Remittances between countries and inflows through the year from the World Bank: Bilateral Remittance Estimates for 2017 using Migrant Stocks, Host Country Incomes, and Origin Country Incomes (millions of US$) (April 2018 Version) .

Remittances is money sent by migrants to their home country. This visualisation shows the global movements of money due to remittances.

What do you see

Countries are displayed on a circle, the width of the country circle's arc is proportional to the total amount of remittances. Two different views are possible: Remittances sent and received, the arc will change according to this choice.

Countries are grouped by continent and within the continent in subregions, this gives the possibility to discover remittances sent and received within countries in the same area.

Select or click on a country's name to see the remittance flows related to the chosen country. When on 'remittances sent' view, the lines will indicate the remittances sent by the chosen country while on the 'remittances received' view the lines will indicate the remittances received by the chosen country. The width of the lines between countries depends on the amount of money sent or received. Hovering over the lines will show the estimated remittance value between the countries.