Money Transfer by Country.
A spread of international banknotes from many countries, representing cross-border money transfers

What it really costs to send money abroad.

Surveyed transfer costs for 42 US-outbound corridors — fee plus exchange-rate margin, by provider, from the World Bank's Remittance Prices Worldwide 2024 Q3 survey. Dated survey data, not live quotes, and never a sales pitch.

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Sending money home or abroad shouldn’t mean guessing what it costs. This site catalogues the surveyed total cost — fee plus exchange-rate margin — to send money from the US to 42 countries, straight from the World Bank’s Remittance Prices Worldwide 2024 Q3 survey.

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Afghanistanmedian 9.87% on $200Armeniamedian 6.79% on $200Bangladeshmedian 7.93% on $200Brazilmedian 6.55% on $200Cabo Verdemedian 10.33% on $200Chinamedian 6.80% on $200Colombiamedian 5.34% on $200Costa Ricamedian 6.42% on $200Cubamedian 12.75% on $200Dominican Republicmedian 5.13% on $200Ecuadormedian 4.50% on $200Egyptmedian 5.77% on $200El Salvadormedian 4.00% on $200Eritreamedian 6.41% on $200Ethiopiamedian 6.36% on $200Ghanamedian 5.70% on $200Guatemalamedian 4.58% on $200Guyanamedian 9.81% on $200Haitimedian 5.50% on $200Hondurasmedian 3.58% on $200Indiamedian 3.87% on $200Indonesiamedian 5.93% on $200Jamaicamedian 6.31% on $200Jordanmedian 6.77% on $200Kenyamedian 5.41% on $200Lebanonmedian 10.00% on $200Liberiamedian 6.00% on $200Mexicomedian 4.48% on $200Nepalmedian 5.18% on $200Nicaraguamedian 5.00% on $200Nigeriamedian 3.29% on $200Pakistanmedian 4.40% on $200Panamamedian 5.00% on $200Perumedian 4.00% on $200Philippinesmedian 5.02% on $200Somaliamedian 6.00% on $200South Africamedian 7.77% on $200South Sudanmedian 6.00% on $200Thailandmedian 6.87% on $200Ukrainemedian 3.79% on $200Vietnammedian 5.87% on $200Yemenmedian 6.00% on $200
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Surveyed prices, never a sales pitch

We publish the World Bank's surveyed costs as-is — medians, ranges, and the cheapest surveyed provider per corridor. We don't reorder by who pays us, and we never call a dated survey result the ‘best’ choice.

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Understand the costs

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Source: The World Bank, Remittance Prices Worldwide, available at http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org (CC BY 4.0). Figures are from the 2024 Q3 survey — surveyed prices, not live quotes.

Cheapest-corridor cheat sheet

The surveyed cost to send $200 from the US to 42 countries, on one page. Updated each World Bank survey.

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