Remittances to sub-Saharan Africa region grew the most in 2017 % growth of remittance inflows, by world region Sub-Saharan Africa 10%
Money sent by immigrants to their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa reached a record $41 billion in 2017. This represents a 10% jump in remittances from the previous year, the largest annual growth for any world region, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of World Bank data.
The increase follows a decline in remittances to sub-Saharan Africa in 2016, when the region saw a 9% decrease over the previous year, by far the largest regional drop in the world.
Remittances to sub-Saharan Africa  | region grew the most in 2017  | % growth of remittance inflows, by world region  | % growth, 2015-16  | % growth, 2016-17  | Sub-Saharan  | -9%  | Africa  | 10%  | 3  | Asia  | Middle East  | North Africa  | Europe  | Americas  | WORLD  | Note: All countries with available data were included in regional  | categories, while the World Bank typically includes only countries  | with developing economies. See classification document for details  | on regional groupings of countries  | the Pew Research Center analysis of World Bank remittances  | data (December 2018 update), accessed April 1, 2019  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 