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Workers' remittances by country

Workers' remittances by country of origin, quarterly, with the annual table. US$ mn, quarterly, 2022–2026.

Published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; read from CBSL statistical tables and CBSL Economic and Social Statistics.

Workers' remittance inflows

Saudi arabia141.25−18.6%
United kingdom ended200.56+90.7%
United arab emirates ended220.04+9.7%
Kuwait ended216.91+8.9%
Italy ended175.84+80.2%
Qatar ended167.45+13.2%
Australia ended123.60+206.5%
South korea ended125.55+7.4%
Israel ended91.46+91.8%
United states of america ended128.91+4.3%
Malaysia ended50.15+104.5%
France ended63.49+70.8%
Maldives ended47.68−4.4%
Germany ended38.43+77.6%
Singapore ended29.17+84.3%
Oman ended28.16−1.6%
Japan ended24.02+41.5%
Canada ended23.80+114.1%
Cyprus ended22.80+27.4%
New zealand ended17.46+552.0%
South sudan ended0.03−78.3%
Romania ended12.79+381.7%
Switzerland ended11.35+162.8%
Hong kong ended8.25+22.6%
Ireland ended5.54+100.1%
Jordan ended10.50+16.2%
Spain ended6.34+128.1%
Mauritius ended0.46+17.5%
Bahrain ended10.21+15.1%
Norway ended4.11+141.0%
Seychelles ended6.29+14.6%
Netherlands ended4.91+204.7%
Sweden ended4.63+195.3%
Serbia ended2.94+2870.3%
Lebanon ended2.18+14.6%
Bangladesh ended2.38+536.2%
Denmark ended3.37+81.7%
Finland ended2.95+1495.6%
Belgium ended2.60+113.0%
India ended1.29+59.5%
Greece ended2.08+390.6%
Poland ended1.89+1043.8%
Austria ended1.86+347.3%
Türkiye ended3.00+1387.7%
Lithuania ended0.87−86.3%
Papua new guinea ended0.69+108.3%
Philippines ended0.38+9.5%
Fiji ended0.89+112.6%
China ended0.55+130.7%
Kenya ended0.31−44.7%
Cayman islands ended0.11−21.7%
Vietnam ended0.43+120.4%
Indonesia ended0.25−21.1%
Thailand ended0.41+6.4%
Portugal ended0.60+174.8%
Pakistan ended0.35+43.2%
Bermuda ended0.13+43.8%
Cambodia ended0.15+20.4%
Iraq ended0.31−85.5%
Malta ended0.15−22.1%
Jersey ended0.05−40.9%
Botswana ended0.34+116.6%
Isle of man ended0.53+1048.9%
Taiwan ended0.15+40.9%
Zambia ended0.27+191.2%
Uganda ended0.17+80.9%
Turks and caicos islands ended0.07+54.9%
Hungary ended0.06+495.5%
Mozambique ended0.20+58.0%
Rwanda ended0.18+138.0%
Czech republic (czechia) ended0.18+12.2%
Egypt ended0.17−24.0%
Bulgaria ended0.08+46.3%
Ethiopia ended0.20−3.4%
Russia ended0.21+81.3%
Samoa/Western samoa ended0.22+74.8%
Estonia ended0.01−23.5%
Croatia ended0.23+3383.7%
Malawi ended0.13+24.1%
Yemen ended0.11−19.7%
Uzbekistan ended0.13+376.0%
Guinea ended0.10+50.6%
Vanuatu ended0.15+125.8%
South africa ended0.14−14.9%
Mexico ended0.08+363.0%
Brunei darussalam ended0.01−41.3%
Bahamas ended0.09+957.2%
Nigeria ended0.09−16.3%
Luxembourg ended0.06+178.7%
Latvia ended0.02+240.8%
Nauru ended0.05−9.9%
Iceland ended0.09+42.6%
Solomon islands ended0.03−47.4%
Eswatini (swaziland) ended0.05+23.8%
Peru ended0.01+172.1%
Moldova ended0.09+181.7%
Liechtenstein ended0.08+166.3%
Slovakia ended0.03+30.8%
Macau ended0.05+42.9%
Tanzania ended0.10+105.3%
Kyrgyzstan ended0.06−15.8%
Georgia ended0.08+53.2%
Tonga ended0.04+1347.3%
St. lucia ended0.13+140.1%
Réunion ended0.07−50.9%
Ghana ended0.04+14.7%
Liberia ended0.10+434.0%
Kazakhstan ended0.08+313.0%
Congo (drc/kinshasa) ended0.04+79.9%
Brazil ended0.02−20.9%
Guernsey ended0.01–
Albania ended0.04−22.0%
Ukraine ended0.02−12.5%
Antigua & barbuda ended0.02+27983.1%
Slovenia ended0.01+20.8%
Timor leste (east timor) ended0.03+78.9%
Trinidad and tobago ended0.01+207.2%
Angola ended0.08+118.3%
Somalia ended0.02+505.2%
Montserrat ended0.01+6.3%
Sierra leone ended0.01−35.8%
Azerbaijan ended0.02−19.9%
Tunisia ended0.02−13.7%
Bosnia and herzegovina ended0.02+390.8%
El salvador ended0.00−43.8%
Dominica ended0.01+285.1%
Greenland ended0.00−95.0%
Ecuador ended0.00−30.5%
Morocco ended0.00+943.6%
Gabon ended0.02−2.2%
Chile ended0.02+24.9%
Togo ended0.02+13.3%
Argentina ended0.01−11.1%
Myanmar ended0.01−4.0%
Burundi ended0.01+20.1%
Benin ended0.01+109.8%
Grenada ended0.00−59.6%
Guam ended0.01+26.5%
Armenia ended0.00+33.7%
Kiribati ended0.01+205.4%
Nepal ended0.01+366.8%
Bhutan ended0.03+633.9%
Jamaica ended0.00+57.8%
Laos ended0.02+34.7%
Tajikistan ended0.02+122.3%
Marshall islands ended0.02+194.8%
Suriname ended0.00+26.1%
Congo (roc/brazzaville) ended0.00−52.5%
British virgin islands ended0.00+120.6%
Senegal ended0.01−12.5%
Palestine, state of ended0.00−43.4%
Belarus ended0.01−44.4%
Montenegro ended0.01+349.1%
Panama ended0.01−63.2%
Cook islands ended0.00–
Palau ended0.00−12.7%
Anguilla ended0.00−81.6%
Barbados ended0.00+55.6%
Costa rica ended0.00−63.5%
Burkina faso ended0.00+90.7%
Libya ended0.01–
Kosovo ended0.00+156.0%
Cameroon ended0.02−51.1%
Lesotho ended0.00+634.7%
Faroe islands ended0.00–
Mali ended0.01+2007.7%
Comoros ended0.01+157.9%
Dominican republic ended0.01−23.1%
Chad ended0.00–
American samoa ended0.00−93.2%
Guadeloupe ended0.00−26.8%
Guyana ended0.00−87.1%
Syria ended0.00−78.8%
Andorra ended0.00−76.6%
Monaco ended0.00–
Northern mariana islands ended0.00−50.2%
Zimbabwe ended0.00+1769.1%
Macedonia ended0.00−95.3%
Bolivia ended0.00–
Namibia ended0.00−93.6%
French polynesia ended0.00–
Gibraltar ended0.05+6384.2%
Guatemala ended0.00–
Afghanistan ended0.00−82.5%
Curaçao ended0.00–
Paraguay ended0.00–
St. maarten (dutch part) ended0.00+535.0%
Gambia ended0.01+58.2%
Micronesia ended0.00+568.5%
Aruba ended0.00−4.2%
Nicaragua ended0.00–
Niger ended0.00–
Colombia ended0.00−75.0%
Sudan ended0.00–
Djibouti ended0.00+180.4%
Venezuela ended0.00–
Algeria ended0.00–
Belize ended0.00−93.7%
Central africa ended0.00−66.2%
Cuba ended0.00+4.7%
Equatorial guinea ended0.00–
Eritrea ended0.00–
Guinea-Bissau ended0.01+3609.3%
Haiti ended0.00–
Honduras ended0.00–
Iran ended0.00–
Madagascar ended0.00–
Mongolia ended0.00−32.5%
Puerto rico ended0.00–
St. kitts and nevis ended0.00–
Turkmenistan ended0.01–
Uruguay ended0.00–
Vatican city ended0.00–
Western sahara ended0.00–
Unclassified ended1.96−38.7%

Workers' remittance inflows by country

Saudi arabia (KSA) ended199.20+19.4%

Saudi arabia

US$ mn, quarterly. 2026 Q1: 141.25, −18.6% on a year earlier

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Published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; read from CBSL statistical tables and CBSL Economic and Social Statistics.

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.