Workers' remittances are Pakistan's largest source of foreign exchange. PakDataHub serves the SBP's monthly totals (with history back to 1972) and the breakdown by sending country.
The trend
Adding up the monthly remittances.total series by fiscal year (July-June):
| Fiscal year | Remittances |
|---|---|
| FY24 | US$30.3 bn |
| FY25 | US$38.3 bn |
| FY26 | US$41.6 bn |
The single biggest month on record is May 2026, at US$4.25 bn. August 2026 came in at US$3.66 bn.
Where it comes from
June 2026, by sending country (US$ million):
| Country | US$ mn |
|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 830 |
| U.A.E. | 792 (of which Dubai 615, Abu Dhabi 146) |
| U.K. | 515 |
| Ten European countries | 415 |
| Other GCC countries | 321 |
| U.S.A. | 297 |
Get the data
# Monthly total, US$ mn
curl -H "X-API-Key: pk_live_xxx" \
"https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/series/remittances.total?from=2023-07-01&sort=asc"
# Every sending-country series
curl "https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/catalog?module=external&q=workers_remittances_received&limit=100"
Year-on-year growth, computed for you:
curl -H "X-API-Key: pk_live_xxx" \
"https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/series/remittances.total?transform=yoy&limit=12"
For the long view, remittances.total_inflow_workers_remittances goes back to July 1972. Related series: the rupee against the Saudi riyal (fx.rate.avg.sar) and the dirham (fx.rate.avg.aed), and SBP reserves (reserves.total_sbp_reserves). See the remittance & FX apps use case.