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Reading no. 2024/353

EconomyObserved dataAnnual fixture: International Migrants Day

Remittances received as a share of gross domestic product, Pacific

38.7% of GDP

Pacific

TongaSamoaMarshall IslandsVanuatuFrench PolynesiaKiribatiFijiNew Caledonia

Personal remittances received from abroad, as a share of gross domestic product, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten of the Pacific.

  1. Tonga38.7
  2. Samoa31.5
  3. Marshall Islands19.9
  4. Vanuatu17.2
  5. French Polynesia10.6
  6. Kiribati10.4
  7. Fiji9.2
  8. New Caledonia7.1
  9. Solomon Islands5.5
  10. Tuvalu4.6

In the first territory of the ranking, Tonga, remittances received amount to 38.7% of gross domestic product.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS, read for seventeen territories of the Pacific from 2016 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2025/352 · 18 Dec42.6% of GDPRemittances received as a share of gross domestic product, Pacific2024/069 · 9 Mar40.5% of adultsShare of smokers among adults, Pacific2025/289 · 16 Oct41.4% of importsShare of food in merchandise imports, Pacific2026/278 · 5 Oct40.2pupils/teacherPupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific

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