Data for 2023

Cost of Sending Remittances, 2023

Name: Cost of Sending Remittances, 2023
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2023, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cost of Sending Remittances, 2023 covers 93 countries. Cuba is highest, at 19.630000; Malawi is lowest, at -49.693334. The middle country reads 3.224584. Against 2022, 91 values changed (42 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cost of Sending Remittances · Data for 2023

HighestCuba

19.630000

LowestMalawi

-49.693334

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

93countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
92distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.630000
2	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12.784000
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.340000
4	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10.330000
5	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.491667
6	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.160000
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.024333
8	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.861667
9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	8.412857
10	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8.128334
11	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.925000
12	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	7.830000
13	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.654722
14	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.760000
15	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.470000
16	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.008667
17	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.758333
18	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.600000
19	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5.536667
20	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.295555
21	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.278542
22	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.259500
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.873333
24	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.700208
25	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.660000
26	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.635370
27	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.594167
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4.554167
29	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4.363333
30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.220000
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4.173619
32	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.096667
33	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.040000
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3.863333
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.859972
36	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.785000
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.593333
38	Peru`PER`South America	3.569167
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.459643
40	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.455764
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.449584
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.437500
43	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.421250
44	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.414792
45	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.351667
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.303095
47	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.224584
48	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.023333
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.925000
50	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.833333
51	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.826365
52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.805000
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.653333
54	Honduras`HND`Central America	2.623334
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.556667
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.530313
57	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.519778
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.490000
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.438056
60	Colombia`COL`South America	2.434000
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.422778
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.340417
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.333333
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.295556
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.260000
66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.186000
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.138611
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.120000
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.105000
70	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.061250
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.024000
72	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.014167
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.008500
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.000000
75	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.980000
76	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.965000
77	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.937000
=78	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.820000
=78	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.820000
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.756750
81	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.743333
82	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.726667
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.672024
84	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.613889
85	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.400000
86	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.983750
87	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.873334
88	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.873333
89	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.743333
90	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.720000
91	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.717500
92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.266000
93	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-49.693334

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Cuba19.630000
2Angola12.784000
3Sierra Leone10.340000
4Tajikistan10.330000
5Vanuatu9.491667

Lowest

93Malawi-49.693334
92Croatia0.266000
91Ukraine0.717500
90Senegal0.720000
89Côte d’Ivoire0.743333

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.224584. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
91values changed, of 93 in both
42 · 49rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar-9.471111 → 4.040000+13.511111
Angola8.183333 → 12.784000+4.600667
Bangladesh3.442651 → 7.654722+4.212071
Tanzania1.255556 → 5.295555+4.040000
South Sudan2.570000 → 6.470000+3.900000

Fell most

Malawi-10.493334 → -49.693334−39.200000
DR Congo7.960000 → 1.980000−5.980000
Madagascar8.420000 → 2.925000−5.495000
Tunisia8.917500 → 5.536667−3.380834
Cabo Verde6.735000 → 3.437500−3.297500

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 2023.
92 distinct values among 93
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 1.820000. 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 93 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2023). Cost of Sending Remittances, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/remittance-cost/2023

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