🇺🇸 The U.S. Sent $82B Abroad in Personal Remittances in 2022

What We’re Showing

A chart with the top countries by personal remittances sent, in current U.S. dollars, based on 2022 data from Knomad.

Key Takeaways

• The U.S. has consistently been home to the world’s largest immigrant population (45 million people in 2022), a key reason for it topping the ranks through the last two decades
• Similarly, immigrants make up nearly 80% of the population in the UAE, the highest proportion of any country in the world
• Some of the European nations in this ranking, such as Switzerland, have a high level of non-resident employees (cross-border commuters and workers with short-term work permits), which bumps up these numbers