# Remittance & FX apps

Pakistan receives more than $3bn in workers' remittances a month. If you're building a transfer app, a corridor analysis or an FX-risk tool, these are the series you need.

## Corridors & volumes

| Need | Series |
|---|---|
| Total remittances (monthly, US$ mn) | `remittances.total` |
| Long history (1972 ->) | `remittances.total_inflow_workers_remittances` |
| By sending country | `remittances.workers_remittances_received_<country>`, e.g. Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, U.K., U.S.A, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Italy |
| Overseas investment inflows | `roshan_digital.total_funds_received_abroad_into_rdas_since` |

Discover every corridor:

```bash
curl "https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/catalog?module=external&q=workers_remittances_received&limit=100"
```

## Exchange rates

| Need | Series |
|---|---|
| PKR per USD (monthly average, 1947 ->) | `fx.rate.avg.usd` |
| Gulf and major corridors | `fx.rate.avg.sar`, `fx.rate.avg.aed`, `fx.rate.avg.gbp`, `fx.rate.avg.eur` |
| Month-end rates | `fx.rate.monthend.usd` and the other `fx.rate.monthend.*` series |
| Competitiveness | `fx.effective.reer`, `fx.effective.neer` |
| FX buffer | `reserves.total_sbp_reserves`, `reserves.total_banks_reserves` |

## Example: corridor growth dashboard

```python
import httpx
H = {"X-API-Key": "pk_live_xxx"}
for sid in ["remittances.total", "fx.rate.avg.sar", "fx.rate.avg.aed"]:
    d = httpx.get(f"https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/series/{sid}",
                  params={"transform": "yoy", "limit": 12}, headers=H).json()
    print(sid, [(p["date"], round(p["value"], 1)) for p in d["data"]])
```

**Note:** these are official **monthly** rates from the SBP, used for pricing analytics, contract indexation and reporting. For a daily rate, use the SBP's interbank USD/PKR (`fx.rate.interbank.usd`, bid/offer) and M2M revaluation rate (`fx.rate.m2m.usd`), daily since October 2026. Neither is an intraday dealing quote.

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Source: https://pakdatahub.com/docs/use-case-remittance-fx - PakDataHub docs index: https://pakdatahub.com/docs/llms.txt