Remittance costs (World Bank)

The cost of sending money home to Sri Lanka, by sending country, quarterly, from the World Bank. % of amount sent, quarterly, 2011–2025.

Published by the World Bank; read from World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide.

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Average cost of sending USD 200 from united arab emirates to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended2.7+9.4%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from united arab emirates to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended1.56+17.8%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from australia to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended4.04+0.3%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from australia to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended2.33+6.7%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from canada to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended4.75−12.1%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from canada to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended3.46−8.1%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from switzerland to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended5.27−3.5%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from switzerland to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended3.71−13.1%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from united kingdom to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended3.06−30.5%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from united kingdom to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended1.82−38.7%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from india to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended6.84+14.0%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from india to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended3.38+1.8%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from italy to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended5.22−4.8%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from italy to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended3.08−16.8%
Average cost of sending USD 200 to Sri Lanka, all corridors (world bank) ended4.06−6.0%
Average cost of sending USD 500 to Sri Lanka, all corridors (world bank) ended2.49−10.9%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from oman to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended3.31−3.3%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from oman to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended1.62−6.5%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from qatar to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended2.34−6.1%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from qatar to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended0.91−11.9%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from saudi arabia to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended3.26−1.7%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from saudi arabia to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended1.9−6.2%
Average cost of sending USD 200 from singapore to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended3.9+16.6%
Average cost of sending USD 500 from singapore to Sri Lanka (world bank) ended3.19+21.0%

Average cost of sending USD 200 from united arab emirates to Sri Lanka (world bank)

% of amount sent, quarterly. 2025 Q3: 2.7, +9.4% on a year earlier

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Published by the World Bank; read from World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide.

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.