Remittance inflows to GDP in Kosovo
Kosovo: Remittance inflows to GDP was 18.6% in 2020. βΌ Falling
Remittance inflows to GDP in Kosovo, 2008β2020
Source: World Development Indicators (WDI), World Bank. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, remittance inflows to gdp in Kosovo stood at 18.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.7% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, remittance inflows to gdp in Kosovo peaked at 21.1% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2016.
That places Kosovo 15th out of 196 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.6% | 20.2% | 21.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 15.8% | 14.8% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.6% | 18.6% | 18.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kosovo
- 12 Gambia, The 22.8% compare
- 13 Jamaica 22.2% compare
- 14 Lesotho, Kingdom of 20.9% compare
- 16 Comoros, Union of the 18.6% compare
- 17 Palestine 16.5% compare
- 18 Moldova, Republic of 15.8% compare
More financial sector data for Kosovo
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 59.9% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.82 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 5.61 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets 2.40 billion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 55.7% (2024)
- Broad money 59.6% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 3.3% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 65.6% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 0.8871 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -18,380 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is remittance inflows to gdp in Kosovo?
- Remittance inflows to gdp in Kosovo was 18.6% in 2020, according to World Development Indicators (WDI), World Bank.
- What is the highest remittance inflows to gdp recorded in Kosovo?
- The highest recorded value was 21.1% in 2009.
- What is the lowest remittance inflows to gdp recorded in Kosovo?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2016.
- How does Kosovo rank for remittance inflows to gdp?
- Kosovo ranks 15th out of 196 countries with data for 2020.
- Is remittance inflows to gdp rising or falling in Kosovo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kosovo data come from?
- The figures come from World Development Indicators (WDI), World Bank, published as part of Remittance inflows to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Data are the sum of three items defined in the fifth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: workers' remittances, compensation of employees, and migrants' transfers. Remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers resident in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status, to recipients in their country of origin. Migrants' transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year.