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Who Depends the Most on Money from Workers Abroad?

Workers' Remittances, Received (As % of GDP) (%), 2021 or latest
Economy | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 161 countries in 2021, Tajikistan ranked the highest in workers' remittances received as a share of GDP with 0.334% followed by Kyrgyzstan and Gambia. On the other end of the scale was Turkmenistan with < 0.001%, Brunei with < 0.001% and New Zealand with < 0.001%.

Average workers' remittances received as a share of GDP reached 0.007% in 2021 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 7.8 % less than in the previous year and 12.1 % 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 3.79 % since 1970.

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

Workers' Remittances, Received (As % of GDP) Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Comoros % ... ... 0.137% 0.115% 0.122% 0.145% 0.141% ...
El Salvador % 0.182% 0.189% 0.200% 0.207% 0.210%
Gambia % ... ... 0.112% 0.098% 0.106% 0.127% 0.152%
Guatemala % 0.104% 0.111% 0.117% 0.129% 0.138%
Haiti % 0.148% 0.169% 0.174% 0.180% 0.205%
Honduras % 0.175% 0.178% 0.187% 0.198% 0.215%
Jamaica % 0.166% 0.173% 0.166% 0.159% 0.162%
Kosovo % ... ... ... 0.154% 0.148% 0.155% 0.157% 0.158%
Kyrgyzstan % 0.253% 0.293% 0.323% 0.325% 0.272%
Lebanon % ... 0.150% 0.149% 0.133% 0.127% 0.143% ...
Lesotho % 0.157% 0.214% 0.238% 0.228% 0.222%
Nepal % 0.276% 0.270% 0.239% 0.250% 0.241%
Palestine % 0.130% 0.135% 0.148% 0.174% 0.184%
Somalia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.253% 0.243% ...
Tajikistan % 0.273% 0.267% 0.297% 0.281% 0.280%