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Remittances Received - Ranking 2018

All countries ranked by remittances received · World Bank
Year

In 2018, Angola ($1.6M), Palau ($2.3M), and Tuvalu ($2.7M) ranked highest in remittances received among all countries. European Union ranked lowest at $125.2B.

Remittances Received by Country - 2018
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st Angola $1.6M +11.4%
2nd Palau $2.3M -2.1%
3rd Tuvalu $2.7M -2.6%
4th Papua New Guinea $3.6M -14.4%
5th Maldives $4.2M +5.0%
6th Nauru $6.5M -36.8%
7th Turks and Caicos Islands $7.5M -3.0%
8th Cayman Islands $14.3M -8.5%
9th São Tomé and Principe $17.8M -2.3%
10th San Marino $18.7M +12.9%
11th Solomon Islands $19.9M +21.9%
12th Kiribati $20.0M +11.2%
13th Malta $20.7M -14.9%
14th Seychelles $22.7M +4.9%
15th Micronesia, Federated States of $23.3M +0.0%
16th St. Kitts and Nevis $25.9M +4.6%
17th Kuwait $27.7M +20.8%
18th Guinea $28.4M -36.3%
19th Marshall Islands $31.5M +3.3%
20th Antigua and Barbuda $32.8M +36.4%
21st Aruba $36.9M -34.2%
22nd Oman $39.0M +0.0%
23rd Macao SAR, China $42.1M +21.9%
24th Dominica $42.1M -5.0%
25th St. Lucia $42.9M +2.5%
26th Botswana $44.3M +13.7%
27th St. Vincent and the Grenadines $46.3M +1.4%
28th Grenada $48.0M +1.5%
29th Burundi $48.3M +42.8%
30th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) $51.0M -7.4%
31st Namibia $53.7M +11.1%
32nd Bhutan $58.1M +34.7%
33rd Djibouti $59.9M +44.9%
34th Mauritania $60.4M -21.7%
35th Chile $69.9M +5.0%
36th Sierra Leone $73.2M +15.2%
37th Barbados $85.2M +0.0%
38th Belize $92.5M +2.5%
39th Timor-Leste $96.3M +10.7%
40th Suriname $98.7M +0.8%
41st Zambia $107.0M +14.2%
42nd Uruguay $114.0M +4.2%
43rd Vanuatu $115.2M +34.0%
44th Eswatini $125.7M -12.9%
45th Guinea-Bissau $128.0M +21.7%
46th Trinidad and Tobago $138.7M +2.7%
47th Samoa $147.6M +8.7%
48th Curaçao $155.3M -3.0%
49th Comoros $172.6M +31.2%
50th Tonga $173.4M +9.4%
51st Iceland $178.7M -7.2%
52nd Malawi $181.1M +129.5%
53rd Benin $198.7M +1.5%
54th Gambia, The $212.0M +32.4%
55th Cabo Verde $234.5M +8.3%
56th Lao PDR $239.9M -1.2%
57th Mauritius $244.6M -2.2%
58th Rwanda $260.5M +21.0%
59th Fiji $290.1M +4.1%
60th Niger $296.7M +12.4%
61st Côte d'Ivoire $332.0M +7.9%
62nd Cameroon $333.6M +5.3%
63rd Guyana $333.7M +3.5%
64th Saudi Arabia $334.9M +15.2%
65th North Macedonia $379.2M +9.9%
66th Tanzania $412.9M +2.6%
67th Mozambique $417.7M +62.0%
68th Hong Kong SAR, China $424.6M -2.8%
69th Sudan $425.2M +99.7%
70th Madagascar $425.5M +24.1%
71st Mongolia $440.6M +61.2%
72nd Togo $450.8M +11.7%
73rd Burkina Faso $455.7M +9.3%
74th Liberia $459.9M +14.0%
75th Qatar $467.0M -29.9%
76th Greece $489.7M +22.2%
77th New Zealand $509.0M -5.5%
78th Cyprus $521.2M +12.2%
79th Argentina $522.4M +8.9%
80th Costa Rica $533.5M -4.8%
81st Panama $537.9M +0.8%
82nd Estonia $570.4M +12.9%
83rd Lesotho $572.5M +4.7%
84th French Polynesia $581.6M +0.0%
85th Montenegro $588.9M +12.6%
86th Kazakhstan $618.0M +10.3%
87th New Caledonia $621.1M +0.0%
88th Ireland $623.6M +4.5%
89th Norway $644.3M +4.6%
90th Slovenia $644.8M +28.5%
91st Portugal $721.7M +23.8%
92nd Iraq $741.7M -31.9%
93rd Afghanistan $803.5M -2.3%
94th Finland $841.1M -7.4%
95th Paraguay $852.8M +1.6%
96th South Africa $929.0M +6.3%
97th Israel $1.0B +3.1%
98th Mali $1.0B +15.5%
99th Türkiye $1.1B +8.6%
100th Azerbaijan $1.2B +8.2%
101st Kosovo $1.2B +11.1%
102nd Latvia $1.2B -2.9%
103rd South Sudan $1.3B +99.9%
104th Canada $1.3B +2.2%
105th Somalia, Fed. Rep. $1.3B -10.5%
106th Uganda $1.3B +14.8%
107th Lithuania $1.4B +6.5%
108th Bolivia, Plurinational State of $1.4B -1.4%
109th Denmark $1.4B +7.7%
110th Zimbabwe $1.4B -17.5%
111th Cambodia $1.4B +11.2%
112th Belarus $1.4B +15.3%
113th Bermuda $1.4B -3.9%
114th Albania $1.5B +11.2%
115th Armenia $1.5B -3.3%
116th Nicaragua $1.5B +7.9%
117th Malaysia $1.7B +2.2%
118th Tunisia $1.7B -10.1%
119th Australia $1.8B -9.0%
120th Congo, Democratic Republic of $1.8B +69.4%
121st Moldova $1.8B +12.2%
122nd Algeria $2.0B +10.8%
123rd Georgia $2.0B +13.4%
124th Luxembourg $2.1B +9.2%
125th Bulgaria $2.1B +2.0%
126th Tajikistan $2.2B -2.4%
127th Bosnia and Herzegovina $2.3B +12.2%
128th Senegal $2.4B +13.0%
129th Jamaica $2.5B +1.6%
130th Myanmar $2.7B +9.0%
131st Kyrgyz Republic $2.7B +8.2%
132nd Kenya $2.7B +38.6%
133rd Haiti $2.7B +13.1%
134th West Bank and Gaza $2.8B +19.1%
135th Slovak Republic $2.8B +10.8%
136th Switzerland $2.9B -1.6%
137th Brazil $2.9B +8.7%
138th Austria $3.0B +2.2%
139th Ecuador $3.0B +6.7%
140th Peru $3.2B +3.9%
141st Sweden $3.3B +0.4%
142nd Spain $3.3B +10.9%
143rd Yemen, Republic of $3.4B +0.0%
144th Ghana $3.5B -0.4%
145th Netherlands $3.7B +9.0%
146th Czechia $4.0B +10.8%
147th Croatia $4.0B +9.4%
148th Japan $4.4B -1.7%
149th United Kingdom $4.4B +1.9%
150th Hungary $4.4B +6.8%
151st Serbia $4.4B +23.8%
152nd Jordan $4.5B +0.9%
153rd Honduras $4.8B +10.5%
154th El Salvador $5.4B +7.9%
155th Colombia $6.7B +14.7%
156th Dominican Republic $6.8B +10.4%
157th Morocco $6.9B +1.4%
158th United States $6.9B +9.4%
159th Lebanon $7.0B -1.2%
160th Romania $7.0B +6.5%
161st Sri Lanka $7.0B -2.0%
162nd Korea $7.1B +9.2%
163rd Thailand $7.5B +11.1%
164th Poland $7.6B +4.1%
165th Uzbekistan $7.6B +6.7%
166th Nepal $8.3B +19.6%
167th Russian Federation $9.3B +12.8%
168th Guatemala $9.4B +12.4%
169th Italy $9.9B +1.6%
170th Viet Nam $10.2B +8.4%
171st Indonesia $11.2B +24.8%
172nd Belgium $12.4B +8.9%
173rd Ukraine $14.7B +21.1%
174th Bangladesh $15.6B +15.3%
175th Germany $18.7B +8.4%
176th Pakistan $21.2B +6.7%
177th China $24.3B -15.2%
178th Nigeria $24.3B +10.3%
179th Egypt, Arab Republic of $25.5B +3.1%
180th France $28.4B +5.9%
181st Philippines $33.8B +3.0%
182nd Mexico $36.5B +10.9%
183rd India $78.8B +14.2%
184th European Union $125.2B +6.6%

FAQ

Which country has the highest remittances received in 2018?

Angola has the highest remittances received in 2018 at $1.6M.

Which country has the lowest remittances received in 2018?

European Union has the lowest remittances received in 2018 at $125.2B.

How many countries are ranked by remittances received?

184 countries have remittances received data for 2018.

What are the top 3 countries by remittances received?

1. Angola ($1.6M), 2. Palau ($2.3M), 3. Tuvalu ($2.7M).