Samoa - Transaction costs

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

Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%) in Samoa was 8.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 11.66 in 2012, while its lowest value was 8.40 in 2020.

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 10.69
2012 11.66
2013 11.16
2014 10.51
2015 8.48
2016 10.56
2017 10.48
2018 9.03
2019 9.19
2020 8.40

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access