South Africa Personal Remittances

Current and historical personal remittances data for South Africa, including latest value (0.21), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-14 04:02:05
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 15.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.2 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1970–2024 19702024
1970 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

South Africa · personal remittances received as a percentage of gdp.

1970–2024
0.21 percent of GDP
0.21 percent of GDP
0.23 percent of GDP
53 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1970 1981 1992 2003 2014 2024
personal remittances rate reference line

Countries by personal remittances

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Pakistan 9.4
Philippines 8.73
Nigeria 8.44
Jordan 8.31
Morocco 7.79
Egypt 7.6
Croatia 7.21
Serbia 6.4

Interpretation

short note

This external-sector indicator helps assess cross-border flows, reserves and external vulnerability.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Egypt 7.6
Morocco 7.79
Nigeria 8.44
China 0.17

Related indicators

internal links
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-14 04:02:05

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 401.14 bn
Debt/GDP 79.45%
Inflation 4.36%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Personal Remittances: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Personal Remittances for South Africa. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south africa personal remittances rate, personal remittances data south africa, south africa personal remittances statistics, south africa percent of gdp.