Antigua and Barbuda's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) was US$20.5 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 29.95% from US$29.27 million in 2015 (3.5% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$20.5 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$35.12 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$29.27 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$43.94 million | 2021 |
| Lowest | US$7.93 million | 1993 |
| Average since 2016 | US$30.29 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$8.39 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Antigua and Barbuda's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) fell 17.3% on 2024 (from US$24.78 million to US$20.5 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was +5.6% and a typical year strayed about 25.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 123% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 26% in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Antigua and Barbuda had the 102nd highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | US$20.5 million | 2025 |
| World | US$567.33 billion | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$164.67 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Antigua and Barbuda in the 2025 ranking
- Grenada — 98th of 109: US$45.95 million
- Dominica — 99th of 109: US$36.68 million
- St. Kitts and Nevis — 100th of 109: US$21.37 million
- Eswatini — 102nd of 109: US$19.69 million
- Angola — 103rd of 109: US$13.53 million
- Seychelles — 104th of 109: US$9.9 million
What this measures
Personal transfers are current transfers, in cash or in kind, received by resident households from non-resident households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 37 values
| Year | Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 20,501,789 |
| 2024 | 24,777,139 |
| 2023 | 33,474,915 |
| 2022 | 33,436,486 |
| 2021 | 43,939,885 |
| 2020 | 35,120,404 |
| 2019 | 34,679,717 |
| 2018 | 30,785,624 |
| 2017 | 21,767,221 |
| 2016 | 24,428,119 |
| 2015 |
Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies
- Argentina — US$824.36 million (2025)
- Aruba — US$31.59 million (2023)
- Barbados — US$38.32 million (2017)
- Belize — US$121.47 million (2025)
- Bolivia — US$1.23 billion (2025)
- Brazil — US$4.23 billion (2025)
- Colombia — US$13.1 billion (2025)
- Costa Rica — US$769.84 million (2025)
- Curaçao — US$102.42 million (2023)
- Dominica — US$36.68 million (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 2.25% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$378.52 million (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$378.52 million (2025)
- Trade in services (% of GDP) — 78.09% (2025)
- Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 49.1% (2025)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$104.43 million (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$1.41 billion (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Antigua and Barbuda's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP)?
- US$20.5 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1986?
- It is up 144.39% from US$8.39 million in 1986 (2.32% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$43.94 million in 2021 and the lowest US$7.93 million in 1993.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank?
- 102nd highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) unusual for Antigua and Barbuda?
- In 2025, Antigua and Barbuda's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) fell 17.3% on 2024 (from US$24.78 million to US$20.5 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was +5.6% and a typical year strayed about 25.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.TRF.PWKR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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