GCC Remittances Soar to Record $161 Billion in 2025, up 13.6%

GCC remittances soar to record $161 billion in 2025, up 13.6%

Remittances of expatriates from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries surged to a record $161 billion in 2025, registering a sharp 13.6 percent increase over the previous year 2024 and giving the GCC the world's highest collective value of outward remittances, according to the report titled 'Remittances from GCC countries abroad, 2025,' published by the GCC Statistical Center.

GCC tops global remittance outflows at $161bn

RIYADH: Gulf Cooperation Council countries recorded the highest value of outward workers’ remittances globally in 2025, with transfers reaching about $161 billion, official data showed. The figure rose 13.6 percent from 2024, marking a second consecutive year of growth after remittance outflows declined in 2023, according to GCC-Stat data cited by the UAE’s state news agency, WAM. The GCC’s remittance flows have increased alongside the region’s …

GCC Remittances Reach $161 Billion in 2025, Highest Outflow Globally - Khaleej Mag

Gulf Cooperation Council countries recorded the highest value of outward workers’ remittances in the world in 2025, with transfers reaching about $161 billion, according to official data. The figure increased 13.6% from 2024, marking the second consecutive year of growth after remittance outflows declined in 2023, data from the GCC Statistical Centre showed. The rise […]

GCC records world's highest outward workers' remittances at about $161 billion

Muscat: Data from the report Outward Workers Remittances from the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, 2025, issued by the Statistical Center for th...