Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Djibouti | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Egypt | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | |
| Libya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morocco | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
| Tunisia | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Benin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Botswana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Burundi | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |||
| केप वर्दे | 19 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Comoros | 2 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | ||
| Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ghana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Guinea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Guinea Bissau | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | |
| Kenya | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Lesotho | 167 | 54 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 23 | |
| Liberia | 3 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | |||
| Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mali | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
| Mauritania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mauritius | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Niger | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Senegal | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
| Seychelles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | |||
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Sudan | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| इस्वातिनी | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gambia | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 22 | |||
| Togo | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
| Uganda | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Zambia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |