Mexico was the destination for over a third of remittances sent to Latin America and the Caribbean Remittances received by country, in current U.S. dollars $80 billion
Among Latin American and Caribbean countries, Mexico has long received the highest amount of remittances. In 2016, $28.6 billion in remittances flowed to Mexico (up 9.3% from the previous year) – a total that accounted for over a third of remittances to all of Latin America and the Caribbean. After Mexico, Guatemala ($7.5 billion), the Dominican Republic ($5.5 billion) and Colombia ($4.9 billion) received the highest amounts of remittances in the Latin America and Caribbean region in 2016.
Mexico was the destination for over a third of  | remittances sent to Latin America and the Caribbean  | Remittances received by country, in current U.S. dollars  | $80 billion  | 70  | 60  | 50  | 40  | Other Latin American and  | Caribbean countries  | 30  | 20  | Mexico  | 10  | 2000  | 2004  | 2008  | 2012  | 2016  | Note See classification documentfor details on regional groupingofcountries.  | Source: Pew Research Centeranalysis ofWorld Bankdata groupingofcountries. accessed December 6, 2017  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 