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Remittances Received - Ranking 2017

All countries ranked by remittances received · World Bank
Year

In 2017, Angola ($1.4M), Palau ($2.4M), and Tuvalu ($2.7M) ranked highest in remittances received among all countries. European Union ranked lowest at $117.5B.

Remittances Received by Country - 2017
RankCountryValueYoY %
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

Which country has the highest remittances received in 2017?

Angola has the highest remittances received in 2017 at $1.4M.

Which country has the lowest remittances received in 2017?

European Union has the lowest remittances received in 2017 at $117.5B.

How many countries are ranked by remittances received?

184 countries have remittances received data for 2017.

What are the top 3 countries by remittances received?

1. Angola ($1.4M), 2. Palau ($2.4M), 3. Tuvalu ($2.7M).