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Remittances Received - Ranking 2008

All countries ranked by remittances received · World Bank
Year

In 2008, Nauru ($227,399), Mauritius ($633,706), and Palau ($1.6M) ranked highest in remittances received among all countries. European Union ranked lowest at $98.2B.

Remittances Received by Country - 2008
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st Nauru $227,399 -
2nd Mauritius $633,706 -9.9%
3rd Palau $1.6M +4.9%
4th Suriname $2.2M -21.4%
5th São Tomé and Principe $3.0M +50.0%
6th Seychelles $3.2M -33.7%
7th Bhutan $3.5M +21.0%
8th Burundi $3.6M +1,819.1%
9th Tuvalu $6.0M +6.4%
10th Maldives $6.3M -21.0%
11th Aruba $6.8M +30.1%
12th Papua New Guinea $7.4M -3.6%
13th Vanuatu $8.9M +60.7%
14th Solomon Islands $9.1M -27.6%
15th Namibia $13.6M -13.5%
16th Kiribati $14.4M +3.1%
17th Congo, Democratic Republic of $14.7M +67.0%
18th St. Kitts and Nevis $16.6M +5.9%
19th Malawi $16.7M -20.6%
20th Timor-Leste $17.7M +69.0%
21st Lao PDR $17.8M +186.5%
22nd Gabon $20.7M +43.3%
23rd Congo, Republic of $21.7M +30.1%
24th Sierra Leone $22.6M -46.2%
25th Marshall Islands $23.1M -8.3%
26th Antigua and Barbuda $29.7M -2.1%
27th Djibouti $30.3M +5.9%
28th St. Lucia $31.3M +1.0%
29th Grenada $36.7M +1.2%
30th Tanzania $36.8M +44.6%
31st Oman $39.0M +0.0%
32nd St. Vincent and the Grenadines $42.3M +2.2%
33rd Dominica $45.7M +0.9%
34th Botswana $46.8M -49.2%
35th Guinea-Bissau $49.5M +14.9%
36th Macao SAR, China $51.6M -5.1%
37th Myanmar $54.7M -32.4%
38th Liberia $58.1M -6.2%
39th Guinea $61.5M +308.2%
40th Gambia, The $64.8M +16.4%
41st Zambia $68.2M +15.0%
42nd Iraq $70.9M +2,187.1%
43rd Belize $76.5M +4.6%
44th Angola $82.1M +1,496.3%
45th Afghanistan $89.5M -
46th Eswatini $89.6M -5.8%
47th Niger $94.1M +18.4%
48th Trinidad and Tobago $94.5M -13.6%
49th Burkina Faso $99.7M +18.1%
50th Barbados $101.2M -27.1%
51st Comoros $101.3M +36.8%
52nd Tonga $103.5M +26.5%
53rd Algeria $103.6M +4.7%
54th Uruguay $107.9M +11.9%
55th Samoa $109.0M +12.8%
56th Mozambique $115.7M +16.5%
57th Iceland $121.3M +8.8%
58th Kazakhstan $125.6M -12.2%
59th Ghana $126.1M +7.4%
60th Faroe Islands $136.6M +25.1%
61st Fiji $146.7M -19.9%
62nd Cabo Verde $155.0M +11.7%
63rd Cameroon $162.7M -2.9%
64th Cambodia $187.9M +1.1%
65th Côte d'Ivoire $199.7M +8.0%
66th Benin $207.9M -13.7%
67th Saudi Arabia $216.2M +75.1%
68th Mongolia $224.6M +26.2%
69th Malta $264.5M +15.3%
70th Guyana $273.9M -1.7%
71st Montenegro $298.1M +51.8%
72nd Madagascar $314.0M +23.4%
73rd Togo $338.4M +18.8%
74th Hong Kong SAR, China $355.3M +12.1%
75th Paraguay $362.6M +6.4%
76th Panama $378.0M +6.4%
77th Slovenia $380.2M +18.7%
78th North Macedonia $406.6M +17.9%
79th Estonia $416.3M +9.2%
80th New Zealand $421.4M +9.8%
81st Mali $432.7M +25.7%
82nd New Caledonia $544.2M +10.8%
83rd Lesotho $575.9M -9.8%
84th Belarus $583.3M +102.3%
85th Costa Rica $604.8M -2.1%
86th Israel $628.4M +8.4%
87th Ireland $633.4M +7.5%
88th Portugal $640.9M +5.1%
89th Kenya $667.3M +3.4%
90th Norway $685.0M +11.1%
91st Argentina $705.1M +16.3%
92nd Uganda $723.5M +60.2%
93rd West Bank and Gaza $740.7M +23.8%
94th French Polynesia $763.1M +10.8%
95th South Africa $783.7M -1.1%
96th Nicaragua $819.9M +10.9%
97th Cyprus $948.6M +567.2%
98th Denmark $1.1B +27.8%
99th Georgia $1.1B +20.6%
100th Finland $1.1B +13.7%
101st Czechia $1.1B -37.9%
102nd Bolivia, Plurinational State of $1.1B +7.5%
103rd Kosovo $1.2B +13.2%
104th Kyrgyz Republic $1.2B +73.8%
105th Canada $1.3B +10.4%
106th Hungary $1.3B +34.7%
107th Syrian Arab Republic $1.3B +28.6%
108th Malaysia $1.3B -14.6%
109th Haiti $1.4B +12.1%
110th Bermuda $1.4B -4.1%
111th Yemen, Republic of $1.4B +6.7%
112th Senegal $1.5B +24.2%
113th Azerbaijan $1.5B +19.8%
114th Australia $1.5B +13.7%
115th Lithuania $1.6B +9.2%
116th Sudan $1.6B +59.1%
117th Netherlands $1.6B +1.2%
118th Luxembourg $1.7B +12.3%
119th Romania $1.7B +4.8%
120th Japan $1.7B +25.2%
121st Spain $1.8B +9.8%
122nd Albania $1.9B +27.1%
123rd Moldova $1.9B +26.6%
124th Thailand $1.9B +16.1%
125th Armenia $1.9B +15.8%
126th Bulgaria $1.9B +13.3%
127th Latvia $1.9B +248.9%
128th Tunisia $2.0B +15.2%
129th Slovak Republic $2.1B +23.4%
130th Jamaica $2.2B +1.6%
131st Tajikistan $2.3B +50.5%
132nd Türkiye $2.4B +16.4%
133rd Peru $2.4B +14.7%
134th Switzerland $2.5B +21.1%
135th Croatia $2.5B +12.4%
136th Greece $2.7B +8.2%
137th Bosnia and Herzegovina $2.7B +1.2%
138th Nepal $2.7B +57.3%
139th Honduras $2.8B +7.9%
140th Sri Lanka $2.9B +16.6%
141st Ecuador $3.1B -7.6%
142nd Austria $3.2B +9.4%
143rd Jordan $3.5B +5.5%
144th Serbia $3.5B -5.8%
145th Dominican Republic $3.6B +6.1%
146th Uzbekistan $3.6B +112.7%
147th Brazil $3.6B +10.2%
148th El Salvador $3.8B +1.2%
149th Sweden $4.1B +27.8%
150th Guatemala $4.4B +4.5%
151st Colombia $4.8B +8.2%
152nd United States $5.4B +2.8%
153rd Russian Federation $5.7B +22.9%
154th United Kingdom $6.0B -8.6%
155th Ukraine $6.8B +28.2%
156th Indonesia $6.8B +10.0%
157th Viet Nam $6.8B +10.1%
158th Morocco $6.9B +2.4%
159th Korea $7.0B +35.4%
160th Pakistan $7.0B +17.4%
161st Lebanon $7.2B +24.5%
162nd Italy $7.4B +60.1%
163rd Egypt, Arab Republic of $8.7B +13.6%
164th Bangladesh $8.9B +36.2%
165th China $9.1B +33.7%
166th Belgium $10.5B +16.5%
167th Poland $12.3B +2.9%
168th Germany $13.2B +18.0%
169th Philippines $18.9B +14.7%
170th Nigeria $19.2B +6.6%
171st France $20.1B +14.2%
172nd Mexico $27.1B -1.6%
173rd India $50.0B +34.3%
174th European Union $98.2B +17.1%

FAQ

Which country has the highest remittances received in 2008?

Nauru has the highest remittances received in 2008 at $227,399.

Which country has the lowest remittances received in 2008?

European Union has the lowest remittances received in 2008 at $98.2B.

How many countries are ranked by remittances received?

174 countries have remittances received data for 2008.

What are the top 3 countries by remittances received?

1. Nauru ($227,399), 2. Mauritius ($633,706), 3. Palau ($1.6M).