Workers' remittances, payments (BoP, current US$) by country
Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank...
What the numbers show
Workers' remittances, payments (BoP, current US$) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 706.02 million BoP, current US$ in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 1.11 million BoP, current US$ in Eswatini.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.44 million BoP, current US$, and the mean is 99.47 million BoP, current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 638.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 18,049.2%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 63.7%).
Workers' remittances, payments: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 706.02 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 2 | Libya | 650.00 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 3 | Egypt | 292.90 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 412.1% | rising |
| 4 | Uganda | 278.69 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 92.4% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 230.75 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 6 | Senegal | 199.77 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 129.4% | rising |
| 7 | Mali | 143.96 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 183.4% | rising |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 94.40 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 9 | Algeria | 71.40 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 185.6% | rising |
| 10 | Morocco | 70.93 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 102.2% | rising |
| 11 | Benin | 61.65 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 102.3% | rising |
| 12 | Niger | 56.03 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Rwanda | 56.00 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 304.9% | rising |
| 14 | Togo | 53.90 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 15 | Zambia | 41.50 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 16 | Botswana | 38.03 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Mozambique | 36.18 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 157.1% | rising |
| 18 | Tanzania | 32.70 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 293.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Nigeria | 32.24 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 124.8% | rising |
| 20 | Guinea | 32.16 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 27.77 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 25.86 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Gambia | 22.96 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.41 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 282.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 19.08 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 18.44 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 18,049.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Seychelles | 17.56 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 339.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Tunisia | 13.07 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 29 | Djibouti | 12.86 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 175.3% | rising |
| 30 | Malawi | 10.53 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 2,304.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 6.79 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 32 | Namibia | 3.87 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 33 | Burundi | 3.52 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 1,717.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Eswatini | 1.11 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | down 63.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North Africa 1.11 billion BoP, current US$
About this data
Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows payments by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars.