Remittance Dependence by Country 2024
Key Findings
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Remittance Dependence by Country 2024Tajikistan leads with remittances equal to 47.2% of GDP, meaning nearly half its entire economy is money earned by citizens working abroad, mostly in Russia. Tonga follows on 39.2%, and every country listed exceeds 21%. This ranking is the mirror image of the absolute totals: India receives the most money in the world yet remittances are a small fraction of its GDP, while none of these ten appear among the largest recipients by value. Small island and landlocked states dominate, with Tonga, Samoa and the Marshall Islands representing the Pacific and Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador Central America. Such dependence is a double-edged sword, cushioning poverty but leaving economies exposed to recessions in a single host country.
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- Data source
- World Bank (IMF Balance of Payments)
- Coverage
- 10 entities · 2024 · 10 observations
- Measure
- Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)
- Last updated
- 15 July 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
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