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Kuwait - Remittances Received 2017

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Personal remittances received · World Bank

$23.0M +$19.0M from 2016 Global rank: 14th

Kuwait's remittances received was $23.0M in 2017, increased +$19.0M from $4.0M in 2016. This was the 14th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Remittances Received by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Angola	$1.4M	-64.4%
2nd	Palau	$2.4M	0.3%
3rd	Tuvalu	$2.7M	7.7%
4th	Maldives	$4.0M	5.0%
5th	Papua New Guinea	$4.3M	58.2%
6th	Turks and Caicos Islands	$7.7M	3.3%
7th	Nauru	$10.3M	-11.9%
8th	Cayman Islands	$15.6M	15.4%
9th	Solomon Islands	$16.3M	-19.5%
10th	San Marino	$16.6M	-
11th	Kiribati	$18.0M	10.2%
12th	São Tomé and Principe	$18.2M	0.8%
13th	Seychelles	$21.7M	-1.9%
14th	Kuwait	$23.0M	474.9%
15th	Micronesia, Federated States of	$23.3M	0.0%
16th	Antigua and Barbuda	$24.0M	-10.1%
17th	Malta	$24.3M	-90.4%
18th	St. Kitts and Nevis	$24.8M	9.9%
19th	Marshall Islands	$30.5M	7.4%
20th	Burundi	$33.8M	-2.4%
21st	Macao SAR, China	$34.6M	25.2%
22nd	Botswana	$39.0M	58.2%
23rd	Oman	$39.0M	0.0%
24th	Djibouti	$41.3M	2.7%
25th	St. Lucia	$41.9M	9.0%
26th	Bhutan	$43.2M	25.7%
27th	Dominica	$44.4M	0.7%
28th	Guinea	$44.7M	-14.4%
29th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$45.7M	1.8%
30th	Grenada	$47.3M	4.9%
31st	Namibia	$48.3M	-27.4%
32nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	$55.1M	-9.6%
33rd	Aruba	$56.1M	6.6%
34th	Sierra Leone	$63.6M	9.1%
35th	Chile	$66.5M	3.1%
36th	Mauritania	$77.2M	3,396.3%
37th	Malawi	$78.9M	102.0%
38th	Barbados	$85.2M	-45.9%
39th	Vanuatu	$86.0M	76.0%
40th	Timor-Leste	$87.0M	8.6%
41st	Belize	$90.2M	-6.7%
42nd	Zambia	$93.6M	143.5%
43rd	Suriname	$97.9M	6,455.7%
44th	Guinea-Bissau	$105.2M	10.5%
45th	Uruguay	$109.4M	20.9%
46th	Comoros	$131.6M	12.7%
47th	Trinidad and Tobago	$135.1M	-6.9%
48th	Samoa	$135.7M	3.8%
49th	Eswatini	$144.4M	46.7%
50th	Tonga	$158.6M	25.6%
51st	Curaçao	$160.2M	7.9%
52nd	Gambia, The	$160.2M	9.9%
53rd	Iceland	$192.5M	-9.7%
54th	Benin	$195.8M	-11.7%
55th	Sudan	$212.9M	38.8%
56th	Rwanda	$215.3M	24.8%
57th	Cabo Verde	$216.6M	2.4%
58th	Lao PDR	$242.7M	28.2%
59th	Mauritius	$250.2M	28.9%
60th	Mozambique	$257.9M	176.2%
61st	Niger	$264.0M	49.7%
62nd	Mongolia	$273.4M	5.2%
63rd	Fiji	$278.7M	2.3%
64th	Saudi Arabia	$290.8M	-8.4%
65th	Côte d'Ivoire	$307.6M	-10.2%
66th	Cameroon	$316.8M	17.8%
67th	Guyana	$322.3M	-0.1%
68th	Madagascar	$342.8M	14.6%
69th	North Macedonia	$344.9M	9.1%
70th	Greece	$400.9M	-3.9%
71st	Tanzania	$402.6M	0.0%
72nd	Liberia	$403.5M	-30.5%
73rd	Togo	$403.6M	9.9%
74th	Burkina Faso	$416.8M	4.9%
75th	Hong Kong SAR, China	$436.9M	9.4%
76th	Cyprus	$464.5M	20.0%
77th	Argentina	$479.9M	22.6%
78th	Slovenia	$502.0M	11.1%
79th	Estonia	$505.1M	3.8%
80th	Montenegro	$523.0M	8.8%
81st	Panama	$533.4M	6.1%
82nd	New Zealand	$538.6M	2.0%
83rd	Lesotho	$547.0M	20.1%
84th	Costa Rica	$560.4M	2.7%
85th	Kazakhstan	$560.4M	45.9%
86th	French Polynesia	$581.6M	0.0%
87th	Portugal	$583.1M	6.9%
88th	Ireland	$596.7M	3.7%
89th	Norway	$615.8M	3.7%
90th	New Caledonia	$621.1M	0.0%
91st	South Sudan	$633.8M	-41.5%
92nd	Qatar	$665.9M	75.9%
93rd	Afghanistan	$822.7M	31.1%
94th	Paraguay	$839.4M	27.8%
95th	South Africa	$873.9M	15.7%
96th	Mali	$885.4M	7.0%
97th	Finland	$908.3M	5.5%
98th	Israel	$991.2M	2.9%
99th	Türkiye	$1.1B	-12.1%
100th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$1.1B	81.4%
101st	Iraq	$1.1B	10.4%
102nd	Kosovo	$1.1B	12.8%
103rd	Azerbaijan	$1.1B	76.2%
104th	Uganda	$1.2B	1.7%
105th	Belarus	$1.3B	28.4%
106th	Canada	$1.3B	-1.6%
107th	Latvia	$1.3B	3.2%
108th	Cambodia	$1.3B	7.3%
109th	Lithuania	$1.3B	1.8%
110th	Albania	$1.3B	0.4%
111th	Denmark	$1.3B	5.4%
112th	Nicaragua	$1.4B	10.0%
113th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$1.4B	12.9%
114th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$1.5B	6,601.7%
115th	Bermuda	$1.5B	4.2%
116th	Armenia	$1.5B	11.3%
117th	Moldova	$1.6B	11.6%
118th	Malaysia	$1.6B	2.8%
119th	Zimbabwe	$1.7B	-6.8%
120th	Algeria	$1.8B	-9.9%
121st	Georgia	$1.8B	18.0%
122nd	Tunisia	$1.9B	3.8%
123rd	Luxembourg	$1.9B	9.6%
124th	Australia	$2.0B	-4.8%
125th	Kenya	$2.0B	12.5%
126th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$2.0B	9.3%
127th	Bulgaria	$2.1B	27.7%
128th	Senegal	$2.1B	8.5%
129th	Tajikistan	$2.2B	19.8%
130th	West Bank and Gaza	$2.4B	14.0%
131st	Haiti	$2.4B	8.6%
132nd	Myanmar	$2.5B	8.8%
133rd	Jamaica	$2.5B	1.2%
134th	Kyrgyz Republic	$2.5B	24.6%
135th	Slovak Republic	$2.6B	20.2%
136th	Brazil	$2.7B	-1.5%
137th	Ecuador	$2.8B	9.1%
138th	Switzerland	$2.9B	4.8%
139th	Austria	$3.0B	2.4%
140th	Spain	$3.0B	14.2%
141st	Peru	$3.1B	5.8%
142nd	Sweden	$3.3B	2.1%
143rd	Netherlands	$3.4B	6.6%
144th	Yemen, Republic of	$3.4B	-9.0%
145th	Ghana	$3.5B	18.7%
146th	Czechia	$3.6B	14.7%
147th	Serbia	$3.6B	12.0%
148th	Croatia	$3.7B	13.8%
149th	Hungary	$4.1B	-1.0%
150th	United Kingdom	$4.3B	-6.0%
151st	Honduras	$4.3B	11.9%
152nd	Jordan	$4.4B	1.3%
153rd	Japan	$4.4B	16.0%
154th	El Salvador	$5.0B	9.5%
155th	Colombia	$5.8B	12.1%
156th	Dominican Republic	$6.2B	12.2%
157th	United States	$6.3B	0.3%
158th	Korea	$6.5B	0.0%
159th	Romania	$6.6B	10.6%
160th	Thailand	$6.7B	7.2%
161st	Morocco	$6.8B	6.9%
162nd	Nepal	$6.9B	4.8%
163rd	Lebanon	$7.1B	-7.2%
164th	Uzbekistan	$7.1B	23.0%
165th	Sri Lanka	$7.2B	-1.0%
166th	Poland	$7.3B	8.0%
167th	Russian Federation	$8.2B	23.1%
168th	Guatemala	$8.4B	14.0%
169th	Indonesia	$9.0B	0.9%
170th	Viet Nam	$9.4B	9.9%
171st	Italy	$9.7B	2.4%
172nd	Belgium	$11.4B	6.0%
173rd	Ukraine	$12.1B	28.1%
174th	Bangladesh	$13.5B	-0.5%
175th	Germany	$17.2B	12.8%
176th	Pakistan	$19.9B	0.2%
177th	Nigeria	$22.0B	11.9%
178th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$24.7B	33.1%
179th	France	$26.8B	4.7%
180th	China	$28.7B	6.7%
181st	Philippines	$32.8B	5.4%
182nd	Mexico	$32.9B	12.3%
183rd	India	$69.0B	9.9%
184th	European Union	$117.5B	7.3%

FAQ

What was Kuwait's remittances received in 2017?▾

Kuwait's remittances received in 2017 was $23.0M. This ranked 14th globally.

How did Kuwait's remittances received change in 2017?▾

Kuwait's remittances received increased by 474.9% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest remittances received in 2017?▾

European Union had the highest remittances received in 2017 at $117.5B.

What is the remittances received of Kuwait in 2017?▾

The remittances received of Kuwait in 2017 was $23.0M. This ranked 14th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Kuwait's remittances received?▾

Kuwait's remittances received went from $4.0M in 2016 to $23.0M in 2017, a 474.9% increase.

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