Japan
Personal remittance receipts of $4.65B in 2024, 0.11% of GDP, from 42 annual observations starting in 1977.
- Received, 2024
- $4.65B
- Share of GDP, 2024
- 0.11%
- Rank in 2024
- 42nd of 160
- Net, 2024
- -$1.43B
- Years of receipts
- 42
Received and paid, US$ billion
Source: World Bank WDI: personal remittances received (BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), paid (BM.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), current US$ Gross flows in current US dollars. A gap in a line is a year with no observation, not a zero. Methodology
Receipts as a share of GDP
The highest reading in the series is 0.12% in 2022.
Source: World Bank WDI: personal remittances received (BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), paid (BM.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), current US$ | World Bank WDI: GDP, current US$ (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD) Both series are current US dollars from the same WDI vintage; the share moves with the dollar GDP denominator as well as with the inflow. Methodology
Where the money is modelled to come from, 2021
The corridor matrix is a model, not a measurement
The 10,229 corridors in this matrix (212 sending economies, 175 receiving) are not observed payments. The World Bank builds it by allocating each country’s total recorded receipts across origins using bilateral migrant stocks and origin-destination incomes. A corridor value is therefore an estimate produced by that allocation rule. The matrix exists for one year, 2021, and no other.
The matrix routes $5.29B into Japan for 2021, from 103 origin countries. The five largest account for 65.6% of that total. The balance-of-payments series reports $5.29B of receipts for 2021, so the modelled total is 0.1% below it.
| Origin | Modelled value | Share of modelled total |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $2.33B | 44.0% |
| Brazil | $400.6M | 7.6% |
| Australia | $309.5M | 5.8% |
| Germany | $238.4M | 4.5% |
| United Kingdom | $195.4M | 3.7% |
| Canada | $191.9M | 3.6% |
| South Korea | $145.7M | 2.8% |
| France | $137.4M | 2.6% |
| Indonesia | $127.8M | 2.4% |
| Malaysia | $122.7M | 2.3% |
Source: World Bank / KNOMAD Bilateral Remittance Matrix | World Bank WDI: personal remittances received (BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), paid (BM.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), current US$ Every row is an allocation from migrant-stock and income data, not an observed payment. Methodology
Modelled outward corridors, 2021
The same matrix sends $10.51B out of Japan across 40 corridors. These are modelled allocations too.
| Destination | Modelled value |
|---|---|
| China | $3.60B |
| Vietnam | $1.72B |
| South Korea | $1.56B |
| Philippines | $1.54B |
| Thailand | $423.3M |
Source: World Bank / KNOMAD Bilateral Remittance Matrix Methodology
This page exists because Japan has 42 annual receipt observations, at or above the 10-year minimum. Methodology | All receivers