Money sent or brought back by migrants as a share of gdp by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
57.66
Tajikistan
Lowest
0.0124
Central African Republic
Median
2.28
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
7,088

What the numbers show

Money sent or brought back by migrants as a share of gdp is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 57.66 in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.0124 in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.28, and the mean is 5.24.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,640.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 2,876.5%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 97.1%).

Money sent or brought back by migrants as a share of gdp: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 57.66 2025 up 111.2% rising
2 Tonga 39.2 2024 up 44.9% rising
3 Lebanon 33.35 2023 up 106.6% rising
4 Honduras 30.12 2025 up 72.4% volatile
5 El Salvador 27.51 2025 up 50.8% volatile
6 Nicaragua 26.63 2024 up 177.5% volatile
7 Nepal 25.99 2024 up 0.3% volatile
8 Bermuda 23.66 2023 up 24.9% rising
9 Marshall Islands 23.48 2024 up 67.4% rising
10 Samoa 22.37 2025 up 40.6% rising
11 Gambia 22 2024 up 96.3% volatile
12 Liberia 21.28 2024 up 34.0% volatile
13 Comoros 20.84 2023 up 92.1% volatile
14 Lesotho 20.72 2025 up 40.5% volatile
15 Guatemala 19.12 2024 up 92.3% volatile
16 Kyrgyzstan 17.6 2024 down 41.4% volatile
17 Vanuatu 17.17 2022 up 482.8% volatile
18 Haiti 16.95 2024 up 29.9% rising
19 Jamaica 16.19 2024 down 0.8% volatile
20 Uzbekistan 14.28 2025 up 187.7% rising
21 Yemen 12.04 2016 up 78.9% falling
22 Cape Verde 11.67 2025 up 1.7% falling
23 Egypt 11.37 2025 up 104.3% falling
24 Georgia 11.17 2025 up 16.6% rising
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.7 2025 down 2.5% volatile
26 Senegal 10.64 2023 up 13.3% volatile
27 French Polynesia 10.58 2016 up 0.0% rising
28 East Timor 9.99 2025 up 157.8% volatile
29 Pakistan 9.94 2025 up 54.4% rising
30 Guinea-Bissau 9.88 2024 up 21.4% volatile
31 Dominican Republic 9.74 2025 up 33.0% volatile
32 Montenegro 9.72 2025 down 17.0% rising
33 Sao Tome and Principe 9.71 2024 up 6.1% volatile
34 Moldova 9.41 2025 down 52.4% rising
35 Togo 8.69 2020 up 22.4% volatile
36 Philippines 8.53 2025 down 12.3% volatile
37 Zimbabwe 8.45 2024 down 13.4% volatile
38 Albania 8.39 2025 down 25.4% falling
39 Burundi 8.12 2025 up 346.2% volatile
40 Nigeria 7.84 2025 up 87.3% volatile
41 Jordan 7.56 2024 down 51.9% falling
42 Morocco 7.49 2025 up 19.8% rising
43 Bangladesh 7.42 2025 down 5.3% volatile
44 Micronesia (country) 7.39 2014 up 17.9% rising
45 Croatia 7.21 2024 up 55.0% rising
46 New Caledonia 7.12 2016 down 7.5% falling
47 Fiji 7.11 2024 up 56.2% volatile
48 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.04 2025 up 32.4% rising
49 Sri Lanka 6.75 2024 down 20.9% rising
50 Serbia 6.56 2025 down 19.6% falling
51 Kiribati 6.48 2025 down 11.7% falling
52 Tunisia 6.34 2024 up 35.7% rising
53 Faroe Islands 6.32 2011 up 87.9% rising
54 Ukraine 6.29 2024 up 14.2% volatile
55 Solomon Islands 6.01 2024 up 391.3% volatile
56 Ecuador 5.93 2025 up 141.6% volatile
57 Dominica 5.48 2025 down 38.5% falling
58 Curacao 5.38 2023 up 22.7% rising
59 Tuvalu 5.14 2023 down 45.8% volatile
60 Vietnam 5.08 2004 rising
61 Armenia 4.9 2025 down 65.3% falling
62 Ethiopia 4.77 2024 up 47.6% volatile
63 Sierra Leone 4.6 2024 up 466.6% volatile
64 Cambodia 4.29 2025 down 12.6% volatile
65 Kenya 4.15 2024 up 96.8% volatile
66 Palestine 4.04 2025 down 69.0% falling
67 Mali 3.99 2024 down 26.0% rising
68 Afghanistan 3.95 2020 up 65.7% volatile
69 Suriname 3.89 2025 up 2,876.5% volatile
70 India 3.81 2025 up 16.3% rising
71 Belize 3.72 2025 down 3.7% rising
72 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.65 2025 up 25.6% volatile
73 Mexico 3.51 2025 up 58.9% volatile
74 Rwanda 3.42 2024 up 51.5% volatile
75 Myanmar 3.4 2019 up 2,204.5% volatile
76 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.36 2025 up 31.6% volatile
77 Grenada 3.35 2025 down 23.1% falling
78 Niger 3.3 2024 up 63.5% volatile
79 Bhutan 3.28 2024 up 378.7% volatile
80 Guyana 3.22 2023 down 59.0% volatile
81 Paraguay 3.1 2025 up 102.5% rising
82 Latvia 2.97 2025 down 41.5% volatile
83 Somalia 2.95 1983 volatile
84 Sudan 2.9 2022 up 83.3% volatile
85 Colombia 2.87 2025 up 68.4% volatile
86 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.85 2023 down 59.9% falling
87 Luxembourg 2.67 2025 down 4.2% falling
88 Uganda 2.65 2024 down 2.6% falling
89 Syria 2.64 2010 up 178.1% volatile
90 Burkina Faso 2.57 2024 down 9.5% volatile
91 Romania 2.48 2025 down 18.1% volatile
92 Belarus 2.47 2025 up 49.8% volatile
93 Guinea 2.46 2024 up 78.2% volatile
94 North Macedonia 2.45 2025 down 24.6% rising
95 Saint Lucia 2.35 2025 up 5.0% falling
96 Hungary 2.32 2025 down 26.1% volatile
97 Madagascar 2.31 2024 down 16.0% volatile
98 Belgium 2.25 2025 down 0.7% rising
99 Mongolia 2.22 2024 up 6.3% volatile
100 Ghana 2.12 2025 down 79.0% volatile
101 Bulgaria 2.1 2025 down 29.9% volatile
102 Thailand 2.09 2025 up 42.2% rising
103 Slovakia 2.07 2025 down 11.0% volatile
104 Cyprus 2.05 2025 up 29.9% volatile
105 Cote d'Ivoire 2.03 2024 up 156.4% volatile
106 Azerbaijan 1.97 2025 down 17.9% volatile
107 Bolivia 1.96 2025 down 45.8% volatile
108 Mauritius 1.92 2024 down 22.3% volatile
109 Benin 1.72 2023 down 13.4% volatile
110 Malawi 1.65 2024 up 277.6% volatile
111 Peru 1.58 2025 up 8.6% rising
112 Laos 1.49 2024 up 5.5% volatile
113 Barbados 1.46 2017 down 50.9% rising
114 Lithuania 1.44 2025 down 56.4% volatile
115 Tanzania 1.42 2024 up 81.9% volatile
116 Slovenia 1.37 2025 up 46.0% rising
117 Djibouti 1.35 2024 down 20.9% falling
118 Nauru 1.33 2024 down 88.9% volatile
119 Zambia 1.32 2024 up 515.1% volatile
120 Cameroon 1.29 2024 up 66.3% volatile
121 Andorra 1.29 2024 up 93.4% rising
122 Czechia 1.26 2025 down 10.9% volatile
123 Indonesia 1.22 2025 up 8.5% volatile
124 France 1.2 2025 up 15.2% volatile
125 Mozambique 1.17 2024 up 35.7% falling
126 Estonia 1.14 2025 down 41.9% volatile
127 San Marino 1.1 2023 up 1.5% flat
128 Aruba 1.04 2023 down 51.2% volatile
129 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9425 2025 down 56.6% falling
130 Poland 0.9137 2025 down 35.8% rising
131 Mauritania 0.869 2024 down 23.3% volatile
132 Costa Rica 0.8293 2025 down 15.2% volatile
133 Palau 0.8032 2023 down 23.0% flat
134 Sweden 0.7814 2025 up 3.7% volatile
135 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7692 2025 up 33.0% volatile
136 Iceland 0.7297 2025 down 40.8% volatile
137 Namibia 0.7074 2024 up 9.0% rising
138 Panama 0.7013 2025 down 29.4% volatile
139 Eswatini 0.6863 2024 down 69.3% volatile
140 Algeria 0.6679 2024 down 34.9% volatile
141 Botswana 0.6652 2024 up 123.1% volatile
142 Austria 0.6608 2025 down 12.4% rising
143 Portugal 0.5872 2024 up 119.6% volatile
144 Qatar 0.5836 2025 up 115.9% rising
145 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.5693 2018 falling
146 Iran 0.5497 2004 down 67.1% volatile
147 Seychelles 0.536 2024 down 50.7% volatile
148 Italy 0.5031 2025 down 3.4% volatile
149 Germany 0.4732 2025 up 8.9% rising
150 Bahamas 0.4164 2024 falling
151 Netherlands 0.3888 2024 down 5.9% flat
152 Malaysia 0.3802 2024 down 18.6% volatile
153 South Korea 0.3776 2025 down 10.1% falling
154 Switzerland 0.3711 2025 down 4.7% falling
155 Spain 0.3596 2025 up 62.3% volatile
156 Denmark 0.3579 2024 down 14.8% rising
157 Congo 0.2965 2021 down 25.4% volatile
158 Finland 0.2764 2025 down 25.5% volatile
159 Macao 0.2742 2024 up 308.6% volatile
160 Iraq 0.249 2024 down 22.0% volatile
161 Venezuela 0.247 2016 up 174.7% volatile
162 South Africa 0.2352 2025 down 1.2% volatile
163 Greece 0.2191 2024 down 30.3% volatile
164 Brazil 0.2087 2025 up 29.8% volatile
165 Norway 0.1943 2025 up 31.2% rising
166 Israel 0.1907 2025 down 32.3% volatile
167 Uruguay 0.1757 2025 up 12.3% volatile
168 New Zealand 0.1631 2022 down 37.7% volatile
169 China 0.1539 2025 down 47.6% volatile
170 Cayman Islands 0.148 2024 down 46.2% falling
171 Argentina 0.1342 2025 up 61.4% volatile
172 United Kingdom 0.134 2025 down 21.1% falling
173 Gabon 0.1283 2015 up 11.5% volatile
174 Hong Kong 0.112 2024 down 12.3% rising
175 Australia 0.1114 2025 down 30.5% volatile
176 Ireland 0.1078 2024 down 60.4% volatile
177 Japan 0.1066 2025 up 45.3% volatile
178 Maldives 0.08 2024 down 14.7% volatile
179 Kazakhstan 0.0773 2025 down 51.6% volatile
180 Turkey 0.0723 2024 down 60.8% volatile
181 Equatorial Guinea 0.0706 1996 volatile
182 Russia 0.0629 2025 down 87.6% volatile
183 Malta 0.0625 2024 down 97.1% volatile
184 Chad 0.0614 1994 up 1,798.8% volatile
185 Angola 0.0423 2025 up 290.6% volatile
186 Oman 0.0364 2024 down 13.5% volatile
187 Canada 0.036 2025 down 56.1% falling
188 United States 0.0294 2025 down 18.3% rising
189 Chile 0.0281 2025 up 15.3% volatile
190 Saudi Arabia 0.0275 2025 down 35.6% falling
191 Libya 0.0266 2006 up 13.2% rising
192 Kuwait 0.0152 2025 down 49.1% volatile
193 Papua New Guinea 0.0126 2024 down 72.2% volatile
194 Central African Republic 0.0124 1993 up 289.9% volatile

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Indicator
Money sent or brought back by migrants as a share of gdp
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 7,088 data points, 1970–2025
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