Remittances Inflows as a share of GDP (%) - Migration and Remittances

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Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook 2008. For a discussion of the definition of remittances, see Dilip Ratha, 2003, "Workers' Remittances: An Important and Stable Source of External Development Finance", Global Development Finance 2003, World Bank.

Rank	Country	% of GDP 2009
Remittances Inflows as a share of GDP (%) - Migration and Remittances (2009)
1	Tajikistan	35.10
2	Tonga	27.70
3	Lesotho	24.80
4	Moldova	23.10
5	Nepal	22.90
6	Lebanon	22.40
7	Western Samoa	22.30
8	Honduras	19.30
9	Guyana	17.30
10	El Salvador	15.70
11	Jordan	15.60
12	Kyrgyzstan	15.40
13	Haiti	15.40
14	Jamaica	13.80
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.70
16	Serbia	12.60
17	Bangladesh	11.80
18	Philippines	11.70
19	Albania	10.90
20	Togo	10.30
21	Nicaragua	10.30
22	Guatemala	9.80
23	Cape Verde	9.10
24	Guinea-Bissau	9.10
25	Senegal	9.10
26	Armenia	9
27	Grenada	8.70
28	Gambia	7.90
29	Sri Lanka	7.90
30	St. Kitts and Nevis	7.30
31	Dominican Republic	7.30
32	Vietnam	7
33	Dominica	6.70
34	Morocco	6.60
35	Georgia	6.40
36	Kiribati	6.30
37	Liberia	6.20
38	Bolivia	6.10
39	Pakistan	6
40	Belize	5.70
41	Sudan	5.60
42	Nigeria	5.60
43	Kenya	5.40
44	Tunisia	5.30
45	Yemen	5.20
46	Uganda	5.10
47	Mali	4.80
48	Mongolia	4.60
49	Macedonia	4.50
50	Ecuador	4.50
51	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4.50
52	Romania	4.40
53	Egypt	4
54	India	3.90
55	Barbados	3.80
56	Paraguay	3.70
57	Benin	3.60
58	Fiji	3.40
59	Bulgaria	3.30
60	Luxembourg	3.30
61	Swaziland	3.30
62	Cambodia	3
63	Azerbaijan	3
64	Lithuania	2.90
65	St. Lucia	2.80
66	Djibouti	2.70
67	Mexico	2.50
68	Croatia	2.40
69	Syria	2.40
70	Sierra Leone	2.30
71	Mauritius	2.20
72	Belgium	2.20
73	Latvia	2.20
74	Ukraine	2
75	Poland	2
76	Comoros	2
77	Costa Rica	2
78	Antigua and Barbuda	2
79	Slovakia	1.90
80	Colombia	1.80
81	Peru	1.80
82	Rwanda	1.70
83	Hungary	1.70
84	Estonia	1.60
85	Portugal	1.50
86	Guinea	1.50
87	Niger	1.50
88	Algeria	1.40
89	Ethiopia	1.30
90	Indonesia	1.30
91	Seychelles	1.20
92	Mozambique	1.20
93	Sao Tome and Principe	1.10
94	China	1
95	Vanuatu	0.90
96	Botswana	0.90
97	Austria	0.80
98	Ivory Coast	0.80
99	Ghana	0.70
100	Israel	0.70
101	Cameroon	0.70
102	Greece	0.70
103	Panama	0.70
104	Spain	0.70
105	Belarus	0.60
106	Malta	0.60
107	Burkina Faso	0.60
108	Thailand	0.60
109	Cyprus	0.60
110	Czech Republic	0.60
111	France	0.60
112	Russia	0.50
113	Malaysia	0.50
114	Netherlands	0.50
115	New Zealand	0.50
116	Slovenia	0.50
117	Zambia	0.50
118	Solomon Islands	0.40
119	Switzerland	0.40
120	Trinidad and Tobago	0.40
121	Burma	0.40
122	Australia	0.40
123	South Korea	0.30
124	North Korea	0.30
125	Uruguay	0.30
126	Finland	0.30
127	Denmark	0.30
128	Iran	0.30
129	Germany	0.30
130	Brazil	0.30
131	South Africa	0.30
132	Ireland	0.30
133	Burundi	0.30
134	United Kingdom	0.30
135	Papua New Guinea	0.20
136	Norway	0.20
137	Republic of the Congo	0.20
138	Hong Kong	0.20
139	Maldives	0.20
140	Turkey	0.20
141	Iceland	0.20
142	Argentina	0.20
143	Sweden	0.20
144	Kazakhstan	0.10
145	Gabon	0.10
146	Saudi Arabia	0.10
147	Oman	0.10
148	Suriname	0.10
149	Mauritania	0.10
150	Namibia	0.10
151	Tanzania	0.10
152	Italy	0.10
153	Madagascar	0.10
154	Chile	0
155	Laos	0
156	United States	0
157	Japan	0
158	Malawi	0
159	Venezuela	0
160	Libya	0

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Remittances Inflows as a share of GDP (%) - Migration and Remittances

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