Remittance corridor · World Bank RPW · 2025Q3
Jordan → Egypt
Average cost sits in the lower fleet tercile at 2.3% on this Jordan → Egypt route - cheaper than most RPW peers.
- 2.3%
- Average cost
- 1.3%
- Cheapest · Musharbash Exchange
- 13
- Providers tracked
How the 2.3% 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.
Corridor-cost tercile vs fleet
Jordan → Egypt posts 2.3% average cost, below the fleet lower tercile (~4.3%), ranking #9 of 348. Cheapest tracked floor: 1.3% via Musharbash Exchange.
- #9 of 348
- cheapest-cost corpus rank
- 2.3%
- average cost of a $200 transfer
- -5.0pp
- vs the 7.3% average of 348 corridors
- Met
- 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
- Lowest observed transfer cost changed from 1.46% to 1.29% (-0.17 percentage points).
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Where this corridor sits by provider panel size
Jordan → Egypt has 13 World Bank RPW providers among 377 tracked corridors (inventory signal, not a cost-quality ranking). Orthogonal to the cost comparison below.
Jordan → Egypt vs all corridors by provider count
Where this corridor's RPW provider panel sits among every tracked route
13 28th of 377 higher than 349 of 377 corridors
Corridors, banded by RPW provider inventory
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Source World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2026-08-10
How Jordan → Egypt compares
Average cost of a $200 transfer, percent, lower is cheaper
2.30% average - target met
Cost trend: Jordan → Egypt
Average and cheapest cost of a $200 transfer over time, percent
Sending Country
Receiving Country
Nearby Corridors from Jordan
Jordan's outbound coverage in our data is limited to a handful of corridors; here is how the others compare.
| # | Destination | Avg cost | Cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Bank and Gaza | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| 2 | Syria | 7.4% | 4.1% |
World Bank RPW fee spread
Release 2025Q3 JO→EG
2.3% avg · 1.3% floor · 1.01pp spread on $200
- AVG 2.3%
- CHEAP 1.3%
- SPREAD 1.01pp
- SDG MET
- RANK #9 of 348
- REL 2025Q3
- PANEL 13
Cross-sender cost peers
Fee spread manifest for Jordan → Egypt: entity-varying RPW stamps plus cross-sender ABS(avg_cost) peers from the current release. Compare corridors side-by-side →
Low transfer cost on Jordan → Egypt
World Bank RPW prices Jordan → Egypt at 2.30% (2025Q3) - below the fleet lower tercile (~4.3%). That places this route among cheaper corridors on the panel, 4.1 pp under the ~6.4% global average.
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 13 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 on this route have stayed essentially flat, moving 0.01 percentage points over the tracked period, unusual stability against the broader downward trend seen on most corridors. Across 37 quarters on record, average cost ranged 2.3%–3.5%, with 27 quarters at or under the UN 3% target. It currently meets the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.
About Jordan → Egypt 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 2.30%; cheapest observed 1.29% via Musharbash Exchange; 13 providers tracked across 37 RPW quarters; vintage 2026-08-10.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to send money from Jordan to Egypt?
Average 2.30% of the transfer amount (World Bank RPW, 2025Q3) - lower fleet tercile (below ~4.3%). Cheapest observed: 1.29% via Musharbash Exchange.
What is the cheapest way to send money from Jordan to Egypt?
Lowest RPW survey quote: 1.29% (Musharbash Exchange). Panel is high-tercile with 13 providers tracked.
Is the Jordan to Egypt corridor meeting the UN SDG cost target?
Yes: 2.3% is at or under the UN SDG 10.c 3% target and sits in the lower fleet cost tercile.
Where does Jordan → Egypt sit among tracked remittance corridors?
According to World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide average cost among 348 tracked corridors on PlainRemit, Jordan → Egypt ranks #9 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.