Malawi - Transaction costs

Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%)

Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%) in Malawi was 16.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 25.69 in 2013, while its lowest value was 9.14 in 2015.

Definition: Average transaction cost of sending remittance to 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 to a specific country.

Source: World Bank, Remittance Prices Worldwide, available at http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org

See also:

Year Value
2011 16.19
2012 21.58
2013 25.69
2014 21.96
2015 9.14
2016 17.32
2017 16.95
2018 15.82
2019 14.47
2020 16.26

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access