Economy · Remittance inflows · Niger
Niger’s remittance inflows rose to $0.65bn in 2024.
$0.65bn
2024
Up $0.03bn from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
$0.65bn
What it is. Remittance inflows add up the money and goods that migrants and other workers abroad send to households back home, measured in current US dollars. Most of the figure comes from official balance of payments records, so it counts transfers through banks and money transfer operators and tends to miss cash carried across borders or passed through informal networks. In a country with long migration routes and large informal trade, actual flows are likely to be larger than the recorded total.
Higher is better. Higher is better here because more remittances mean more money reaching households directly, which supports spending and foreign currency supply without adding to public debt. The latest figure, for 2024, is $0.65bn, up from $0.62bn a year earlier, a rise of 4.3%. Since 2015 the series has ranged from a low of $0.17bn in 2015 to a high of $0.73bn in 2022. The 2024 level therefore sits close to the top of that range, though still below the 2022 peak.
Why it matters. For Nigerien households, remittances are a source of income for food, health costs and school fees, particularly where wages and farm earnings are uncertain. At $0.65bn, the inflow is several times the level of 2015, so many families depend on it more than they did a decade ago. For the state and for firms, it brings in foreign currency that helps pay for imports.
| Period | Remittance inflows · Niger |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $0.17bn |
| 2016 | $0.18bn |
| 2017 | $0.26bn |
| 2018 | $0.3bn |
| 2019 | $0.31bn |
| 2020 | $0.52bn |
| 2021 | $0.35bn |
| 2022 | $0.73bn |
| 2023 | $0.62bn |
| 2024 | $0.65bn |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Remittance inflows, Niger, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/remittance-inflows/niger
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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.