Money sent home by Indians working abroad, in billions of US dollars, by financial year.
| Period | Value | Status | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 150.7 | ||
| 2024-25 | 137.7 | ||
| 2023-24 | 119.5 | ||
| 2022-23 | 111.2 | ||
| 2021-22 | 89.4 | ||
| 2020-21 | 83.2 | ||
| 2019-20 | 83.3 | ||
| 2018-19 | 78.8 | ||
| 2017-18 | 69.0 | ||
| 2016-17 | 62.7 | ||
| 2015-16 | 68.9 | ||
| 2014-15 | 70.4 | ||
| 2013-14 | 70.0 | ||
| 2012-13 | 68.8 | ||
| 2011-12 | 62.5 | ||
| 2010-11 | 53.5 | ||
| 2009-10 | 49.2 | ||
| 2008-09 | 50.0 | ||
| 2007-08 | 37.2 | ||
| 2006-07 | 28.3 | ||
| 2005-06 | 22.1 | ||
| 2004-05 | 18.8 | ||
| 2003-04 | 21.0 | ||
| 2002-03 | 15.7 | ||
| 2001-02 | 14.3 | ||
| 2000-01 | 12.9 | ||
| 1999-00 | 11.1 | ||
| 1998-99 | 9.5 | ||
| 1997-98 | 10.3 | ||
| 1996-97 | 8.8 | ||
| 1995-96 | 6.2 | ||
| 1994-95 | 5.9 | ||
| 1993-94 | 3.5 | ||
| 1992-93 | 2.9 | ||
| 1991-92 | 3.3 | ||
| 1990-91 | 2.4 | ||
| 1989-90 | 2.6 | ||
| 1988-89 | 2.3 | ||
| 1987-88 | 2.7 | ||
| 1986-87 | 2.2 | ||
| 1985-86 | 2.5 | ||
| 1984-85 | 2.3 | ||
| 1983-84 | 2.7 | ||
| 1982-83 | 2.6 | ||
| 1981-82 | 2.3 | ||
| 1980-81 | 2.8 | ||
| 1979-80 | 1.4 | ||
| 1978-79 | 1.2 | ||
| 1977-78 | 0.9 | ||
| 1976-77 | 0.6 | ||
| 1975-76 | 0.4 |
India is the world's largest recipient. Remittances cushion the current account and support household incomes.
Annual, by financial year (the World Bank labels it by the year it starts). RBI's quarterly balance-of-payments figure is not shown until RBI permits reuse.