Congo, Rep.: Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Congo, Rep.'s personal remittances, received (% of GDP) rose 0.19 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.11% to 0.3%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2020), the average change was −0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.4 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.39 percentage points in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 27% of the movement over 8 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

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What this measures

Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 42 values

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 0.04% (2025)
• Benin — 1.72% (2023)
• Botswana — 0.83% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 2.57% (2024)
• Burundi — 8.12% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 11.67% (2025)
• Cameroon — 1.29% (2024)
• Comoros — 20.84% (2023)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 3.65% (2025)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 2.03% (2024)

More economic policy & debt data for Congo, Rep.

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.43 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.41 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$927.34 million (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 337.74 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 14.88% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$8.36 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 4.86 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Congo, Rep.'s personal remittances, received (% of GDP)?

0.3% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is up 0.01 percentage points from 0.28% in 1978. The highest value was 0.5% in 1999 and the lowest 0.000434% in 1987.

Is the latest change in personal remittances, received (% of GDP) unusual for Congo, Rep.?

In 2021, Congo, Rep.'s personal remittances, received (% of GDP) rose 0.19 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.11% to 0.3%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2020), the average change was −0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); IMF balance of payments data, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Bank GDP estimates, World Bank (WB); OECD GDP estimates, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 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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