South Sudan's personal remittances, received (current US$) was US$1.18 billion in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 7.24% from US$1.27 billion in 2018 (1.49% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1.18 billion | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$1.27 billion | 2018 |
| Highest | US$1.27 billion | 2018 |
| Lowest | US$1.99 million | 2014 |
| Average since 2014 | US$586.94 million | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$1.99 million | 2014 |
Over five years it is down 7.24% from US$1.27 billion in 2018 (1.49% a year on average, compounded). Since 2014 it is up 59,098% from US$1.99 million in 2014 (103.25% a year on average, compounded).
What the numbers say
In 2023, South Sudan's personal remittances, received (current US$) rose 339.7% on 2022 (from US$267.3 million to US$1.18 billion).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2015 to 2022), the average change was +7,171.3% and a typical year strayed about 20,234.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 57,248.6% in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 93.7% in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 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 2023, South Sudan had the 3rd highest value of the 11 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | US$1.18 billion | 2023 |
| World | US$925.55 billion | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$41.14 billion | 2025 |
| Low income | US$8.21 billion | 2025 |
Closest to South Sudan in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Limitations: Remittance transactions have grown in importance over the past decade. In a number of developing economies, receipts of remittances have become an important and stable source of funds that exceeds receipts from exports of goods and services or from financial inflows on foreign direct investment. But the quality of statistical remittance data is not high. Remittances are a challenge to measure because of their nature. They are heterogeneous with numerous small transactions conducted by individuals through a wide variety of channels: formal channels, such as electronic wire, or through informal channels, such as cash or goods carried across borders.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 10 values
| Year | Personal remittances, received (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,175,432,300 |
| 2022 | 267,300,000 |
| 2021 | 135,000,000 |
| 2020 | 86,510,000 |
| 2019 | 80,440,000 |
| 2018 | 1,267,160,000 |
| 2017 | 633,830,000 |
| 2016 | 1,083,000,000 |
| 2015 | 1,138,720,000 |
| 2014 | 1,985,610 |
Personal remittances, received (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$51.72 million (2025)
- Benin — US$338.54 million (2023)
- Botswana — US$164.89 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$595.25 million (2024)
- Burundi — US$273.06 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$356.81 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$690.15 million (2024)
- Comoros — US$305.58 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$3.32 billion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — US$43.96 million (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for South Sudan
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 1.76% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$7.23 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — US$80.65 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$993.1 million (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$73 million (2025)
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$1.62 billion (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$116.09 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Australia (current US$) — US$2.12 million (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is South Sudan's personal remittances, received (current US$)?
- US$1.18 billion in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2014?
- It is up 59,098% from US$1.99 million in 2014 (103.25% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.27 billion in 2018 and the lowest US$1.99 million in 2014.
- How does South Sudan rank?
- 3rd highest of 11 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in personal remittances, received (current US$) unusual for South Sudan?
- In 2023, South Sudan's personal remittances, received (current US$) rose 339.7% on 2022 (from US$267.3 million to US$1.18 billion). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2015 to 2022), the average change was +7,171.3% and a typical year strayed about 20,234.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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.DT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IMF balance of payments data, International Monetary Fund (IMF); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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