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Account used to receive remittances (% age 15+)

The percentage of respondents who report using their accounts at a formal financial institution to receive money from family members living elsewhere in the past 12 months (% age 15+).

📅 2021📏 %116 entries

KenyaGabonThailandNamibiaSingaporeSouth AfricaSenegalCameroonEstoniaChinaVenezuelaZambiaMongoliaBangladeshRussiaTanzaniaChileZimbabweMalawiMaliTogoUkraineKazakhstanJamaicaPhilippinesMauritiusMalaysiaIsraelPeruCosta RicaBrazilBoliviaParaguayLaosEcuadorColombiaNepalIndonesiaArgentinaMoroccoSri LankaAlgeriaEgyptIraqAustraliaCanadaFinlandFranceHong KongIcelandIranIrelandJapanNew ZealandNorwayPortugalUnited States

53.43% – 23.28%22.33% – 12.57%12.50% – 6.65%6.33% – 0.00%0.00%No data

🇬🇭Ghana

53.43%

🇰🇪Kenya

40.87%

🇬🇦Gabon

39.04%

🇹🇭Thailand

37.09%

🇳🇦Namibia

36.37%

🇸🇬Singapore

36.33%

🇺🇬Uganda

36.17%

🇿🇦South Africa

32.23%

🇸🇳Senegal

31.86%

🇨🇲Cameroon

30.87%

🇪🇪Estonia

28.56%

🇨🇳China

28.42%

🇻🇪Venezuela

28.02%

🇿🇲Zambia

25.89%

🇲🇳Mongolia

25.64%

🇱🇻Latvia

25.51%

🇨🇮Ivory Coast

25.48%

🇧🇩Bangladesh

25.13%

🇱🇷Liberia

25.10%

🇷🇺Russia

24.96%

🇨🇿Czechia

24.87%

🇹🇿Tanzania

24.42%

🇧🇯Benin

23.80%

🇳🇬Nigeria

23.28%

🇨🇬Congo

22.33%

🇨🇱Chile

20.74%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

20.40%

🇲🇼Malawi

20.09%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone

19.57%

🇸🇰Slovakia

19.47%

🇲🇱Mali

19.16%

🇹🇬Togo

19.00%

🇬🇳Guinea

17.87%

🇺🇦Ukraine

17.65%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

16.63%

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

16.21%

🇯🇲Jamaica

15.18%

🇵🇭Philippines

15.17%

🇲🇿Mozambique

15.10%

🇲🇲Myanmar

15.03%

🇲🇺Mauritius

14.95%

🇲🇾Malaysia

14.69%

🇮🇱Israel

13.82%

🇵🇪Peru

13.02%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

12.98%

🇹🇷Türkiye

12.74%

🇧🇷Brazil

12.57%

🇭🇺Hungary

12.50%

🇧🇴Bolivia

12.12%

🇵🇱Poland

11.89%

Highlights

As of 2021, Ghana ranks first with 53.43%, followed by Kenya (40.87%) and Gabon (39.04%).

Across 116 countries and territories, values run from 53.43% (Ghana) to 0.00% (United States), with a median of 10.07%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from Africa and 2 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Account used to receive remittances (% age 15+), 2021. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Account used to receive remittances (% age 15+) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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Highlights

As of 2021, Ghana ranks first with 53.43%, followed by Kenya (40.87%) and Gabon (39.04%).

Across 116 countries and territories, values run from 53.43% (Ghana) to 0.00% (United States), with a median of 10.07%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from Africa and 2 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Account used to receive remittances (% age 15+), 2021. Unit: %.