Data for 2018

Cost of Sending Remittances, 2018

Name: Cost of Sending Remittances, 2018
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cost of Sending Remittances, 2018 covers 97 countries. Angola is highest, at 12.7044; Croatia is lowest, at 0.1179. The middle country reads 4.7044. Against 2017, 90 values changed (19 up, 71 down), 5 countries joined, 5 left.

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Cost of Sending Remittances · Data for 2018

HighestAngola

12.7044

LowestCroatia

0.1179

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

97countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
95distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Cost of Sending Remittances, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12.7044
2	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.2814
3	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.1931
4	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	10.7891
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	10.5567
6	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.2789
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.1870
8	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.0582
9	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.4302
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.9610
11	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8.8492
12	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8.8346
13	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.8789
14	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7.7357
15	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.6667
16	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.6587
17	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.5175
18	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.4650
19	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.3952
20	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.3902
21	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.1731
22	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	7.1728
23	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.9671
24	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6.9643
25	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.8321
26	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.7291
27	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6.6006
28	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.4347
29	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6.2492
30	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6.2440
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.2154
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.0989
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	6.0522
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.0040
35	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5.9537
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5.8341
37	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.6573
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5.5163
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.4239
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5.3462
41	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.2882
42	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.2509
43	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.1826
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.1252
45	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	5.0772
46	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.9286
47	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.8300
48	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.7524
49	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.7044
50	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.7010
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.6984
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4.6213
53	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.4716
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4.3036
55	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.3010
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.2552
57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.1909
58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4.1767
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.1208
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4.0992
61	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.0540
62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.0158
63	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.9973
64	Peru`PER`South America	3.9942
65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.9081
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.8389
67	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.7408
68	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.6499
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.5446
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.5222
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.4976
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.4550
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.4542
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	3.2500
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.0148
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.9567
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.9495
78	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.9326
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.9089
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	2.7375
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	2.5891
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.5337
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.4980
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.3004
85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.2420
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.1606
87	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.6753
88	Colombia`COL`South America	1.5836
=89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1.4390
=89	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.4390
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.3922
=92	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.2791
=92	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.2791
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.1992
95	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.1711
96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.0116
97	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.1179

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Angola12.7044
2Benin12.2814
3Malawi11.1931
4Eswatini10.7891
5Botswana10.5567

Lowest

97Croatia0.1179
96Romania1.0116
95Poland1.1711
94Georgia1.1992
92Kazakhstanshared1.2791

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.7044. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −5countries joined / left
90values changed, of 92 in both
19 · 71rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Mozambique5.7151 → 8.9610+3.2459
Mali3.1436 → 5.6573+2.5136
Armenia1.9275 → 4.1767+2.2492
Tanzania6.1914 → 7.8789+1.6875
Sierra Leone8.7174 → 10.2789+1.5616

Fell most

Tajikistan6.6840 → 2.9326−3.7514
Colombia4.9538 → 1.5836−3.3702
Lesotho10.2467 → 7.1728−3.0740
Ethiopia7.6188 → 4.7044−2.9144
Moldova5.0051 → 2.1606−2.8445

+ Benin

+ Comoros

+ Cuba

+ Liberia

+ Palestine

− Eritrea

− Madagascar

− South Sudan

− Suriname

− Yemen

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

Read before you use

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 2018.
95 distinct values among 97
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 1.4390. 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 (2018). Cost of Sending Remittances, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/remittance-cost/2018

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