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Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Bangladesh · 1976–2025 · Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); IMF balance of payments data, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Bank GDP estimates, World Bank (WB); OECD GDP estimates, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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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.
- Source
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); IMF balance of payments data, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Bank GDP estimates, World Bank (WB); OECD GDP estimates, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), via World Bank WDI (BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 1976–2025 (50 data points)
- Unit
- % of GDP
- World Bank code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS- Licence
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Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); IMF balance of payments data, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Bank GDP estimates, World Bank (WB); OECD GDP estimates, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), via World Bank WDI (BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-remittances (data updated October 19, 2026).
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| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.42 |
| 2024 | 6.11 |
| 2023 | 5.05 |
| 2022 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 5.33 |
| 2020 | 5.82 |
| 2019 | 5.23 |
| 2018 | 4.84 |
| 2017 | 4.6 |
| 2016 | 5.12 |
| 2015 | 7.84 |
| 2014 | 8.67 |
| 2013 | 9.24 |
| 2012 | 10.59 |
| 2011 | 9.39 |
| 2010 | 9.41 |
| 2009 | 10.27 |
| 2008 | 9.76 |
| 2007 | 8.24 |
| 2006 | 7.56 |
| 2005 | 6.21 |
| 2004 | 5.5 |
| 2003 | 5.31 |
| 2002 | 5.22 |
| 2001 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | 3.69 |
| 1999 | 3.52 |
| 1998 | 3.21 |
| 1997 | 3.16 |
| 1996 | 2.9 |
| 1995 | 3.17 |
| 1994 | 3.41 |
| 1993 | 3.04 |
| 1992 | 2.88 |
| 1991 | 2.49 |
| 1990 | 2.46 |
| 1989 | 2.63 |
| 1988 | 2.87 |
| 1987 | 3.08 |
| 1986 | 2.65 |
| 1985 | 2.26 |
| 1984 | 2.65 |
| 1983 | 3.65 |
| 1982 | 2.84 |
| 1981 | 1.88 |
| 1980 | 1.87 |
| 1979 | 1.1 |
| 1978 | 0.87 |
| 1977 | 0.82 |
| 1976 | 0.19 |