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Which Country Benefits from Workers Abroad?

Workers' Remittances, Received (USD) (USD mil), 2021 or latest
Economy | March 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 164 countries in 2021, India ranked the highest in workers' remittances received with USD 89,375 bil followed by Mexico and Philippines. On the other end of the scale was Brunei with USD 0.893 bil, Turkmenistan with USD 1.00 bil and Papua New Guinea with USD 2.00 bil.

Total workers' remittances received reached USD 672,463,177 bil in 2021 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 2.14 % more than in the previous year and 30.1 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total workers' remittances received reached an all time high of USD 672,463,177 bil in 2021 and an all time low of USD 1,929,281 bil in 1970. The average annual growth amounted to 12.2 % since 1970.

The top ranked country, India, accounted for 0.013 % of workers' remittances received in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 0.027 % share while the ten largest countries some 0.053 % in 2021.

Data for more countries are available at Workers' Remittances, Received (USD) indicator page.

Workers' Remittances, Received (USD) Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Bangladesh USD mil 15,296 13,574 13,502 15,566 18,364
Belgium USD mil 10,465 10,786 11,435 12,449 12,178
China USD mil 33,105 26,883 28,676 24,306 18,294
Dominican Republic USD mil 5,196 5,508 6,178 6,818 7,421
Egypt USD mil 18,325 18,590 24,737 25,516 26,781
France USD mil 24,067 24,042 24,885 26,229 30,025
Germany USD mil 15,578 15,198 15,688 18,903 18,730
Guatemala USD mil 6,482 7,363 8,394 9,438 10,656
India USD mil 68,910 62,744 68,967 78,790 83,332
Mexico USD mil 26,233 28,691 32,271 35,768 39,022
Nigeria USD mil 20,626 19,698 22,037 24,311 23,809
Pakistan USD mil 19,306 19,819 19,856 21,193 22,252
Philippines USD mil 29,799 31,142 32,810 33,809 35,167
Ukraine USD mil 8,474 9,472 12,132 14,694 15,788
Vietnam USD mil 13,000 14,000 15,000 16,000 17,000 ...