Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted by country

The average remittance cost of sending $200 (or equivalent in local sending currency) from each country, expressed as a percentage.

Countries reporting
46
Highest
27.9%
Tanzania
Lowest
2.5%
Bahrain
Median
6.1%
Years covered
11
2011–2021
Data points
291

What the numbers show

Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 27.9% in Tanzania; the lowest is 2.5% in Bahrain.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.1%, and the mean is 7.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 91.8%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 72.8%).

Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania 27.9% 2021 up 14.8% flat
2 Turkey 22.4% 2021 rising
3 Cameroon 16.6% 2021 rising
4 South Africa 14.8% 2021 down 16.5% falling
5 Israel 13.9% 2021 rising
6 Angola 12.7% 2021 falling
7 Thailand 11.6% 2021 falling
8 Kenya 9.2% 2021 down 5.0% flat
9 Ghana 8.1% 2021 down 48.8% falling
10 Japan 8.0% 2021 down 52.8% falling
11 Costa Rica 7.5% 2021 up 91.8% rising
12 Sweden 7.4% 2021 falling
13 New Zealand 7.3% 2021 down 38.7% falling
14 Australia 7.2% 2021 down 46.8% falling
15 Czechia 7.1% 2021 down 38.4% falling
16 Belgium 6.9% 2021 down 27.7% falling
17 Jordan 6.9% 2021 rising
18 Canada 6.6% 2021 down 44.4% falling
19 Netherlands 6.5% 2021 down 31.3% falling
20 Austria 6.4% 2021 up 2.2% flat
21 Germany 6.4% 2021 down 49.6% falling
22 Switzerland 6.3% 2021 down 46.1% falling
23 France 6.2% 2021 down 46.6% falling
24 United Kingdom 6.1% 2021 down 21.6% falling
25 Portugal 6.0% 2021 falling
26 United States 5.6% 2021 down 19.0% falling
27 Chile 5.3% 2021 up 81.4% rising
28 Rwanda 5.2% 2021 flat
29 Spain 5.2% 2021 down 22.2% falling
30 Norway 5.1% 2021 down 61.2% falling
31 Saudi Arabia 4.9% 2021 up 17.9% rising
32 Brazil 4.8% 2021 down 56.7% falling
33 Italy 4.8% 2021 down 41.8% falling
34 Pakistan 4.7% 2021 falling
35 Oman 4.3% 2021 rising
36 South Korea 4.2% 2021 down 34.3% falling
37 United Arab Emirates 3.9% 2021 down 0.3% flat
38 Malaysia 3.8% 2021 down 21.6% falling
39 Singapore 3.7% 2021 down 20.5% falling
40 Dominican Republic 3.5% 2021 down 72.8% falling
41 Qatar 3.5% 2021 down 30.9% falling
42 Senegal 3.5% 2021 down 44.4% falling
43 Kuwait 3.0% 2021 flat
44 Russia 2.9% 2021 up 9.3% falling
45 Cote d'Ivoire 2.6% 2021 falling
46 Bahrain 2.5% 2021 falling

About this data

Indicator
Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted
Unit
%
Source
World Bank (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
46 places, 291 data points, 2011–2021
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The average remittance cost of sending $200 (or equivalent in local sending currency) from each country, expressed as a percentage.