Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal transfers and compensation of employees received from non-resident households, expressed as a percentage of GDP.

Data table

Year	World (%)
1977	0.3102
1978	0.3379
1979	0.3656
1980	0.4175
1981	0.391
1982	0.4027
1983	0.3938
1984	0.3631
1985	0.3893
1986	0.3974
1987	0.4016
1988	0.3906
1989	0.3943
1990	0.4024
1991	0.3382
1992	0.3474
1993	0.3409
1994	0.3487
1995	0.3141
1996	0.3166
1997	0.3624
1998	0.3607
1999	0.3632
2000	0.3708
2001	0.4041
2002	0.4502
2003	0.4937
2004	0.5025
2005	0.5419
2006	0.5799
2007	0.6133
2008	0.6499
2009	0.6555
2010	0.64
2011	0.6458
2012	0.6664
2013	0.6891
2014	0.7166
2015	0.7443
2016	0.7196
2017	0.7271
2018	0.7345
2019	0.741
2020	0.7609
2021	0.7457
2022	0.7706
2023	0.7633
2024	0.793
2025	0.7604

Per-source values, 2025

Caveats

Verified live: Nepal was ~26.2% of GDP in 2023, ~22.9% in 2022 -- among the highest in the world, driven by labour migration to the Gulf states, Malaysia and India.