Remittance inflows to GDP in Switzerland

Switzerland: Remittance inflows to GDP was 0.4% in 2020. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2020)
0.4%
Change on year
up 12.2%
World rank
149th
of 196 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 1980
All-time low
0.3%
in 2014
Years of data
41
1980–2020

Remittance inflows to GDP in Switzerland, 1980–2020

00.10.20.30.40.51980200020201980: 0.496 %1981: 0.394 %1982: 0.458 %1983: 0.48 %1984: 0.453 %1985: 0.449 %1986: 0.409 %1987: 0.391 %1988: 0.383 %1989: 0.363 %1990: 0.347 %1991: 0.367 %1992: 0.373 %1993: 0.386 %1994: 0.402 %1995: 0.417 %1996: 0.408 %1997: 0.409 %1998: 0.404 %1999: 0.409 %2000: 0.356 %2001: 0.409 %2002: 0.395 %2003: 0.422 %2004: 0.418 %2005: 0.409 %2006: 0.405 %2007: 0.364 %2008: 0.388 %2009: 0.419 %2010: 0.413 %2011: 0.362 %2012: 0.35 %2013: 0.342 %2014: 0.328 %2015: 0.358 %2016: 0.363 %2017: 0.368 %2018: 0.347 %2019: 0.348 %2020: 0.391 %

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

Analysis

Switzerland recorded 0.4% for remittance inflows to gdp in 2020.

That represents a change of up 12.2% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, remittance inflows to gdp in Switzerland peaked at 0.5% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2014.

That places Switzerland 149th out of 196 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 10
1990s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 10
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 10
2010s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 10
2020s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1

Countries ranked near Switzerland

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  2. 147 Malaysia 0.4% compare
  3. 148 Denmark 0.4% compare
  4. 150 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.4% compare
  5. 151 Iraq 0.3% compare
  6. 152 Greece 0.3% compare

See the full ranking of 196 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is remittance inflows to gdp in Switzerland?
Remittance inflows to gdp in Switzerland was 0.4% in 2020, according to World Development Indicators (WDI), World Bank.
What is the highest remittance inflows to gdp recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 1980.
What is the lowest remittance inflows to gdp recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2014.
How does Switzerland rank for remittance inflows to gdp?
Switzerland ranks 149th out of 196 countries with data for 2020.
Is remittance inflows to gdp rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Switzerland 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.