Economy · Remittance inflows · Algeria
Algeria’s remittance inflows fell to $1.7bn in 2025.
$1.7bn
2025
Down $0.11bn from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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$1.7bn
What it is. Personal remittances received counts money that workers and families abroad send to relatives at home, valued in current US dollars. Because it is measured in current dollars, price changes and exchange-rate moves affect the figure alongside the amount people actually send. Transfers carried as cash or passed through informal channels are generally missed, so the recorded total reflects money moving through formal routes.
Higher is better. Higher is better because remittances bring foreign currency into the country and give recipient households extra income. The latest figure for 2025 is $1.7bn, down from $1.8bn a year earlier, a fall of 5.9%. Since 2016 this is the lowest level, and the high of $2bn came in 2016.
Why it matters. For households that depend on money from relatives abroad, $1.7bn in 2025 means a smaller top-up to cover food, rent and school costs than in 2016, when inflows reached $2bn. For the state and for importers, a smaller flow of transfers means a little less foreign currency arriving from the diaspora. The next annual figure will show whether inflows recover towards $1.8bn or fall further.
| Period | Remittance inflows · Algeria |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $2bn |
| 2017 | $1.8bn |
| 2018 | $2bn |
| 2019 | $1.8bn |
| 2020 | $1.7bn |
| 2021 | $1.8bn |
| 2022 | $1.7bn |
| 2023 | $1.9bn |
| 2024 | $1.8bn |
| 2025 | $1.7bn |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Remittance inflows, Algeria, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/remittance-inflows/algeria
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Personal remittances received, current US dollars. Unit: USD bn.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.