A large majority of all remittances sent towards North America went towards Mexico as of 2021, likely due to the remittances sent from the United States. This is according to a database that tries to model money sent internationally from one party to another. Remittances typically refer to money sent from migrant workers back home to family and friends, although there are other forms of this. Remittances can, for example, include pensioners who have a second home in foreign country. The United States was Mexico's largest source of remittances in 2021, with more than 52 billion U.S. dollars originating from that country.

The biggest U.S. remittance receivers in Latin America are Mexico and Guatemala, with both countries receiving over 10 billion U.S. dollars. This is according to a database that tries to model money sent internationally from one party to another. Remittances typically refer to money sent from migrant workers back home to family and friends, although there are other forms of this. Remittances can, for example, include pensioners who have a second home in a foreign country. Nevertheless, Asia Pacific is often referred to as the main receiver of remittances.

Remittances in El Salvador increased to 899.08 USD Million in May from 805.94 USD Million in April of 2025. This dataset provides - El Salvador Remittances - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Remittances in Israel increased to 1344 USD Million in the first quarter of 2025 from 1327.60 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Israel Remittances - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Remittances sent to Latin America went largely towards Guatemala and the Dominican Republic in 2021, with each country receiving at least 10 billion billions worth of dollars. This is according to a database that tries to model money sent internationally from one party to another. Remittances typically refer to money sent from migrant workers back home to family and friends, although there are other forms of this. Remittances can, for example, include pensioners who have a second home in foreign country. Nevertheless, Asia Pacific - not Latin America - is often referred to as the main receiver of remittances.

Remittances sent to Africa went largely towards Egypt, Nigeria, and Morocco in 2021, with each country receiving at least 10 billion billions worth of dollars. This is according to a database that tries to model money sent internationally from one party to another. Remittances typically refer to money sent from migrant workers back home to family and friends, although there are other forms of this. Remittances can, for example, include pensioners who have a second home in a foreign country. Nevertheless, Asia Pacific - not Africa - is often referred to as the main receiver of remittances.

The Remittance Prices Worldwide data is divided into two groups – Remittance Cost at the Sending Countries and Remittance Cost at the Receiving Countries. For each group there are two dependent variables. FTRI data is available for 147 countries over a 14-year period. Remittance Paid and Received is available for 200 countries spanning 63 years. AML data is available for a minimum of 110 countries in certain years, up to 162 countries, and for a maximum period of 11 years. Names of the countries in different databases or within a database over different years may be captured differently due to geo-political reasons. Clean-up of such names is done to identify the observation uniquely. For example, Republic of Korea is treated as South Korea, Russian Federation or Soviet Union is treated as Russia, Ivory Coast is treated as Côte d'Ivoire, Czcheia is treated as Zchec Republic, Siam is treated as Thailand, the United States of America is treated as the United States and Türkiye is treated as Turkey. Remittance prices data is treated as the base. The data file is split into two datasets by using the ‘Sending Country’ and ‘Receiving Country’ columns along with their respective remittance cost percentage value columns. For each data file, the observations where the “Transparent" value is 'No” are omitted. The data is organized in panel format in ascending years and sorted alphabetically by country as a second-level sorting. The observations are numbered, and a unique key is created by concatenating the year and the serial number. A secondary key is created by concatenating “Year” and “_Country Name”. In the Remittance Paid, Remittance Received, FTRI and AML Index data files, a key same as ‘Secondary key’ is created by concatenating “Year” and “_Country Name”. Using the common key, the data is joined in each ‘Sending Country’ and ‘Receiving Country’ data files. The combined data available for the study is from 2011 to 2023. Missing values are not imputed in the panel data.

Every year, Carlos Hernández Mejía, a 35-year-old research scientist in Amsterdam, sends 3,000 to 4,000 euros to help maintain his mother’s house in Mexico. During the pandemic, he also helped his brother, sending 300 euros a month to cover rent while he was studying.

Carlos is one of 200 million migrants who regularly send back money to support their families and communities.1 These cash transfers reach around 800 million people globally — more than the populations of the United States and the European Union combined.

Imagine a classroom of 30 students representing the world’s population; at least three would get money from remittances — one in ten people.

These payments have quietly become a major force in helping families pay school fees, make repairs to their homes, and cover medical bills.

The World Bank estimates that money sent back by migrants constitutes around two-thirds of what is called “remittances” in global statistics.2 The rest comes from border, seasonal, and other short-term jobs abroad or work with non-resident employers, such as embassies and international organizations.

In this article, we’ll ditch the jargon and refer to remittances as money sent back or brought back by migrants. “Sent back” refers to personal transfers, and “brought back” refers to the compensation of employees.

Remittances in Brazil decreased to 330.20 USD Million in May from 354.80 USD Million in April of 2025. This dataset provides - Brazil Remittances - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Nearly half of all remittances sent towards Southeast Asia went towards the Philippines as of 2021, probably because of overseas Filipino workers (OFW). This is according to a database that tries to model money sent internationally from one party to another. Remittances typically refer to money sent from migrant workers back home to family and friends, although there are other forms of this. Remittances can, for example, include pensioners who have a second home in foreign country. The Philippines received most of its remittances from four countries in particular: The United States, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates.