Wage Earners' Remittance Inflows: Top 30 Countries Received

(USD in million)
Sl. Sl. Sl. 2021-22
Country 2019-20 Country 2020-21 Country
No. No. No. July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1 K.S.A 4015.16 1 K.S.A 5721.41 1 K.S.A. 462.38 432.28 409.47 395.68 365.23 368.44
2 U.A.E 2472.56 2 U.S.A 3461.68 2 U.S.A. 282.44 277.52 298.22 293.92 271.69 268.37
3 U.S.A 2403.40 3 U.A.E 2439.99 3 U.K. 159.38 145.85 146.78 143.34 138.64 146.45
4 Kuwait 1372.24 4 U.K. 2023.62 4 U.A.E. 159.18 155.36 131.76 122.54 125.94 120.49
5 U.K. 1364.89 5 Malaysia 2002.36 5 Kuwait 148.84 152.63 140.58 131.15 126.94 140.02
6 Oman 1240.54 6 Kuwait 1886.50 6 Qatar 120.47 126.09 109.76 106.91 105.73 115.85
7 Malaysia 1231.30 7 Oman 1535.64 7 Malaysia 110.77 96.24 83.85 82.01 72.06 76.55
8 Qatar 1019.60 8 Qatar 1450.18 8 Oman 110.02 99.83 81.69 65.01 62.54 61.45
9 Italy 699.15 9 Italy 810.90 9 Italy 77.22 90.91 89.97 83.96 73.66 90.60
10 Singapore 457.40 10 Singapore 624.86 10 Bahrain 46.26 45.71 43.51 40.59 43.97 46.66
11 Bahrain 437.18 11 Bahrain 577.74 11 Singapore 37.87 37.70 36.06 32.07 26.64 30.46
12 S. Korea 177.84 12 South Africa 420.38 12 South Africa 30.33 20.49 25.74 23.62 22.32 21.41
13 South Africa 168.06 13 S. Korea 209.16 13 France 17.65 18.35 19.11 18.18 17.53 21.44
14 France 160.53 14 France 201.15 14 Jordan 13.33 12.35 12.99 11.52 11.41 11.11
15 Jordan 126.78 15 Jordan 170.91 15 Canada 9.83 9.31 9.22 9.53 9.26 10.42
16 Lebanon 86.99 16 Australia 141.77 16 Australia 9.92 7.80 10.04 11.31 9.00 9.96
17 Canada 77.15 17 Canada 133.52 17 Mauritius 7.40 7.91 7.12 7.89 6.05 10.42
18 Australia 61.32 18 Greece 89.94 18 S. Korea 7.16 9.34 8.97 9.36 8.99 12.02
19 Germany 52.75 19 Mauritius 88.12 19 Greece 6.90 8.00 7.55 7.04 7.53 8.30
20 Greece 52.30 20 Japan 79.54 20 Japan 6.05 6.16 5.93 5.06 4.79 6.39
21 Mauritius 50.13 21 Germany 66.89 21 Germany 5.38 6.89 6.68 5.30 5.26 6.35
22 Japan 49.35 22 Lebanon 66.79 22 Spain 5.03 5.32 5.29 4.55 4.63 5.58
23 Maldives 44.74 23 Spain 53.49 23 Lebanon 4.55 4.47 4.50 3.75 3.83 3.79
24 Spain 44.31 24 Brunei 48.22 24 Brunei 3.32 3.69 3.49 3.86 2.87 3.89
25 Brunei 38.79 25 Maldives 46.03 25 Iraq 2.40 2.16 2.24 1.71 1.71 1.56
26 Iraq 33.28 26 Iraq 37.35 26 Cyprus 2.08 2.15 2.01 1.75 1.98 1.92

27 Sweden 21.31 27 Sweden 32.15 27 Sweden 1.90 2.34 2.16 2.29 2.13 2.05

28 Belgium 17.84 28 Cyprus 22.66 28 Belgium 1.86 1.59 1.41 1.24 1.34 1.48
Hong Kong: Hong Kong:
29 17.28 29 Belgium 21.91 29 1.83 1.75 1.54 1.72 1.29 1.68
SAR of China SAR Of China
Hong Kong:
30 Portugal 16.10 30 21.36 30 Denmark 1.56 1.58 1.59 1.44 1.55 1.54
SAR Of China
31 Other Countries 194.74 31 Other Countries 291.49 31 Other Countries 18.18 18.33 17.48 18.57 17.19 22.39
Total 18205.01 Total 24777.71 Total 1871.49 1810.10 1726.71 1646.87 1553.70 1629.04
Source: Statistics Department, Bangladesh Bank