{"id":18486,"date":"2019-04-10T13:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T08:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/?p=18486"},"modified":"2019-04-10T14:08:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T08:38:57","slug":"nepal-4th-in-south-asia-for-remittance-inflows-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/business\/nepal-4th-in-south-asia-for-remittance-inflows-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal 4th in South Asia for Remittance Inflows in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nepal is back in top news headlines again because of its migrant population!<\/p>\n
The Himalayan nation featured in the World Bank\u2019s top 20 remittance recipients in 2018, for inflows.<\/p>\n
According to the World Bank data, Nepal received remittance inflows worth USD 8,064 million in 2018, standing at the top 19th<\/sup> recipient among world nations.<\/p>\n
The country registered a 16 percent year-on-year rise in remittance inflows in 2018 compared to USD 6,928 million in 2017.<\/p>\n
Remittances in 2018 accounted for 28.0% of the country\u2019s GDP share in 2018, placing the Himalayan nation in the list of the top-5 recipient smaller economies: Tonga, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Haiti, in terms of remittance share in GDP<\/a>.<\/p>\n