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Remittances Received by African country

2025

Personal remittances received, in current US dollars.

Africa, 202524 of 54 countries
$101.88bntotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2025Egypt · $41.52bnLowest in 2025Sudan · $11.9mReported in 202524 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
0$12.50bn$25.00bn$37.50bn$50.00bnEgypt$41.52bnNigeria$22.79bnMorocco$13.66bnKenya$5.11bnTunisia$3.88bnDemocratic Republic of the Congo$3.32bnUganda$2.80bnGhana$2.42bnAlgeria$1.69bnSouth Africa$1.00bnGambia$617.0mMadagascar$616.4mLesotho$535.0mZambia$403.5mCabo Verde$356.8mMalawi$305.7mBurundi$273.1mMozambique$265.4mBotswana$164.9mAngola$51.7mEswatini$38.7mSao Tome and Principe$35.9mSeychelles$12.5mSudan$11.9mBeninno dataBurkina Fasono dataCameroonno dataCentral African Republicno dataChadno dataComorosno dataCote d'Ivoireno dataDjiboutino dataEquatorial Guineano dataEritreano dataEthiopiano dataGabonno dataGuineano dataGuinea-Bissauno dataLiberiano dataLibyano dataMalino dataMauritaniano dataMauritiusno dataNamibiano dataNigerno dataRepublic of the Congono dataRwandano dataSenegalno dataSierra Leoneno dataSomaliano dataSouth Sudanno dataTanzaniano dataTogono dataZimbabweno data
20142025
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Northern Africa5 of 6 countries$60.75bn
Western Africa4 of 16 countries$26.19bn
Eastern Africa8 of 18 countries$9.79bn
Middle Africa3 of 9 countries$3.41bn
Southern Africa4 of 5 countries$1.74bn
Africaall 54 countries · 24 with a 2025 figure$101.88bn

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
30 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad and 25 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Remittances ReceivedPersonal remittances received, in current US dollars.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
UnitUS$
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1970–2025
Coverage24 of 54 countries · 24 reported, 0 modelled, 30 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 24 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Remittances Received". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/remittances
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=remittances_received_usd&year=2025&limit=100

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Remittances Received: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

45 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryRemittances ReceivedPeriod
1Egypt$41.52B2025
2Nigeria$22.79B2025
3Morocco$13.66B2025
4Ethiopia$7.14B2024
5Kenya$5.11B2025
6Tunisia$3.88B2025
7Zimbabwe$3.51B2024
8Democratic Republic of the Congo$3.32B2025
9Senegal$3.27B2023
10Uganda$2.8B2025
11Ghana$2.42B2025
12Cote d'Ivoire$1.77B2024
13Algeria$1.69B2025
14South Sudan$1.18B2023
15Tanzania$1.12B2024
16Mali$1.07B2024
17Liberia$1.02B2024
18South Africa$1B2025
19Cameroon$690.15M2024
20Niger$650.39M2024
21Gambia$616.98M2025
22Guinea$616.42M2024
23Madagascar$616.37M2025
24Burkina Faso$595.24M2024
25Lesotho$535.01M2025
26Rwanda$517.04M2024
27Zambia$403.52M2025
28Cabo Verde$356.81M2025
29Benin$338.54M2023
30Sierra Leone$320.83M2024
31Malawi$305.71M2025
32Comoros$305.58M2023
33Mauritius$286.87M2024
34Burundi$273.06M2025
35Mozambique$265.36M2025
36Guinea-Bissau$217.18M2024
37Botswana$164.89M2025
38Namibia$96.5M2024
39Mauritania$94.54M2024
40Djibouti$56M2024
41Angola$51.72M2025
42Eswatini$38.69M2025
43Sao Tome and Principe$35.91M2025
44Seychelles$12.51M2025
45Sudan$11.94M2025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 45 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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