Economy · Remittance inflows · The Gambia
The Gambia’s remittance inflows rose to $0.62bn in 2025.
$0.62bn
2025
Up $0.09bn from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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$0.62bn
What it is. Remittance inflows add up the money that migrants and other workers abroad send to people in The Gambia, whether as cash or in kind, and count it in current US dollars. The figure comes from balance of payments records and household surveys, so it follows transfers that pass through banks and money transfer operators more closely than those carried by hand or sent through informal channels. It says nothing about what recipients do with the money.
Higher is better. Higher is better here because more remittances mean more foreign currency and more spending power reaching Gambian households. The latest figure, for 2025, is $0.62bn, up from $0.53bn a year earlier, a rise of 16.6%. That is the highest level since 2016, when the series stood at its lowest point of $0.15bn. Remittances have therefore roughly quadrupled over the window.
Why it matters. For many Gambian households, money from relatives abroad pays for food, rent, school fees and medical bills. At $0.62bn, the inflow is a major source of foreign currency for the country and helps the state and importers pay for goods bought abroad. Households and the economy depend on conditions in the countries where Gambian migrants work, so a downturn there would be felt at home.
| Period | Remittance inflows · The Gambia |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $0.15bn |
| 2017 | $0.16bn |
| 2018 | $0.21bn |
| 2019 | $0.28bn |
| 2020 | $0.42bn |
| 2021 | $0.55bn |
| 2022 | $0.5bn |
| 2023 | $0.51bn |
| 2024 | $0.53bn |
| 2025 | $0.62bn |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Remittance inflows, The Gambia, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/remittance-inflows/gambia
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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.