Remittances Received - Ranking 1990

The 2025 remittances data from the World Bank reveals a leaderboard shaped by diaspora scale and economic integration. The European Union, as a bloc, leads with over $165.5 billion, reflecting its highly mobile labor market and cross-border worker flows. India follows with nearly $150 billion, driven by its vast overseas workforce in the Gulf and OECD economies. Mexico, at $76.4 billion, and the Philippines, at $41.8 billion, similarly rely on large emigrant populations sending funds home. At the bottom, Russia’s negative remittances balance of -$1.44 billion indicates more funds leaving the country than entering, a structural consequence of capital flight and a net outflow of workers or investors. Kuwait’s negative figure of -$58.3 million reflects its role as a labor-importing state with little diaspora abroad. The data year captures a post-pandemic normalization of migrant earnings and transfer channels. Future reshuffling of the top ranks may occur if India’s skilled emigration accelerates or if the EU’s internal mobility adjusts to new labor policies.