Dataset
Average transaction cost of sending remittances from a specific country (%)
worldbank.wdi.SI.RMT.COST.OB.ZS
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About
Average transaction cost of sending remittance from a specific country is the average of the total transaction cost in percentage of the amount sent for sending USD 200 charged by each single remittance service provider (RSP) included in the Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) database from a specific country.
Cite as: World Bank, World Development Indicators, Average transaction cost of sending remittances from a specific country (%) (SI.RMT.COST.OB.ZS). Original source: Remittance Prices Worldwide, World Bank (WB), uri: http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1960–now
- Places
- Economies, regions and income groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- not stated
- Units
- %
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.RMT.COST.OB.ZS
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country_code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, or the World Bank's code for an aggregate |
| country_name | text | |
| aggregate | boolean | true for a region or income group, false for an economy |
| year | integer | |
| value | number | Average transaction cost of sending remittances from a specific country (%) |
| obs_status | text | the World Bank's status flag; empty for most observations |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| country | |
| year |