Foreign workers' remittances

The data on foreign workers' remittances report the transfers of money sent abroad by foreign workers by means of payment institutions or other authorized intermediaries without using bank accounts (settlement in cash).

Published data are updated quarterly; since 2016 data are available on a quarterly basis with the breakdown by receiving foreign country; on an annual basis they are available with the additional detail of the Italian province where the sender is located.

Remittances sent abroad in the second quarter of 2026

In the second quarter of 2026, remittances sent abroad by foreign residents in Italy decreased by 3.1 per cent compared with the same period of the previous year (Table 1). The decline reflected lower flows to Asia (€ -43.5 million; -4.5 per cent), sub-Saharan Africa (€ -15.5 million; -6.1 per cent), and Central and South America (€ -12.8 million; -4.9 per cent). By contrast, remittances to North Africa and the Near East increased (€ +6.5 million; +2.7 per cent), while those to Europe remained broadly stable.

Over the four quarters ending in June 2026, Bangladesh, Morocco and India were the top three recipient countries of remittances from Italy, accounting for 19.4, 7.0 and 6.8 per cent of total outflows, respectively (Table 2).

Table 1: Workers' remittances sent abroad from Italy

(millions of euros, percentage changes, percentage shares)

Tavola 1

Table 2: Shares of the ten largest recipients of workers' remittances from Italy

(four quarters moving average; percentage shares)

Tavola 2

Note: countries are listed in descending order of share in the most recent period.

Publish date::09 October 2026
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