Remittance corridor · World Bank RPW · 2025Q3
Austria → Turkey
Provider panel is high-tercile (11 RPW providers) on Austria → Turkey - denser competition than the bulk of the corridor book.
- 3.9%
- Average cost
- 0.5%
- Cheapest · TransferGo
- 11
- Providers tracked
How the 3.9% average cost breaks down
World Bank RPW splits total remittance cost into the provider's transaction fee and the exchange-rate margin applied to the transfer. Same 2025Q3 figures as the detail table below.
Provider-panel tercile vs fleet
RPW lists 11 providers on this corridor - above the fleet panel tercile (~9). Average cost is 3.9%.
- #95 of 348
- cheapest-cost corpus rank
- 3.9%
- average cost of a $200 transfer
- -3.3pp
- vs the 7.3% average of 348 corridors
- +0.9pp
- gap to the UN 3% target
Compared against the 348 corridors in the 2025Q3 release, not a generic headline figure.
Based on average cost, delivery speed, FX margin, provider competition, and cost trend from World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide data, benchmarked against all 348 tracked corridors - not a quote or a prediction of what you will pay.
What changed
World Bank RPW release record: 2025Q1 to 2025Q3
- Average transfer cost changed from 5.29% to 3.94% (-1.35 percentage points).
- Lowest observed transfer cost changed from 1.29% to 0.54% (-0.75 percentage points).
- Providers recorded by the source changed from 10 to 11 (+1 provider).
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Where this corridor sits by provider panel size
Austria → Turkey has 11 World Bank RPW providers among 377 tracked corridors (inventory signal, not a cost-quality ranking). Orthogonal to the cost comparison below.
Austria → Turkey vs all corridors by provider count
Where this corridor's RPW provider panel sits among every tracked route
11 74th of 377 higher than 303 of 377 corridors
Corridors, banded by RPW provider inventory
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Source World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2026-08-10
How Austria → Turkey compares
Average cost of a $200 transfer, percent, lower is cheaper
3.94% average - 0.9pp above target
Cost trend: Austria → Turkey
Average and cheapest cost of a $200 transfer over time, percent
Sending Country
Nearby Corridors from Austria
Austria sends through 5 corridors we track. Comparing them against the Austria → Turkey route shows whether this destination is cheap or expensive relative to that country's other outbound options.
| # | Destination | Avg cost | Cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | 2.8% | 0.0% |
| 2 | Kosovo | 4.4% | 0.0% |
| 3 | Hungary | 4.4% | 0.8% |
| 4 | Serbia | 5.3% | 3.6% |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.6% | 2.7% |
World Bank RPW fee spread
Release 2025Q3 AT→TR
3.9% avg · 0.5% floor · 3.40pp spread on $200
- AVG 3.9%
- CHEAP 0.5%
- SPREAD 3.40pp
- SDG +0.9pp
- RANK #95 of 348
- REL 2025Q3
- PANEL 11
Cross-sender cost peers
Fee spread manifest for Austria → Turkey: entity-varying RPW stamps plus cross-sender ABS(avg_cost) peers from the current release. Compare corridors side-by-side →
Dense provider panel on Austria → Turkey
RPW records 11 providers on Austria → Turkey - above the fleet panel tercile (~9). Average cost is 3.94% on $200 sends.
That cheapest figure comes from the World Bank's mystery-shopping survey: trained researchers pose as customers and obtain real quotes for a standardized $200 transfer, across the 11 banks, money transfer operators, post offices and mobile-money providers RPW tracks on this corridor. It is a snapshot from that survey quarter, not a live guarantee -- confirm the current rate directly with the provider before sending.
Costs here have eased 1.35 percentage points over the tracked period, a real if modest gain for senders as competition increased. Across 51 quarters on record, average cost ranged 3.9%–9.6%, with 0 quarters at or under the UN 3% target. It sits 0.9 pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.
About Austria → Turkey data
PlainRemit compares international money-transfer costs across tracked corridors so you can see which routes and providers charge the least before you send money abroad. This corridor's figures are computed directly from the World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) quarterly survey, a mystery-shopping panel of actual transfer quotes for a standardized $200 transfer.
Average 3.94%; cheapest observed 0.54% via TransferGo; 11 providers tracked across 51 RPW quarters; vintage 2026-08-10.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to send money from Austria to Turkey?
Average 3.94% of the transfer amount (World Bank RPW, 2025Q3) - lower fleet tercile (below ~4.3%). Cheapest observed: 0.54% via TransferGo.
What is the cheapest way to send money from Austria to Turkey?
Lowest RPW survey quote: 0.54% (TransferGo). Panel is high-tercile with 11 providers tracked.
Is the Austria to Turkey corridor meeting the UN SDG cost target?
Not yet: 3.9% is 0.9pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.
Where does Austria → Turkey sit among tracked remittance corridors?
According to World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide average cost among 348 tracked corridors on PlainRemit, Austria → Turkey ranks #95 of 348 (cheapest = #1). Ordinal uses latest_avg_cost ASC matching /rankings/cheapest. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.