Personal remittance outflow from Middle East and Central Asia as a whole 1970-2021

The value of personal remittances sent from the Middle East and Central Asia grew by more than 10 percent between 2020 and 2021, the first increase in years. This is according to estimates made by the World Bank on data from the IMF that tracked the balance of payments between countries. All figures provided here have been summed from this individual country's data. The source adds that "personal remittances" consist of both personal transfers between resident and nonresident individuals, as well as the compensation of employees. By definition, then, the numbers shown here focus on migrant workers, although it should be noted that remittances consist of more than that. Consumers with a second home abroad but who receive pensions from their country of origin can sometimes also be counted as remittances.