Jordan's personal remittances, received (% of GDP) was 7.56% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 8.15 percentage points from 15.71% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7.56% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 9.38% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 15.71% | 2014 |
| Highest | 24.9% | 1984 |
| Lowest | 2.63% | 1972 |
| Average since 2015 | 9.55% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 2.63% | 1972 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Jordan's personal remittances, received (% of GDP) fell 0.21 percentage points on 2023 (from 7.77% to 7.56%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.84 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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 11.82 percentage points in 1976 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.76 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.38 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 68% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Jordan had the 10th highest value of the 29 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 7.56% | 2024 |
| World | 0.81% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 0.97% | 2025 |
Closest to Jordan in the 2024 ranking
- Haiti — 6th of 29: 16.95%
- Guinea-Bissau — 7th of 29: 9.88%
- Zimbabwe — 8th of 29: 8.45%
- Fiji — 10th of 29: 7.11%
- Solomon Islands — 11th of 29: 6.01%
- Ethiopia — 12th of 29: 4.77%
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 53 values
| Year | Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.56 |
| 2023 | 7.77 |
| 2022 | 8.92 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2020 | 10.05 |
| 2019 | 9.38 |
| 2018 | 9.43 |
| 2017 | 9.73 |
| 2016 | 10.01 |
| 2015 | 12.62 |
| 2014 |
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Jordan
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$26.56 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$16.32 billion (2025)
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$2.12 billion (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$225.31 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany (current US$) — US$395.02 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$) — US$34.75 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$2.28 billion (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United States (current US$) — US$1.25 billion (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Jordan's personal remittances, received (% of GDP)?
- 7.56% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is up 4.93 percentage points from 2.63% in 1972. The highest value was 24.9% in 1984 and the lowest 2.63% in 1972.
- How does Jordan rank?
- 10th highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in personal remittances, received (% of GDP) unusual for Jordan?
- In 2024, Jordan's personal remittances, received (% of GDP) fell 0.21 percentage points on 2023 (from 7.77% to 7.56%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.84 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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.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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