Data for 2017

Cost of Sending Remittances, 2017

Name: Cost of Sending Remittances, 2017
Creator: World Bank Group
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2017, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cost of Sending Remittances, 2017 covers 97 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 16.035; Croatia is lowest, at 0.118. The middle country reads 6.008. Against 2016, 97 values changed (22 up, 75 down), 7 left.

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Cost of Sending Remittances · Data for 2017

HighestSouth Sudan

16.035

LowestCroatia

0.118

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

97countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
90distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Cost of Sending Remittances, 2017, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cost of Sending Remittances, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	16.035
2	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	13.634
3	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.183
=4	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12.093
=4	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	12.093
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11.490
7	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.649
=8	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	10.247
=8	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	10.247
10	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.241
11	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.074
12	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.873
13	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.516
14	Guyana`GUY`South America	9.122
15	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.738
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8.717
17	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.692
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.664
19	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.623
20	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8.506
21	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.236
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	8.117
23	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.072
24	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.957
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.943
26	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.892
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.619
28	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.347
29	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.338
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.168
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.007
32	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.893
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6.810
34	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.757
35	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.684
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6.569
=37	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.512
=37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.512
39	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.331
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.215
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.191
42	Peru`PER`South America	6.152
43	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.102
44	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.083
45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.059
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.038
47	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6.020
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6.017
49	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.008
50	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.972
51	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.901
52	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.715
53	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5.709
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.705
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5.646
56	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.526
57	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	5.492
58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.399
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.216
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.190
61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.012
62	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.005
63	Colombia`COL`South America	4.954
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.835
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4.818
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.795
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.773
68	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.670
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4.565
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4.557
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.535
=72	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.498
=72	Panama`PAN`Central America	4.498
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.405
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	4.362
76	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.225
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.023
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.881
79	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.702
80	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.564
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.512
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.507
83	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.499
84	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.498
85	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.330
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.144
87	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.609
88	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.035
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.927
90	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.583
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.570
=92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.563
=92	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.563
=94	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1.042
=94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.042
=94	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.042
97	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.118

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1South Sudan16.035
2Eritrea13.634
3Malawi12.183
4Angolashared12.093
4Botswanashared12.093

Lowest

97Croatia0.118
94Kazakhstanshared1.042
94Belarusshared1.042
94Azerbaijanshared1.042
92Uzbekistanshared1.563

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.008. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −7countries joined / left
97values changed, of 97 in both
22 · 75rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan7.622 → 16.035+8.413
Eritrea7.395 → 13.634+6.239
Afghanistan7.046 → 9.516+2.470
Latvia4.732 → 6.512+1.780
Myanmar5.463 → 7.168+1.705

Fell most

Laos14.308 → 4.535−9.773
Malaysia10.412 → 1.570−8.842
Gambia13.642 → 6.102−7.541
Botswana19.202 → 12.093−7.110
Eswatini16.701 → 10.247−6.455

− Benin

− Comoros

− Cuba

− Liberia

− Palestine

− Sudan

− Syria

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2017.
90 distinct values among 97
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 1.042. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 97 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2017). Cost of Sending Remittances, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/remittance-cost/2017

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