Remittance inflows to GDP in Lebanon

Lebanon: Remittance inflows to GDP was 25.6% in 2020. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2020)
25.6%
Change on year
up 78.0%
World rank
4th
of 196 countries
All-time high
26.4%
in 2004
All-time low
12.7%
in 2018
Years of data
19
2002–2020

Remittance inflows to GDP in Lebanon, 2002–2020

01020302002201120202002: 13.3 %2003: 23.6 %2004: 26.4 %2005: 22.9 %2006: 23.6 %2007: 23.2 %2008: 24.7 %2009: 21.4 %2010: 18 %2011: 17.2 %2012: 15.2 %2013: 16.1 %2014: 15 %2015: 15 %2016: 14.9 %2017: 13.3 %2018: 12.7 %2019: 14.4 %2020: 25.6 %

Source: World Development Indicators (WDI), World Bank. Measured in %.

Analysis

Lebanon recorded 25.6% for remittance inflows to gdp in 2020.

That represents a change of up 78.0% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, remittance inflows to gdp in Lebanon peaked at 26.4% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 2018.

Lebanon ranks 4th of 196 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 22.4% 13.3% 26.4% 8
2010s 15.2% 12.7% 18.0% 10
2020s 25.6% 25.6% 25.6% 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is remittance inflows to gdp in Lebanon?
Remittance inflows to gdp in Lebanon was 25.6% in 2020, according to World Development Indicators (WDI), World Bank.
What is the highest remittance inflows to gdp recorded in Lebanon?
The highest recorded value was 26.4% in 2004.
What is the lowest remittance inflows to gdp recorded in Lebanon?
The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 2018.
How does Lebanon rank for remittance inflows to gdp?
Lebanon ranks 4th out of 196 countries with data for 2020.
Is remittance inflows to gdp rising or falling in Lebanon?
Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lebanon 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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Indicator
Remittance inflows to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
World Development Indicators (WDI), World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
196 places, 6,488 data points, 1970–2020
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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.