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Remittance Inflows to Countries of Origin
MIGRANT REMITTANCE
INFLOWS
(US$ MILLION)
2020
2021E
MIGRANT
STOCK
(2020)
BANGLADESH
INDIA
INDONESIA
NEPAL
PHILIPPINES
SRI LANKA
21,750
83,149
9,651
8,108
34,913
7,140
23,000
87,000
9,168
8,500
36,240
6,700
7,401,763
17,869,492
4,601,369
2,599,701
6,094,307
1,960,025
AVERAGE YEARLY
REMITTANCE PER
PERSON (US$MN)
(Source: KNOMAD (2021). Retrieved from https://www.knomad.org/data/remittances;
Migrant Stock by origin (2020) from UN-DESA)
3,107
4,868
1,992
3,296
5,946
3,418
International
Cost of Living at Countries of Destination
COUNTRY
BAHRAIN
KUWAIT
KSA (RIYADH)
QATAR
UAE (DUBAI)
OMAN
MALAYSIA (KUALA LUMPUR)
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
ESTIMATED COST OF LIVING PER MONTH PER
PERSON
(US$)
598.85
497
579.79
625.85
742
533.18
358
663.94
(Source: Numbeo. : Cost of Living Estimator. Estimated and adjusted for one person, excluding rent,
including utilities)
Disclaimer: The figures, statistics within the report are based upon the limited documentation of cases
submitted to the JFWT platform or separately to MFA. It does not intend to implicate any country,
government, industry, employer, etc.