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Remittances (% of GDP) by African country

2025

Personal remittances received as a share of GDP.

Africa, 202524 of 54 countries
5.0%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Gambia · 23.8%Lowest in 2025Sudan · 0.0%Reported in 202524 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — 3.6%Somalia — no dataKenya — 3.8%Sudan — 0.0%Chad — no dataSouth Africa — 0.2%Lesotho — 20.8%Zimbabwe — no dataBotswana — 0.8%Namibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — 7.8%Cameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — 2.1%Cote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — 1.4%Malawi — 2.0%Mozambique — 1.2%Eswatini — 0.7%Angola — 0.0%Burundi — 8.1%Madagascar — 3.1%Gambia — 23.8%Tunisia — 6.7%Algeria — 0.6%Eritrea — no dataMorocco — 7.5%Egypt — 11.4%Libya — no dataEthiopia — no dataDjibouti — no dataUganda — 4.5%Rwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeria 7.8%Nigeria 7.8%EthiopiaEthiopiaKenya 3.8%Kenya 3.8%South Africa 0.2%South Africa 0.2%2025HIGHEST IN 2025Gambia23.8%Lesotho20.8%Cabo Verdenot drawn11.7%Egypt11.4%Burundi8.1%LOWEST IN 2025Sudan0.0%Angola0.0%South Africa0.2%Seychellesnot drawn0.5%Algeria0.6%PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenya3.8%10 of 24Nigeria7.8%6 of 24OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNComorosnot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawn3.7%% of GDP · quintiles of the observed range0%0.6%2%3.7%7.8%23.8%no record
20142025
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Western Africa4 of 16 countries7.3%
Northern Africa5 of 6 countries6.5%
Eastern Africa8 of 18 countries3.3%
Middle Africa3 of 9 countries2.7%
Southern Africa4 of 5 countries1.0%
Africaall 54 countries · 24 with a 2025 figure5.0%

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 (% of GDP)Personal remittances received as a share of GDP.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of GDP
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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Africa API (2026) — "Remittances (% of GDP)". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/remittances-gdp-share
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GET /v1/data?metric_key=remittances_received_pct_gdp&year=2025&limit=100

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Remittances (% of GDP): most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

44 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 (% of GDP)Period
1Gambia23.8%2025
2Liberia21.3%2024
3Comoros20.8%2023
4Lesotho20.8%2025
5Cabo Verde11.7%2025
6Egypt11.4%2025
7Senegal10.6%2023
8Guinea-Bissau9.9%2024
9Zimbabwe8.5%2024
10Burundi8.1%2025
11Nigeria7.8%2025
12Morocco7.5%2025
13Tunisia6.7%2025
14Ethiopia4.8%2024
15Sierra Leone4.6%2024
16Uganda4.5%2025
17Mali4%2024
18Kenya3.8%2025
19Sao Tome and Principe3.7%2025
20Democratic Republic of the Congo3.6%2025
21Rwanda3.4%2024
22Niger3.3%2024
23Madagascar3.1%2025
24Burkina Faso2.6%2024
25Guinea2.5%2024
26Ghana2.1%2025
27Malawi2%2025
28Cote d'Ivoire2%2024
29Mauritius1.9%2024
30Benin1.7%2023
31Tanzania1.4%2024
32Zambia1.4%2025
33Djibouti1.3%2024
34Cameroon1.3%2024
35Mozambique1.2%2025
36Mauritania0.9%2024
37Botswana0.8%2025
38Eswatini0.7%2025
39Namibia0.7%2024
40Algeria0.6%2025
41Seychelles0.5%2025
42South Africa0.2%2025
43Angola0%2025
44Sudan0%2025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 44 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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