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Personal remittances received (% of GDP)

1.19% of GDP▲ 0.01 pts vs 2024

Mozambique · Latest observation 2025

Personal remittances received (% of GDP)

What is this?

Remittances relative to the size of the economy.

How to read it

  • Comparable across countries.
  • Unit: % of GDP.

What does the data say?

Personal remittances received (% of GDP) (Mozambique) is 1.19 % of GDP (2025), 0.25 points lower than in 1991.

Over all 35 observations since 1991, the highest was 2.78 (2018) and the lowest 0.60 (1999).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: How much families depend on money from abroad.
  • Businesses: Demand support.
  • Government: External income.
  • Investors: Stability.
  • Mobile money: Market size for cross-border transfers.

What should I watch?

Data source

Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS)
Status
Fetched live on the last refresh
Latest observation
2025
Last updated
2026-10-17
Source published
2026-10-08
Frequency
Annual
Method
Compiled by the World Bank from national statistics offices, the IMF, ILO and other agencies. Definitions are harmonised across countries.
Limitations
Annual. The latest year is often missing or revised. Some series are modelled estimates rather than direct measurements.
Country:
0.001.002.003.0019912025High 2.78Low 0.60
Latest
1.19
Change
−0.25 pts
High
2.78 2018
Low
0.60 1999
Average
1.17

Personal remittances received (% of GDP) is 1.19 % of GDP (2025), 0.25 points lower than in 1991.

What is this?

Remittances relative to the size of the economy.

How to read it

Comparable across countries.

Unit: % of GDP.

What does the data say?

Personal remittances received (% of GDP) (Mozambique) is 1.19 % of GDP (2025), 0.25 points lower than in 1991.

Over all 35 observations since 1991, the highest was 2.78 (2018) and the lowest 0.60 (1999).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: How much families depend on money from abroad.
  • Businesses: Demand support.
  • Government: External income.
  • Investors: Stability.
  • Mobile money: Market size for cross-border transfers.

Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.

Countries — 2025

CountryLatestYear on year
India3.81 % of GDP+4.1%
Kenya3.76 % of GDP−9.4%
Malawi2.05 % of GDP+3.7%
Zambia1.40 % of GDP+5.8%
Mozambique1.19 % of GDP+1.3%
Botswana0.83 % of GDP+24.4%
World0.81 % of GDP+0.8%
Portugal0.78 % of GDP+5.5%
Eswatini0.75 % of GDP+9.2%
South Africa0.24 % of GDP+10.3%
Brazil0.21 % of GDP−6.9%
China0.15 % of GDP+15.4%
Angola0.04 % of GDP−14.5%
3 more with older observations
Zimbabwe8.452024
Sub-Saharan Africa3.132024
Tanzania1.422024

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Personal remittances received265 US$ m−0.6% · 2025

Data source

Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS)
Frequency
Annual
Observations
35 (1991 – 2025) for Mozambique; 16 country in total
Source published
2026-10-08
Last retrieved
2026-10-17
Method
Compiled by the World Bank from national statistics offices, the IMF, ILO and other agencies. Definitions are harmonised across countries.
Limitations
Annual. The latest year is often missing or revised. Some series are modelled estimates rather than direct measurements.
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