6.28B +7.07%
2007 88.81B +13.36B +17.7%
2006 75.46B +10.49B +16.15%
2005 64.97B +5.34B +8.96%
2004 59.63B +11.06B +22.76%
2003 48.57B +11.61B +31.4%
2002 36.96B +5.02B +15.72%
2001 31.94B +2.57B +8.77%
2000 29.37B +2.36B +8.75%
1999 27.01B +791M +3.02%
1998 26.21B +367M +1.42%
1997 25.85B +4.35B +20.24%
1996 21.5B +1.91B +9.73%
1995 19.59B +2.39B +13.88%
1994 17.2B +2.63B +18.03%
1993 14.58B +927M +6.79%
1992 13.65B

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.