China began to publish quarterly data on remittances for the first time in 2010. The latest data show a surge in remittances to the country for the first three quarters of 2011. Other countries in the region that are among the global top ten recipients of remittances as a share of GDP are Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and Samoa at 29%, 22% and 21%, respectively. Notably, all of the most remittance-dependent countries in the region are either landlocked developing countries or small island developing States.