Who Depends the Most on Money from Workers Abroad?

Based on a comparison of 161 countries in 2020, Kyrgyzstan ranked the highest in workers' remittances received as a share of GDP with 0.311% followed by Tajikistan and Lebanon. On the other end of the scale was Turkmenistan with < 0.001%, Brunei with < 0.001% and Papua New Guinea with < 0.001%.

Average workers' remittances received as a share of GDP reached 0.008% in 2020 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 3.26 % more than in the previous year and 19.5 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average workers' remittances received as a share of GDP reached an all time high of 0.008% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.001% in 1976. The average annual growth amounted to 4.06 % since 1970.

Data for more countries are available at Workers' Remittances, Received (As % of GDP) indicator page.