Cost of sending from the UK to Africa money

This fact sheet from FSD Africa provides data on the cost of sending money from the UK to various African nations, alongside the size of the diaspora population in the UK and the annual amount of money sent to each country.

• Nigeria receives the highest volume of remittances from the UK among the listed countries, with £2,363 million sent annually from a diaspora population of 216,268, at a cost of 6% of the send amount.
• Tanzania has the highest cost of sending money from the UK among the countries listed, at 14% of the send amount.
• Ethiopia receives the lowest annual amount of money sent from the UK among the listed countries, totaling £7 million, with a cost of 13% of the send amount.

APA

FSD Africa (n.d.). Cost of sending from the UK to Africa money. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cost-of-sending-money-map-web-09.06.17.pdf

Chicago

FSD Africa. Cost of sending from the UK to Africa money. n.d. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cost-of-sending-money-map-web-09.06.17.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fsdafricandcost, author = {{FSD Africa}}, title = {{Cost of sending from the UK to Africa money}}, institution = {FSD Africa}, url = {https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cost-of-sending-money-map-web-09.06.17.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }