Our World in Data · OWID.REMITTANCES
Remittances as a share of GDP
Remittances include money sent by migrants to their home countries and the salaries of employees employed by foreign companies. This received sum is given as a share of gross domestic product (GDP).
Remittances as a share of GDP data
Unweighted average of the 40 countries reporting in 2024
+28% on 2014. Country values run from 0.05 to 22 % of GDP. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 54
- Years
- 1970–2025
- Observations
- 1,973
- Source
- Our World in Data
Countries
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Years
1970 – 2025 · 56 years
Annual values by country, 1970 to 2025
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- Algeria
- Kenya
- South Africa
3 countries · 56 years · 1,973 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in % of GDP
| Country | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria DZ | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.96 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.73 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.94 | 1 | 0.92 | 1 | 0.96 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.67 | — |
| Kenya KE | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.66 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 0.41 | 0.28 | 0.41 | 0.5 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 1.1 | 0.72 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.97 | 0.73 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | — |
| South Africa ZA | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.1 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.17 | 0.2 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.2 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.24 |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- OWID.REMITTANCES
- Unit
- % of GDP
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Our World in Data
Values as published by Our World in Data: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF and OECD data (2026). Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at ourworldindata.org.