Data for 2022

Cost of Sending Remittances, 2022

Name: Cost of Sending Remittances, 2022
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2022, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cost of Sending Remittances, 2022 covers 93 countries. Cuba is highest, at 17.040; Malawi is lowest, at -10.493. The middle country reads 2.943. Against 2021, 91 values changed (28 up, 63 down), 1 country joined, 7 left.

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Cost of Sending Remittances · Data for 2022

HighestCuba

17.040

LowestMalawi

-10.493

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

93countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
93distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	17.040
2	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.910
3	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.183
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.907
5	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.390
6	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8.918
7	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8.845
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.420
9	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.183
10	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.053
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.960
12	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.618
13	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.014
14	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.965
15	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	6.893
16	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.735
17	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.677
18	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.560
19	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.460
20	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.085
21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.533
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.484
23	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.463
24	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5.268
25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.099
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4.964
27	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.785
28	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.713
29	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.387
30	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.307
31	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4.140
32	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.976
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.930
34	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.913
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.865
36	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.809
37	Peru`PER`South America	3.770
38	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.600
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.483
40	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.471
41	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3.455
42	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.443
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.280
44	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.192
45	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.177
46	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.105
47	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.943
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.905
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.878
50	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.875
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	2.803
52	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.787
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.777
54	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.570
55	Colombia`COL`South America	2.486
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.439
57	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.400
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.301
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.246
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.243
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.225
62	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.173
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.165
64	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.118
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.065
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.030
67	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.965
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.916
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.912
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.875
71	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.834
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.820
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.777
74	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.774
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.771
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.690
77	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.473
78	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.460
79	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.442
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.434
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.425
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.340
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.328
84	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.256
85	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.052
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.998
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.812
88	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.510
89	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.377
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.307
91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.000
92	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-9.471
93	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-10.493

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Cuba17.040
2Tajikistan12.910
3Afghanistan10.183
4Sierra Leone9.907
5Eritrea9.390

Lowest

93Malawi-10.493
92Myanmar-9.471
91El Salvador0.000
90Ecuador0.307
89Côte d’Ivoire0.377

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.943. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −7countries joined / left
91values changed, of 92 in both
28 · 63rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Tajikistan3.040 → 12.910+9.870
Cuba10.580 → 17.040+6.460
Eritrea4.590 → 9.390+4.800
Kyrgyzstan3.457 → 6.560+3.103
Sierra Leone8.207 → 9.907+1.700

Fell most

Malawi7.590 → -10.493−18.083
Myanmar1.309 → -9.471−10.780
Madagascar16.595 → 8.420−8.175
Tanzania5.880 → 1.256−4.624
Mozambique10.993 → 6.460−4.533

+ Yemen

− Azerbaijan

− Belarus

− Estonia

− Georgia

− Kazakhstan

− Latvia

− Uzbekistan

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 2022.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 93 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2022). Cost of Sending Remittances, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/remittance-cost/2022

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Cost of Sending Remittances: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

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