Remittance inflows to GDP in Pakistan
Pakistan: Remittance inflows to GDP was 8.7% in 2020. βΌ Falling
Remittance inflows to GDP in Pakistan, 1976β2020
Source: World Development Indicators (WDI), World Bank. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, remittance inflows to gdp in Pakistan stood at 8.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.3% on the previous year and up 58.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, remittance inflows to gdp in Pakistan peaked at 10.2% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2000.
Pakistan ranks 43rd of 196 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.0% | 3.1% | 7.6% | 4 |
| 1980s | 7.5% | 4.9% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.9% | 1.6% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 1.3% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 5.5% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Pakistan
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 10.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 137.38 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 219,254 current LCU per person (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 10.7% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 3.76 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 55.96 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets -249.12 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 10.7% (2025)
- Broad money 40.9% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 36.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is remittance inflows to gdp in Pakistan?
- Remittance inflows to gdp in Pakistan was 8.7% in 2020, according to World Development Indicators (WDI), World Bank.
- What is the highest remittance inflows to gdp recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 1983.
- What is the lowest remittance inflows to gdp recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2000.
- How does Pakistan rank for remittance inflows to gdp?
- Pakistan ranks 43rd out of 196 countries with data for 2020.
- Is remittance inflows to gdp rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.