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🇺🇸 The U.S. Sent $82B Abroad in Personal Remittances in 2022
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What We’re Showing
A chart with the top countries by personal remittances sent, in current U.S. dollars, based on 2022 data from Knomad.
Key Takeaways
- The U.S. has consistently been home to the world’s largest immigrant population (45 million people in 2022), a key reason for it topping the ranks through the last two decades
- Similarly, immigrants make up nearly 80% of the population in the UAE, the highest proportion of any country in the world
- Some of the European nations in this ranking, such as Switzerland, have a high level of non-resident employees (cross-border commuters and workers with short-term work permits), which bumps up these numbers
Dataset
Remittance outflows (US$ million) | 2000 | 2010 | 2022 |
---|---|---|---|
U.S. | 35,315 | 50,527 | 81,636 |
UAE | 13,500 | 38,719 | 39,673 |
Saudi Arabia | 15,390 | 27,069 | 39,349 |
Switzerland | 6,196 | 18,512 | 33,550 |
China | 754 | 1,455 | 18,256 |
Kuwait | 1,734 | 11,864 | 17,744 |
Germany | 8,663 | 14,682 | 17,104 |
Luxembourg | 2,720 | 10,659 | 16,232 |
Netherlands | 1,447 | 9,396 | 15,386 |
France | 5,121 | 12,026 | 15,267 |
Qatar | 0 | 0 | 12,286 |
Italy | 1,945 | 12,883 | 11,586 |
Poland | 311 | 1,326 | 10,940 |
UK | 5,366 | 9,565 | 10,918 |
India | 486 | 3,829 | 10,089 |
Oman | 1,451 | 5,704 | 9,072 |
Malaysia | 599 | 8,628 | 9,068 |
Canada | 1,697 | 5,290 | 8,328 |
South Korea | 3,640 | 9,544 | 8,301 |
Israel | 3,255 | 3,769 | 7,614 |
Austria | 0 | 2,990 | 7,120 |
Belgium | 0 | 4,142 | 7,031 |
Australia | 869 | 4,655 | 6,546 |
Thailand | 0 | 3,027 | 6,503 |
Russia | 232 | 21,454 | 5,804 |
Indonesia | 0 | 2,840 | 4,636 |
Japan | 2,531 | 4,366 | 4,522 |
Norway | 1,060 | 4,118 | 4,506 |
Czech Republic | 603 | 1,497 | 3,946 |
Denmark | 662 | 2,833 | 3,856 |
Sweden | 539 | 1,160 | 3,666 |
Greece | 545 | 1,932 | 2,937 |
Bahrain | 1,013 | 1,642 | 2,712 |
Kazakhstan | 122 | 3,006 | 2,373 |
Brazil | 338 | 1,024 | 2,238 |
Ireland | 0 | 2,266 | 2,132 |
Ukraine | 5 | 703 | 2,036 |
Macao SAR | 0 | 637 | 2,020 |
Lebanon | 0 | 4,390 | 1,715 |
Hungary | 301 | 860 | 1,440 |
Kyrgyz Republic | 11 | 168 | 1,224 |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1,131 |
South Africa | 614 | 1,353 | 1,012 |
Finland | 100 | 721 | 1,003 |
Romania | 6 | 88 | 967 |
Dominican Republic | 19 | 534 | 955 |
Ghana | 6 | 0 | 953 |
Hong Kong SAR | 225 | 483 | 901 |
New Zealand | 187 | 534 | 888 |
Cyprus | 48 | 952 | 833 |
Azerbaijan | 101 | 954 | 812 |
Türkiye | 0 | 190 | 731 |
Haiti | 11 | 167 | 725 |
Mauritius | 0 | 8 | 724 |
Chile | 16 | 149 | 676 |
Serbia | 0 | 155 | 655 |
Malta | 8 | 1,612 | 642 |
Ecuador | 6 | 136 | 637 |
Iraq | 0 | 48 | 633 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 261 | 625 |
Latvia | 132 | 315 | 620 |
Armenia | 4 | 227 | 605 |
Croatia | 92 | 333 | 601 |
Argentina | 268 | 1,038 | 590 |
Lithuania | 38 | 552 | 568 |
Costa Rica | 142 | 259 | 566 |
Panama | 22 | 486 | 563 |
Maldives | 46 | 189 | 557 |
Jordan | 197 | 605 | 522 |
Moldova | 29 | 116 | 519 |
Angola | 266 | 714 | 518 |
Colombia | 219 | 151 | 419 |
Slovenia | 27 | 212 | 411 |
Spain | 622 | 471 | 405 |
Egypt | 32 | 305 | 395 |
Iceland | 23 | 67 | 387 |
Slovak Republic | 7 | 70 | 367 |
Sri Lanka | 14 | 526 | 365 |
Timor-Leste | 0 | 103 | 364 |
Jamaica | 152 | 279 | 363 |
Honduras | 9 | 27 | 339 |
Estonia | 3 | 123 | 332 |
Bolivia | 37 | 102 | 319 |
Cambodia | 60 | 163 | 302 |
Philippines | 0 | 109 | 298 |
Georgia | 21 | 55 | 290 |
El Salvador | 19 | 22 | 276 |
Portugal | 203 | 506 | 258 |
Uganda | 353 | 331 | 251 |
Sudan | 4 | 1 | 247 |
Belarus | 10 | 116 | 236 |
Tajikistan | 0 | 184 | 224 |
Bahamas, The | 56 | 88 | 217 |
Botswana | 134 | 100 | 210 |
Pakistan | 2 | 9 | 208 |
Bulgaria | 26 | 90 | 188 |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 187 |
Mozambique | 0 | 54 | 179 |
Trinidad & Tobago | 0 | 0 | 171 |
Guyana | 27 | 128 | 153 |
Morocco | 23 | 62 | 153 |
Albania | 0 | 209 | 149 |
Lao PDR | 0 | 19 | 148 |
Bangladesh | 4 | 9 | 137 |
Guinea | 27 | 41 | 135 |
Curacao | 0 | 0 | 132 |
Zambia | 24 | 68 | 131 |
Mongolia | 5 | 169 | 129 |
Liberia | 0 | 301 | 127 |
Uruguay | 0 | 7 | 127 |
Montenegro | 0 | 33 | 123 |
Aruba | 44 | 65 | 110 |
Suriname | 0 | 1 | 107 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 46 | 103 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 | 0 | 101 |
Madagascar | 12 | 59 | 100 |
Rwanda | 0 | 64 | 92 |
Nigeria | 1 | 47 | 82 |
Namibia | 9 | 82 | 78 |
Paraguay | 0 | 90 | 65 |
Kosovo | 0 | 127 | 61 |
Seychelles | 10 | 41 | 61 |
Algeria | 0 | 28 | 60 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 2 | 60 |
Solomon Islands | 6 | 62 | 59 |
Grenada | 1 | 2 | 52 |
Tunisia | 21 | 13 | 42 |
Belize | 6 | 22 | 41 |
Eswatini | 21 | 12 | 41 |
Nepal | 17 | 32 | 40 |
Bhutan | 0 | 71 | 34 |
Cameroon | 30 | 54 | 32 |
Cabo Verde | 0 | 8 | 30 |
Tonga | 0 | 8 | 28 |
Samoa | 0 | 9 | 27 |
St. Kitts & Nevis | 7 | 6 | 26 |
Guatemala | 56 | 21 | 24 |
Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 23 |
North Macedonia | 14 | 23 | 22 |
Gambia, The | 0 | 58 | 21 |
Ethiopia | 13 | 47 | 20 |
Dominica | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Vanuatu | 17 | 3 | 19 |
Palau | 0 | 9 | 15 |
St. Lucia | 3 | 3 | 15 |
Fiji | 2 | 10 | 14 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 6 | 13 |
Kenya | 0 | 19 | 11 |
Brunei | 0 | 0 | 10 |
West Bank & Gaza | 6 | 18 | 9 |
Sao Tome & Principe | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Comoros | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Djibouti | 2 | 12 | 2 |
Tuvalu | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Kiribati | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Libya | 463 | 1,609 | 0 |
Venezuela | 331 | 805 | 0 |
Afghanistan | 0 | 789 | 0 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 0 | 726 | 0 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 29 | 530 | 0 |
Papua New Guinea | 11 | 395 | 0 |
Yemen, Rep. | 0 | 338 | 0 |
Bermuda | 0 | 239 | 0 |
Senegal | 55 | 217 | 0 |
Mali | 26 | 176 | 0 |
Gabon | 78 | 159 | 0 |
Tanzania | 20 | 123 | 0 |
Burkina Faso | 0 | 112 | 0 |
New Caledonia | 0 | 83 | 0 |
Niger | 12 | 72 | 0 |
French Polynesia | 0 | 71 | 0 |
Congo | 37 | 70 | 0 |
Benin | 9 | 63 | 0 |
Togo | 7 | 63 | 0 |
DRC | 0 | 57 | 0 |
Barbados | 19 | 35 | 0 |
Faeroe Islands | 6 | 31 | 0 |
Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Micronesia | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Malawi | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Sierra Leone | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Marshall Islands | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Burundi | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Myanmar | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Eritrea | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cayman Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 |
San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turks & Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data sources
Figures rounded. As of 2022.
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