Indicator
Personal remittances received
Money sent home by migrant workers and diaspora members as a share of GDP. These flows support household spending and foreign exchange reserves.
Unit : % of GDP · Source : World Bank, World Development Indicators
- less than 0.7%
- 0.7% to 2.0%
- 2.0% to 3.8%
- 3.8% to 8.7%
- 8.7% or more
- no data
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gambia | 23.8% | 2025 |
| 2 | Liberia | 21.3% | 2024 |
| 3 | Comoros | 20.8% | 2023 |
| 4 | Lesotho | 20.8% | 2025 |
| 5 | Cape Verde | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 6 | Egypt | 11.4% | 2025 |
| 7 | Senegal | 10.6% | 2023 |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.9% | 2024 |
| 9 | South Sudan | 9.5% | 2015 |
| 10 | Togo | 8.7% | 2020 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 8.5% | 2024 |
| 12 | Burundi | 8.1% | 2025 |
| 13 | Nigeria | 7.8% | 2025 |
| 14 | Morocco | 7.5% | 2025 |
| 15 | Tunisia | 6.7% | 2025 |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 4.8% | 2024 |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 4.6% | 2024 |
| 18 | Uganda | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 19 | Mali | 4.0% | 2024 |
| 20 | Kenya | 3.8% | 2025 |
| 21 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 22 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.6% | 2025 |
| 23 | Rwanda | 3.4% | 2024 |
| 24 | Niger | 3.3% | 2024 |
| 25 | Madagascar | 3.1% | 2025 |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 27 | Guinea | 2.5% | 2024 |
| 28 | Ghana | 2.1% | 2025 |
| 29 | Malawi | 2.0% | 2025 |
| 30 | Côte d’Ivoire | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 31 | Mauritius | 1.9% | 2024 |
| 32 | Benin | 1.7% | 2023 |
| 33 | Tanzania | 1.4% | 2024 |
| 34 | Zambia | 1.4% | 2025 |
| 35 | Djibouti | 1.3% | 2024 |
| 36 | Cameroon | 1.3% | 2024 |
| 37 | Mozambique | 1.2% | 2025 |
| 38 | Mauritania | 0.9% | 2024 |
| 39 | Botswana | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 40 | Eswatini | 0.7% | 2025 |
| 41 | Namibia | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 42 | Algeria | 0.6% | 2025 |
| 43 | Seychelles | 0.5% | 2025 |
| 44 | Eritrea | 0.5% | 2000 |
| 45 | Congo - Brazzaville | 0.3% | 2021 |
| 46 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2025 |
| 47 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2015 |
| 48 | Angola | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 49 | Libya | 0.0% | 2006 |
| 50 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Latest observed or estimated value from the source, excluding projections.
Method and source
Method and source
World Bank World Development Indicators draw on national statistics and international surveys. The latest available year varies by country and appears beside each value. Updated automatically every week on bifinances.