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Remittances Received - Ranking 2012

All countries ranked by remittances received · World Bank
Year

In 2012, Mauritius ($861,943), Palau ($2.4M), and Kuwait ($2.6M) ranked highest in remittances received among all countries. European Union ranked lowest at $99.7B.

Remittances Received by Country - 2012
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st Mauritius $861,943 +66.1%
2nd Palau $2.4M +20.0%
3rd Kuwait $2.6M -53.6%
4th Maldives $3.1M +5.0%
5th Tuvalu $3.8M -16.3%
6th Aruba $4.9M -8.4%
7th São Tomé and Principe $6.4M -7.6%
8th Suriname $8.1M +106.9%
9th Nauru $8.4M +580.3%
10th Papua New Guinea $14.3M +15.9%
11th Kiribati $17.6M +3.6%
12th Seychelles $17.7M -30.1%
13th Botswana $18.1M -11.3%
14th Bhutan $18.1M +73.5%
15th St. Kitts and Nevis $18.9M +5.9%
16th Solomon Islands $20.7M +22.4%
17th Micronesia, Federated States of $20.8M +7.1%
18th Vanuatu $22.0M +1.2%
19th Gabon $22.6M +3.6%
20th Marshall Islands $23.2M +4.9%
21st Malawi $28.3M +11.8%
22nd Antigua and Barbuda $29.8M +1.9%
23rd St. Lucia $32.2M +1.1%
24th Djibouti $33.3M +2.8%
25th Grenada $38.0M +2.5%
26th Oman $39.0M +0.0%
27th Angola $40.3M +19,606.3%
28th St. Vincent and the Grenadines $43.0M +0.3%
29th Guinea-Bissau $45.6M -12.4%
30th Burundi $46.4M +2.1%
31st Macao SAR, China $46.9M -2.9%
32nd Dominica $47.1M +1.6%
33rd Sint Maarten (Dutch part) $55.7M +2.9%
34th Sierra Leone $64.5M +9.7%
35th Guinea $66.3M +2.8%
36th Congo, Republic of $68.3M +9.8%
37th Chile $72.0M +1.6%
38th Zambia $72.9M +57.5%
39th Belize $75.9M +0.8%
40th Namibia $80.1M +1.7%
41st Eswatini $88.5M +39.4%
42nd Tonga $91.2M +8.2%
43rd Uruguay $91.6M -28.9%
44th Gambia, The $106.3M +16.4%
45th Comoros $110.2M +1.9%
46th Timor-Leste $119.9M -12.4%
47th Curaçao $136.0M -9.4%
48th Trinidad and Tobago $138.8M -14.2%
49th Niger $151.8M -8.6%
50th Barbados $152.3M +3.4%
51st Iceland $155.7M +2.4%
52nd Mozambique $174.1M +34.3%
53rd Cabo Verde $177.0M +0.1%
54th Samoa $177.7M +11.3%
55th Rwanda $182.4M +4.7%
56th Fiji $190.6M +18.7%
57th Malta $200.1M -11.9%
58th Lao PDR $203.0M +84.0%
59th Benin $207.8M +20.7%
60th Burkina Faso $210.0M -5.0%
61st Cameroon $210.4M -4.2%
62nd Algeria $214.8M +5.9%
63rd Afghanistan $219.4M +22.5%
64th Saudi Arabia $245.9M +0.9%
65th Slovenia $249.1M +18.4%
66th Iraq $271.0M +21.5%
67th Myanmar $274.6M +116.1%
68th Kazakhstan $283.0M +57.5%
69th Mongolia $323.8M +29.7%
70th Madagascar $330.5M -1.3%
71st Togo $344.7M +41.0%
72nd Hong Kong SAR, China $366.8M +4.3%
73rd Côte d'Ivoire $367.1M -7.6%
74th Tanzania $390.1M -4.7%
75th North Macedonia $394.2M -9.2%
76th Panama $410.9M +11.6%
77th Estonia $460.7M +5.0%
78th New Zealand $461.8M +1.4%
79th Guyana $469.3M +13.8%
80th Montenegro $507.5M -0.4%
81st Portugal $543.3M -13.9%
82nd Liberia $546.8M +4.6%
83rd Lesotho $554.6M -14.6%
84th Costa Rica $562.3M +8.1%
85th Argentina $577.5M -17.2%
86th Sudan $595.8M -27.7%
87th Cyprus $601.1M -18.8%
88th French Polynesia $633.5M -12.3%
89th Paraguay $634.1M +17.3%
90th Greece $681.0M -42.6%
91st Israel $684.9M +15.2%
92nd Ireland $695.0M -8.1%
93rd New Caledonia $715.0M +20.3%
94th Romania $733.2M +5.6%
95th Norway $766.5M +0.2%
96th Qatar $803.3M +40.0%
97th Mali $827.4M +5.4%
98th Cambodia $855.0M +40.0%
99th Congo, Democratic Republic of $855.9M -24.1%
100th Uganda $913.3M +11.9%
101st Kosovo $945.6M -4.8%
102nd Nicaragua $1.0B +11.2%
103rd Belarus $1.1B +18.2%
104th South Africa $1.1B -6.4%
105th Bolivia, Plurinational State of $1.1B +6.5%
106th Denmark $1.2B +2.8%
107th Bermuda $1.2B +1.3%
108th Kenya $1.2B +29.6%
109th Canada $1.3B +2.2%
110th Malaysia $1.3B +6.8%
111th Czechia $1.4B +1.1%
112th Albania $1.4B -8.5%
113th Bulgaria $1.4B -2.3%
114th Latvia $1.5B -0.5%
115th Lithuania $1.5B -22.9%
116th Senegal $1.6B -2.5%
117th Haiti $1.6B +3.9%
118th Finland $1.7B -0.7%
119th Luxembourg $1.7B -5.1%
120th West Bank and Gaza $1.7B +52.1%
121st Georgia $1.8B +14.4%
122nd Bosnia and Herzegovina $1.8B -5.7%
123rd Türkiye $1.9B -0.1%
124th Armenia $1.9B +6.5%
125th Slovak Republic $1.9B +9.9%
126th Moldova $2.0B +9.6%
127th Azerbaijan $2.0B +5.1%
128th Kyrgyz Republic $2.0B +18.9%
129th Croatia $2.1B -17.4%
130th Spain $2.1B +22.1%
131st Zimbabwe $2.1B +10.1%
132nd Ghana $2.2B +1.0%
133rd Jamaica $2.2B +3.0%
134th Tunisia $2.3B +13.0%
135th Australia $2.4B -0.4%
136th Ecuador $2.5B -7.6%
137th Japan $2.5B +19.1%
138th Switzerland $2.6B -13.6%
139th Brazil $2.8B -13.4%
140th Peru $2.8B +5.3%
141st Honduras $2.9B +3.9%
142nd Austria $3.0B -6.8%
143rd Netherlands $3.1B -4.3%
144th Hungary $3.1B +36.2%
145th Tajikistan $3.2B +18.4%
146th Yemen, Republic of $3.4B +138.7%
147th Serbia $3.5B -10.5%
148th Jordan $3.8B +4.5%
149th El Salvador $3.9B +7.4%
150th Colombia $4.0B -2.0%
151st Dominican Republic $4.3B +0.5%
152nd Sweden $4.3B -2.1%
153rd Nepal $4.8B +13.7%
154th United Kingdom $4.9B -3.0%
155th Guatemala $5.0B +9.5%
156th Thailand $5.7B +7.6%
157th Russian Federation $5.8B -5.2%
158th Sri Lanka $6.0B +16.4%
159th Uzbekistan $6.1B +24.1%
160th United States $6.3B +3.3%
161st Morocco $6.5B -10.3%
162nd Korea $6.6B -0.2%
163rd Lebanon $6.7B -3.0%
164th Poland $7.0B -9.4%
165th Indonesia $7.2B +4.2%
166th Viet Nam $7.9B -5.0%
167th Ukraine $8.4B +8.0%
168th Italy $9.2B +5.0%
169th Belgium $11.2B -4.7%
170th Pakistan $14.0B +14.2%
171st Bangladesh $14.1B +17.0%
172nd Germany $15.4B -6.3%
173rd China $17.1B +3.0%
174th Egypt, Arab Republic of $19.2B +34.3%
175th Nigeria $20.5B -0.4%
176th France $22.7B -1.2%
177th Mexico $24.1B -0.6%
178th Philippines $24.6B +6.7%
179th India $68.8B +10.1%
180th European Union $99.7B -2.9%

FAQ

Which country has the highest remittances received in 2012?

Mauritius has the highest remittances received in 2012 at $861,943.

Which country has the lowest remittances received in 2012?

European Union has the lowest remittances received in 2012 at $99.7B.

How many countries are ranked by remittances received?

180 countries have remittances received data for 2012.

What are the top 3 countries by remittances received?

1. Mauritius ($861,943), 2. Palau ($2.4M), 3. Kuwait ($2.6M).