Migrant remittance inflows (% of GDP) by country
Migrants’ remittances are defined as the sum of worker’s remittances,
Countries reporting
50
Highest
26.8%
Lesotho, Kingdom of
Lowest
0.0%
Angola
Median
1.7%
Years covered
42
1970–2011
Data points
1,400
What the numbers show
Migrant remittance inflows (% of GDP) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 26.8% in Lesotho, Kingdom of; the lowest is 0.0% in Angola.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 3.6%.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 41,946.7%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 99.7%).
Migrant remittance inflows: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 26.8% | 2011 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 2 | Liberia | 23.3% | 2011 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Senegal | 10.3% | 2011 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Gambia, The | 10.1% | 2011 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Cabo Verde | 9.4% | 2011 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 6 | Togo | 9.3% | 2011 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Nigeria | 8.5% | 2011 | up 247.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Morocco | 7.2% | 2011 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 6.2% | 2011 | up 109.3% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 5.6% | 2011 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 11 | Comoros, Union of the | 5.3% | 1995 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.7% | 2011 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Mali | 4.4% | 2011 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 14 | Tunisia | 4.3% | 2011 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Djibouti | 3.1% | 2009 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 16 | Somalia | 3.0% | 1983 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Kenya | 2.8% | 2011 | up 608.7% | volatile |
| 18 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 2.8% | 2011 | up 282.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 2.6% | 2011 | up 327.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Benin | 2.5% | 2011 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 21 | Seychelles | 2.4% | 2011 | up 731.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Sudan | 2.2% | 2011 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Mauritius | 2.2% | 2011 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 24 | Burundi | 2.0% | 2011 | up 41,946.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 1.7% | 2011 | up 645.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Niger | 1.7% | 2011 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Rwanda | 1.6% | 2011 | up 245.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1.6% | 2011 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Guinea | 1.5% | 2011 | up 400.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Eswatini | 1.3% | 2011 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Mozambique, Republic of | 1.2% | 2011 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 1.1% | 2011 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Algeria | 1.0% | 2011 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 0.6% | 1994 | up 958.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Cameroon | 0.5% | 2011 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Ghana | 0.4% | 2011 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Botswana | 0.4% | 2011 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3% | 2011 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Malawi | 0.3% | 2011 | up 611.9% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 0.3% | 2011 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Zambia | 0.2% | 2011 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 42 | Madagascar, Republic of | 0.2% | 2005 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Congo | 0.2% | 2007 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Mauritania | 0.2% | 1998 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Namibia | 0.1% | 2011 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 46 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2005 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Chad | 0.1% | 1994 | up 1,798.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Libya | 0.0% | 2006 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 49 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 1993 | up 283.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Angola | 0.0% | 2011 | down 99.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
Migrants’ remittances are defined as the sum of worker’s remittances,