Egypt vs Libya: Migrant remittance outflows

Egypt

292.90 million current US$

in 2011

Libya

650.00 million current US$

in 2011

Egypt rank

6th

Libya rank

3rd

Migrant remittance outflows over time

Libya currently reports 650.00 million current US$ against 292.90 million current US$ in Egypt, a difference of 357.10 million current US$.

That makes Libya's figure about 2.2 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Libya ahead.

Egypt ranks 6th and Libya ranks 3rd of 49 countries.

Indicator: Migrant remittance outflows (current US$)
Unit: current US$
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook 2008
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 55 places, 1,636 data points, 1970–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Migrants’ remittances are defined as the sum of worker’s remittances,