{
  "pillarKey": "remittanceFlows",
  "title": "Remittances",
  "version": "d94126c9a2a7",
  "contentHash": "d94126c9a2a77ea96f99bc87f932207912950e4cd59c7515d1bc049b0ae3bde8",
  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-18",
  "status": "partially-verified",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-16",
  "publisher": "American Bangladesh Foundation",
  "note": "Immutable snapshot. contentHash is SHA-256 over the key-sorted JSON of `content`. Cite the original publisher for any figure you reuse.",
  "content": {
    "key": "remittanceFlows",
    "rows": [
      {
        "year": "2016",
        "remittances": 13.6,
        "fdi": 2.33,
        "ratio": 5.8
      },
      {
        "year": "2017",
        "remittances": 13.5,
        "fdi": 1.65,
        "ratio": 8.2
      },
      {
        "year": "2018",
        "remittances": 15.5,
        "fdi": 3.61,
        "ratio": 4.3
      },
      {
        "year": "2019",
        "remittances": 18.3,
        "fdi": 2.87,
        "ratio": 6.4
      },
      {
        "year": "2020",
        "remittances": 21.7,
        "fdi": 2.56,
        "ratio": 8.5
      },
      {
        "year": "2021",
        "remittances": 22.1,
        "fdi": 2.9,
        "ratio": 7.6
      },
      {
        "year": "2022",
        "remittances": 21.5,
        "fdi": 1.83,
        "ratio": 11.7
      },
      {
        "year": "2023",
        "remittances": 21.6,
        "fdi": 1.59,
        "ratio": 13.6
      },
      {
        "year": "2024",
        "remittances": 26.9,
        "fdi": 1.27,
        "ratio": 21.2
      }
    ],
    "highlights": [
      {
        "label": "Remittances (FY26)",
        "value": "$35.56B",
        "delta": "+17.3% YoY (provisional)"
      },
      {
        "label": "FDI (2024)",
        "value": "$1.27B",
        "delta": "-13% YoY"
      },
      {
        "label": "Remit:FDI Ratio",
        "value": "21:1",
        "delta": "Dominant link"
      }
    ],
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim": "Monthly remittance inflows FY2015–FY2026",
        "sourceRef": "Bangladesh Bank monthly economic data"
      },
      {
        "claim": "Corridor breakdown (Gulf, US, UK, Malaysia)",
        "sourceRef": "Bangladesh Bank wage earners' remittance report"
      }
    ],
    "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.bb.org.bd/econdata/remittance.php",
    "additionalSources": [
      {
        "name": "World Bank Migration Data",
        "url": "https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/migrationremittancesdiasporaissues"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
      "registryStatus": "Partially Verified",
      "sourceVerified": false,
      "unverifiedFields": [
        "usCorridorData.usRemittance"
      ],
      "knownGaps": [
        "Informal hundi channel flows not captured in official data",
        "The FY2026 total is Bangladesh Bank's provisional year-end figure and may be revised",
        "The US-corridor volume ($4.35B, CY2024) is credited to IOM's remittance snapshot; the linked World Bank RPW page publishes prices, not volumes, and the figure is not yet confirmed against Bangladesh Bank's country-wise inflow table"
      ]
    }
  }
}