Sri Lanka - Remittances Received 2017
$7.2B
−$71.6M from 2016
Sri Lanka's remittances received was $7.2B in 2017, decreased +$71.6M from $7.3B in 2016. This was the 165th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
What was Sri Lanka's remittances received in 2017?▾
Sri Lanka's remittances received in 2017 was $7.2B. This ranked 165th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's remittances received change in 2017?▾
Sri Lanka's remittances received decreased by 1.0% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest remittances received in 2017?▾
European Union had the highest remittances received in 2017 at $117.5B.
What is the remittances received of Sri Lanka in 2017?▾
The remittances received of Sri Lanka in 2017 was $7.2B. This ranked 165th globally.
What was Sri Lanka's remittances received in billion in 2017?▾
Sri Lanka's remittances received in 2017 was approximately 7.19 billion ($7.2B).
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Sri Lanka's remittances received?▾
Sri Lanka's remittances received went from $7.3B in 2016 to $7.2B in 2017, a 1.0% decrease.
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