Remittances Outflows 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 Outflows as a share of GDP (%) - Migration and Remittances (2009)
1	Luxembourg	20.10
2	Lebanon	17
3	Oman	9.90
4	Maldives	8.90
5	Kuwait	8.20
6	Bahrain	6.60
7	Saudi Arabia	6.50
8	Guinea-Bissau	5.40
9	Guyana	5.20
10	Tonga	4.30
11	Switzerland	4
12	Brunei Darussalam	4
13	Uganda	3.40
14	Kyrgyzstan	3.30
15	Malaysia	3.20
16	Kazakhstan	3.10
17	High income non-OECD	2.80
18	Tajikistan	2.50
19	Jamaica	2.30
20	Seychelles	2.30
21	Jordan	2.20
22	Mongolia	2
23	Moldova	2
24	Cambodia	1.90
25	Togo	1.90
26	Armenia	1.70
27	Cyprus	1.70
28	Libya	1.70
29	Israel	1.70
30	Belize	1.60
31	Russia	1.60
32	Lithuania	1.60
33	Azerbaijan	1.50
34	Haiti	1.50
35	Czech Republic	1.40
36	Bahamas	1.30
37	Fiji	1.30
38	Yemen	1.30
39	Rwanda	1.30
40	Guinea	1.20
41	Mali	1.20
42	Denmark	1.10
43	Norway	1.10
44	Botswana	1.10
45	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.10
46	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.10
47	Angola	1
48	Fragile States	1
49	Sri Lanka	1
50	Netherlands	1
51	Hungary	1
52	Europe and Central Asia	0.90
53	Ireland	0.90
54	Panama	0.90
55	Belgium	0.90
56	Austria	0.90
57	Spain	0.80
58	Costa Rica	0.80
59	Solomon Islands	0.70
60	Lesotho	0.70
61	Mozambique	0.70
62	Middle-East and North Africa	0.70
63	Greece	0.70
64	Malta	0.70
65	New Zealand	0.70
66	Cape Verde	0.60
67	Upper MICs	0.60
68	Bolivia	0.60
69	Portugal	0.60
70	Grenada	0.60
71	Italy	0.60
72	Zambia	0.50
73	High income	0.50
74	LDCs (UN-classification)	0.50
75	Djibouti	0.50
76	Germany	0.50
77	Indonesia	0.50
78	Small States	0.50
79	Cameroon	0.40
80	South Korea	0.40
81	North Korea	0.40
82	Estonia	0.40
83	Syria	0.40
84	South Africa	0.40
85	High income OECD	0.40
86	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.40
87	Niger	0.40
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.40
89	Middle-income	0.40
90	Low-income countries	0.40
91	Gambia	0.40
92	All developing countries	0.40
93	St. Lucia	0.40
94	Slovenia	0.40
95	India	0.30
96	Sao Tome and Principe	0.30
97	Australia	0.30
98	Macedonia	0.30
99	Suriname	0.30
100	Tanzania	0.30
101	South Asia	0.30
102	Georgia	0.30
103	United States	0.30
104	Poland	0.30
105	Romania	0.30
106	Antigua and Barbuda	0.20
107	Argentina	0.20
108	Kenya	0.20
109	Iceland	0.20
110	Hong Kong	0.20
111	Namibia	0.20
112	France	0.20
113	Finland	0.20
114	Serbia	0.20
115	Sierra Leone	0.20
116	Slovakia	0.20
117	Bulgaria	0.20
118	Croatia	0.20
119	Sweden	0.20
120	United Kingdom	0.20
121	Venezuela	0.20
122	Lower MICs	0.20
123	East Asia and Pacific	0.20
124	Belarus	0.20
125	Latvia	0.20
126	Dominican Republic	0.10
127	China	0.10
128	Ethiopia	0.10
129	Dominica	0.10
130	Albania	0.10
131	Egypt	0.10
132	Liberia	0.10
133	Peru	0.10
134	Morocco	0.10
135	Ecuador	0.10
136	Brazil	0.10
137	Ivory Coast	0.10
138	Latin America and Caribbean	0.10
139	El Salvador	0.10
140	Guatemala	0.10
141	Honduras	0.10
142	Nepal	0.10
143	Japan	0.10
144	Mauritius	0.10
145	Chile	0
146	Tunisia	0
147	Turkey	0
148	Ukraine	0
149	Philippines	0
150	Uruguay	0
151	Pakistan	0
152	Nigeria	0
153	Bangladesh	0
154	Colombia	0
155	Burundi	0

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

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% of GDP 2009