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Indicator 10.c.1: Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted

Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted

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Actual indicator available
Actual indicator available - description
Date of national source publication
Method of computation Fees paid, including indirect costs for inflated exchange rates, divided by the amount remitted.
Periodicity
Scheduled update by national source
U.S. method of computation
Comments and limitations
Date metadata updated
Disaggregation geography
Unit of measurement
Disaggregation categories
International and national references
Time period
Scheduled update by SDG team

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted
Target name By 2030, reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per cent.
Global indicator description
UN designated tier 2
UN custodial agency World Bank
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Agency Staff Name
Agency Survey Dataset
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Link to data source

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