Personal remittances, received (current US$)

Indicator id: remittances_usd · Unit: current US$ · Coverage: 1975-2024

Personal transfers and compensation of employees received from non-resident households, in current US dollars.

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

Absolute US$ figure; pair with remittances_gdp_share for the more meaningful cross-country comparison.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 10.c -- Reduce transaction costs of migrant remittances to less than 3 percent
Topic: Economy & Growth
Themes: economy

Also known as

"remittances in dollars", "how much money is sent home", "total remittances"

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