Pakistan
Inward remittancesGlobal rank #6
$34.9B
Outward remittancesGlobal rank #69
$352M
Net remittance positionNet recipient2024
$34.6B
Inflows are 99.19× outflows
Inward vs. outward remittance trends
Annual nominal transfers in billions USD (2000–2024)
OutwardInward
| Year | Inward ($B) | Outward ($B) | Net Position ($B) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 1.07 |
| 2001 | 1.46 | 0.00 | 1.46 |
| 2002 | 3.55 | 0.00 | 3.55 |
| 2003 | 3.96 | 0.01 | 3.96 |
| 2004 | 3.94 | 0.01 | 3.94 |
| 2005 | 4.28 | 0.00 | 4.28 |
| 2006 | 5.12 | 0.00 | 5.12 |
| 2007 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 2008 | 7.04 | 0.00 | 7.04 |
| 2009 | 8.72 | 0.01 | 8.71 |
| 2010 | 9.69 | 0.01 | 9.68 |
| 2011 | 12.26 | 0.03 | 12.23 |
| 2012 | 14.01 | 0.03 | 13.97 |
| 2013 | 14.63 | 0.02 | 14.61 |
| 2014 | 17.24 | 0.02 | 17.23 |
| 2015 | 19.31 | 0.03 | 19.28 |
| 2016 | 19.82 | 0.06 | 19.75 |
| 2017 | 19.86 | 0.12 | 19.74 |
| 2018 | 21.19 | 0.13 | 21.06 |
| 2019 | 22.25 | 0.12 | 22.13 |
| 2020 | 26.09 | 0.19 | 25.90 |
| 2021 | 31.31 | 0.23 | 31.08 |
| 2022 | 30.18 | 0.21 | 29.97 |
| 2023 | 26.56 | 0.32 | 26.24 |
| 2024 | 34.91 | 0.35 | 34.56 |
Corridor cost and speed
Fee, FX margin, total cost and transfer speed for money received into Pakistan.
This section includes corridor data from Q1 2024 – Q3 2025. Each row shows its exact survey period.
| Sending Country | Send $200 | Send $500 | Speed | Survey Period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | FX Margin | Total Cost | Fee | FX Margin | Total Cost | Under 1 Hour | Same Day or Faster | ||
| Kuwait | 0.18% | 0.16% | 0.35% | 0.08% | 0.32% | 0.40% | 80.95% | 90.48% | Q3 2025 |
| Bahrain | 0.60% | 0.32% | 0.92% | 0.12% | 0.32% | 0.44% | 85.71% | 100.00% | Q3 2025 |
| Qatar | 0.91% | 0.42% | 1.33% | 0.37% | 0.42% | 0.78% | 33.33% | 33.33% | Q3 2025 |
| Australia | 1.17% | 0.60% | 1.77% | 0.38% | 0.55% | 0.93% | 56.00% | 80.00% | Q3 2025 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1.56% | 0.61% | 2.17% | 0.92% | 0.61% | 1.53% | 35.29% | 58.82% | Q3 2025 |
| United Kingdom | 1.53% | 0.86% | 2.39% | 0.36% | 0.86% | 1.22% | 68.97% | 89.66% | Q3 2025 |
| Oman | 2.10% | 0.91% | 3.01% | 0.83% | 0.91% | 1.74% | 100.00% | 100.00% | Q3 2025 |
| Norway | 1.75% | 1.37% | 3.12% | 0.81% | 1.31% | 2.13% | 70.73% | 82.93% | Q3 2025 |
| Singapore | 1.08% | 2.18% | 3.26% | 0.96% | 2.18% | 3.14% | 100.00% | 100.00% | Q3 2025 |
| United States | 2.16% | 1.65% | 3.81% | 1.39% | 1.55% | 2.94% | 72.00% | 84.00% | Q3 2025 |
| Canada | 1.27% | 3.46% | 4.73% | 0.55% | 3.46% | 4.01% | 57.89% | 89.47% | Q3 2025 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.55% | 1.47% | 5.01% | 1.35% | 1.47% | 2.82% | 41.67% | 100.00% | Q3 2025 |
| India | 5.88% | 0.95% | 6.83% | 2.56% | 0.95% | 3.50% | 0.00% | 0.00% | Q1 2024 |
Corridor-balanced summary
Unweighted medians across 13 inbound corridors
- Median cost ($200)
- 3.01% Median across corridors
- Median cost ($500)
- 1.74% Median across corridors
- Under 1 Hour
- 68.97% Median corridor share
- Same Day or Faster
- 89.47% Median corridor share
Cost vs. speed
Each dot represents a corridor · $200 transfer
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Sources
| Dataset | Source / Publisher | Release / Period | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remittance Flows Datasets | World Bank | July 2025 | Open |
| Remittance Prices Worldwide | World Bank | Q3 2025 | Open |
Methodology
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