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Remittances Received - Ranking 2005

All countries ranked by remittances received · World Bank
Year

In 2005, Burundi ($71,562), Mauritius ($609,194), and Aruba ($819,846) ranked highest in remittances received among all countries. European Union ranked lowest at $61.2B.

Remittances Received by Country - 2005
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st Burundi $71,562 +71.3%
2nd Mauritius $609,194 -16.5%
3rd Aruba $819,846 -43.8%
4th Lao PDR $830,000 +3.2%
5th Palau $1.5M -
6th São Tomé and Principe $1.5M +36.4%
7th Maldives $2.3M -22.2%
8th Sierra Leone $2.4M -90.1%
9th Suriname $3.9M -57.1%
10th Tuvalu $4.9M +1.5%
11th Vanuatu $5.1M +3.4%
12th Papua New Guinea $6.8M -28.1%
13th Solomon Islands $7.2M -17.6%
14th Congo, Democratic Republic of $8.9M -
15th Gabon $11.0M +60.9%
16th Congo, Republic of $11.4M -23.9%
17th Seychelles $12.1M +77.7%
18th St. Kitts and Nevis $14.1M -50.3%
19th Libya $15.0M +50.0%
20th Namibia $17.5M +19.9%
21st Tanzania $19.4M +40.4%
22nd Guinea-Bissau $19.9M -28.2%
23rd Malawi $22.5M +23.0%
24th Marshall Islands $23.7M -
25th Djibouti $25.8M +4.5%
26th Antigua and Barbuda $29.0M +64.9%
27th St. Lucia $29.1M +10.7%
28th Liberia $31.9M -45.5%
29th Grenada $34.1M -29.1%
30th Oman $39.0M +0.0%
31st St. Vincent and the Grenadines $39.3M +83.3%
32nd Guinea $41.6M -0.2%
33rd Dominica $43.1M +115.3%
34th Belize $44.7M +32.8%
35th Zambia $52.9M +9.2%
36th Macao SAR, China $53.2M -0.3%
37th Comoros $54.1M +11.0%
38th Burkina Faso $56.7M +27.6%
39th Mozambique $58.9M +2.4%
40th Gambia, The $59.3M -2.4%
41st Kazakhstan $62.0M +8.1%
42nd Niger $66.4M +11.0%
43rd Iceland $67.0M +9.9%
44th Tonga $69.0M +5.4%
45th Uruguay $76.7M +9.8%
46th Cameroon $77.0M -25.5%
47th Faroe Islands $80.3M +63.1%
48th Samoa $81.6M +8,989.4%
49th Trinidad and Tobago $92.4M +6.3%
50th Saudi Arabia $93.9M -
51st Barbados $94.5M -27.6%
52nd Eswatini $95.4M +15.2%
53rd Ghana $99.2M +20.4%
54th Madagascar $101.7M +783.6%
55th Cyprus $104.8M +35.4%
56th Botswana $117.7M +49.7%
57th Myanmar $129.5M +11.1%
58th Panama $129.6M +19.0%
59th Cabo Verde $136.7M +20.5%
60th Benin $146.9M +132.8%
61st Paraguay $161.3M +22.2%
62nd Côte d'Ivoire $163.2M +2.5%
63rd Cambodia $163.7M +11.1%
64th Algeria $170.0M -93.1%
65th Mongolia $176.9M -12.6%
66th Mali $177.3M +14.0%
67th Togo $192.6M +7.6%
68th Belarus $198.6M -17.0%
69th Guyana $201.3M +31.6%
70th Fiji $203.3M +17.8%
71st Malta $222.1M -30.4%
72nd North Macedonia $226.6M +6.4%
73rd Estonia $254.6M +52.6%
74th Slovenia $261.1M +0.1%
75th Hong Kong SAR, China $296.8M +23.7%
76th Kyrgyz Republic $313.3M +74.9%
77th Uganda $321.8M +3.6%
78th Bolivia, Plurinational State of $337.0M +60.1%
79th New Zealand $352.0M +9.2%
80th Israel $376.9M +26.6%
81st West Bank and Gaza $378.3M -5.1%
82nd Latvia $379.1M +73.4%
83rd Portugal $386.6M +0.4%
84th Costa Rica $420.3M +31.5%
85th Kenya $425.0M +13.1%
86th Argentina $432.1M +38.6%
87th Georgia $446.0M +24.4%
88th Norway $505.3M +8.7%
89th New Caledonia $512.2M +4.0%
90th Ireland $512.3M +23.8%
91st French Polynesia $557.3M -6.9%
92nd Tajikistan $564.4M +124.0%
93rd Lesotho $599.4M -4.4%
94th South Africa $613.6M +31.1%
95th Nicaragua $615.7M +18.7%
96th Azerbaijan $623.2M +206.1%
97th Denmark $666.1M -38.1%
98th Finland $692.3M +3.8%
99th Kosovo $701.6M +12.8%
100th Sudan $703.8M -49.8%
101st Iraq $711.1M -
102nd Hungary $731.5M +15.6%
103rd Lithuania $745.3M +29.1%
104th Senegal $789.1M +24.5%
105th Syrian Arab Republic $823.0M -3.7%
106th Japan $905.0M +17.0%
107th Moldova $915.1M +30.5%
108th Armenia $915.2M +16.2%
109th Canada $933.7M +12.8%
110th Australia $940.4M +14.0%
111th Romania $951.8M +626.6%
112th Haiti $986.2M +5.9%
113th Uzbekistan $1.0B -
114th Malaysia $1.1B +39.3%
115th Spain $1.1B +12.3%
116th Thailand $1.2B -26.8%
117th Luxembourg $1.2B +0.9%
118th Slovak Republic $1.2B +72.3%
119th Nepal $1.2B +47.3%
120th Greece $1.2B -1.9%
121st Netherlands $1.3B -3.0%
122nd Yemen, Republic of $1.3B +0.0%
123rd Albania $1.3B +11.1%
124th Czechia $1.3B +9.7%
125th Türkiye $1.4B +70.1%
126th Tunisia $1.4B -2.7%
127th Peru $1.4B +27.1%
128th Bulgaria $1.6B -6.4%
129th Jamaica $1.8B +10.0%
130th Honduras $1.8B +54.4%
131st Sweden $1.8B +13.5%
132nd Croatia $1.9B +20.5%
133rd Sri Lanka $2.0B +25.5%
134th Switzerland $2.0B +17.0%
135th Bosnia and Herzegovina $2.0B -0.8%
136th Austria $2.3B -8.2%
137th Ukraine $2.4B +28.6%
138th Jordan $2.4B +5.8%
139th Ecuador $2.5B +33.8%
140th Dominican Republic $2.7B +8.7%
141st Brazil $2.8B -0.3%
142nd El Salvador $3.0B +18.2%
143rd Guatemala $3.1B +16.7%
144th Viet Nam $3.2B +36.4%
145th China $3.3B -49.8%
146th Colombia $3.3B +4.9%
147th Russian Federation $3.4B +55.7%
148th Italy $4.1B +10.9%
149th Pakistan $4.3B +8.5%
150th Bangladesh $4.3B +20.4%
151st Morocco $4.6B +8.7%
152nd United States $4.8B +1.3%
153rd Lebanon $4.9B -11.9%
154th Egypt, Arab Republic of $5.0B +50.2%
155th Korea $5.2B -12.4%
156th Indonesia $5.4B +190.4%
157th United Kingdom $6.0B +1.8%
158th Belgium $6.9B +4.9%
159th Poland $7.3B +54.2%
160th Germany $7.8B +19.9%
161st Philippines $13.7B +19.7%
162nd France $14.2B +6.5%
163rd Nigeria $14.6B +544.2%
164th India $22.1B +18.0%
165th Mexico $22.7B +14.5%
166th European Union $61.2B +13.6%

FAQ

Which country has the highest remittances received in 2005?

Burundi has the highest remittances received in 2005 at $71,562.

Which country has the lowest remittances received in 2005?

European Union has the lowest remittances received in 2005 at $61.2B.

How many countries are ranked by remittances received?

166 countries have remittances received data for 2005.

What are the top 3 countries by remittances received?

1. Burundi ($71,562), 2. Mauritius ($609,194), 3. Aruba ($819,846).