Table 1 Remittance receiving countries...

Table 1

Remittance receiving countries by total average remittances, average remittances per capita, and share of average to GDP, 2014–2018

Country	Remittances received-five-year average (USD M)	Country	Remittances per capita^a-five-year average (USD)	Country	Remittances as % of GDP^b-five-year average (%)
Nigeria	21,534	Cape Verde	399	Lesotho	20.6
Ghana	3,405	Lesotho	238	Liberia	16.2
Senegal	2,049	Seychelles	211	Comoros	13
Kenya	1,887	Mauritius	196	The Gambia	12.6
Zimbabwe	1,853	Comoros	177	Cape Verde	12
Uganda	1,088	Senegal	136	Senegal	10.1
Congo, Dem. Rep.	1,083	Zimbabwe	132	Zimbabwe	8.8
Ethiopia	897	Ghana	119	Togo	8.6
Mali	894	Nigeria	116	Guinea-Bissau	7.6
South Africa	859	Liberia	114	Ghana	6.2
SSA	961	SSA	62	SSA	4.1

Country	Remittances received-five-year average (USD M)	Country	Remittances per capita^a-five-year average (USD)	Country	Remittances as % of GDP^b-five-year average (%)
Nigeria	21,534	Cape Verde	399	Lesotho	20.6
Ghana	3,405	Lesotho	238	Liberia	16.2
Senegal	2,049	Seychelles	211	Comoros	13
Kenya	1,887	Mauritius	196	The Gambia	12.6
Zimbabwe	1,853	Comoros	177	Cape Verde	12
Uganda	1,088	Senegal	136	Senegal	10.1
Congo, Dem. Rep.	1,083	Zimbabwe	132	Zimbabwe	8.8
Ethiopia	897	Ghana	119	Togo	8.6
Mali	894	Nigeria	116	Guinea-Bissau	7.6
South Africa	859	Liberia	114	Ghana	6.2
SSA	961	SSA	62	SSA	4.1

Note(s): ^a Average remittances per capita is measured by dividing the total value of remittances received in one year by the total population size in the same year, and subsequently the average over five years, from 2014 to 2018 is taken based on World Bank data

^b Average percentage of GDP is measured dividing the remittances received in one year by the current GDP in that year, and subsequently the average over five years, from 2014 to 2018, is taken based on World Bank data

Source(s): Authors' computations based on World Bank remittance, population and GDP data

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