# GCC outward worker remittances reach about $161 billion in 2025

> Gulf Cooperation Council countries recorded about $161 billion in outward workers’ remittances in 2025, according to Qatar News Agency’s account of a GCC-Stat report. The figure was up 13.6% year on year, while remittances represented about 6.6% of the region’s combined GDP.

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QNA’s 4 October report attributes the figures to GCC-Stat’s “Outward Workers’ Remittances from the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, 2025.” It says transfers rose for a second consecutive year after declining in 2023, reaching about $161 billion in 2025; the annual increase was approximately $19 billion.

The report put remittances at about 6.6% of combined GCC GDP in 2025, compared with 6.0% in 2024. QNA explicitly cautions that this ratio alone does not indicate whether economic performance improved or deteriorated. It gave US outward remittances of about $107 billion as a comparison.

## Data

### GCC outward workers’ remittances

Regional financial-flow indicators attributed to GCC-Stat’s 2025 report.

Methodology: Transcribed from QNA’s 4 October 2026 report of GCC-Stat’s 2025 publication. Approximation qualifiers are retained for amounts and GDP ratios; the US comparator refers to outward remittances in the same annual period.

| label | value | unit | period | basis | value_qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCC outward workers’ remittances | 161 | billion USD | 2025 | observed | approximate |
| Share of combined GDP, 2025 | 6.6 | percent | 2025 | observed | approximate |
| Share of combined GDP, 2024 | 6 | percent | 2024 | observed | approximate |
| US outward workers’ remittances, comparison | 107 | billion USD | 2025 | observed | approximate |

Sources: <https://qna.org.qa/en/news/news-details?id=gcc-stat-gcc-countries-record-worlds-highest-outward-workers-remittances-at-about-161-billion-1&date=4/10/2026> · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/gcc-outward-worker-remittances-2025/data/gcc-remittance-indicators?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/gcc-outward-worker-remittances-2025/data/gcc-remittance-indicators?lang=en&format=csv)

## Sources

- [Qatar News Agency (QNA)](<https://qna.org.qa/en/news/news-details?id=gcc-stat-gcc-countries-record-worlds-highest-outward-workers-remittances-at-about-161-billion-1&date=4/10/2026>) (Source checked: 2026-10-04; Published: 2026-10-04)

## Correction history

- 2026-10-07T00:56:53+03:00: German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article.
- 2026-10-07T05:57:42+03:00: Data classification corrected: measure identifiers and types now follow the dataset rules. No figure, unit or date changed.

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