Remittance corridor · World Bank RPW · 2025Q3

Malaysia → Myanmar

Average cost sits in the lower fleet tercile at 0.3% on this Malaysia → Myanmar route - cheaper than most RPW peers.

0.3%
Average cost
0.1%
Cheapest · E-remit
4
Providers tracked

Corridor-cost tercile vs fleet

Malaysia → Myanmar posts 0.3% average cost, below the fleet lower tercile (~4.3%), ranking #1 of 348. Cheapest tracked floor: 0.1% via E-remit.

#1 of 348
cheapest-cost corpus rank
0.3%
average cost of a $200 transfer
-7.0pp
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.

B+
Corridor Value Score
79/100
Malaysia to Myanmar

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.

Cost A+
0.29%
Average total cost, sending $200-equivalent
Speed A-
Same day
Average delivery time, latest quarter
FX transparency A+
-1.16%
Exchange-rate margin above the mid-market rate
Competition F
4 providers
Number of providers actively quoting this corridor
Cost trend B
-0.81pp
Change in average cost vs. the prior quarter

What changed

World Bank RPW release record: 2025Q1 to 2025Q3

  • Average transfer cost changed from 1.09% to 0.29% (-0.81 percentage points).
  • Lowest observed transfer cost changed from 0.79% to 0.05% (-0.74 percentage points).
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Where this corridor sits by provider panel size

Malaysia → Myanmar has 4 World Bank RPW providers among 377 tracked corridors (inventory signal, not a cost-quality ranking). Orthogonal to the cost comparison below.

Malaysia → Myanmar vs all corridors by provider count

Where this corridor's RPW provider panel sits among every tracked route

4 337th of 377 higher than 40 of 377 corridors

Corridors, banded by RPW provider inventory

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Source World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2026-08-10

How Malaysia → Myanmar compares

Average cost of a $200 transfer, percent, lower is cheaper

Malaysia → Myanmar0.29%Cheapest provider0.05%348-corridor average (2025Q3)7.25%World Bank global average6.4%UN SDG 10.c target3%

Source: World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW); UN SDG 10.c As of 2025Q3

SDG 10.c progress (target: 3%) 100.0%
Cheapest

0.29% average - target met

Cost trend: Malaysia → Myanmar

Average and cheapest cost of a $200 transfer over time, percent

0%10%20%30% 2015Q42017Q12018Q22019Q32020Q42022Q12023Q22024Q32025Q3 0.29%0.05% CheapestAverage

Source: World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) As of 2025Q3

Sending Country

Malaysia
East Asia & Pacific
3.98%
Avg outbound cost
0
All corridors from Malaysia →

Receiving Country

Myanmar
East Asia & Pacific
6.13%
Avg inbound cost
0
All corridors to Myanmar →

Nearby Corridors from Malaysia

Malaysia sends through 8 corridors we track. Comparing them against the Malaysia → Myanmar route shows whether this destination is cheap or expensive relative to that country's other outbound options.

#DestinationAvg costCheapest
1Nepal2.8%1.9%
2India3.3%1.2%
3Vietnam3.8%2.1%
4Philippines3.9%1.3%
5Thailand4.7%2.2%

World Bank RPW fee spread

Release 2025Q3 MY→MM

0.3% avg · 0.1% floor · 0.24pp spread on $200

  • AVG 0.3%
  • CHEAP 0.1%
  • SPREAD 0.24pp
  • SDG MET
  • RANK #1 of 348
  • REL 2025Q3
  • PANEL 4
Belgium→Algeria1.29%Bahrain→Pakistan1.39%United Kingdom→India1.91%Malaysia→Myanmar (this)0.29%
Cross-sender corridors nearest Malaysia → Myanmar by average RPW cost (2025Q3)

Fee spread manifest for Malaysia → Myanmar: entity-varying RPW stamps plus cross-sender ABS(avg_cost) peers from the current release. Compare corridors side-by-side →

Low transfer cost on Malaysia → Myanmar

World Bank RPW prices Malaysia → Myanmar at 0.29% (2025Q3) - below the fleet lower tercile (~4.3%). That places this route among cheaper corridors on the panel, 6.1 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 4 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 0.81 percentage points over the tracked period, a real if modest gain for senders as competition increased. Across 39 quarters on record, average cost ranged 0.3%–28.3%, with 15 quarters at or under the UN 3% target. It currently meets the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.

About Malaysia → Myanmar 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 0.29%; cheapest observed 0.05% via E-remit; 4 providers tracked across 39 RPW quarters; vintage 2026-08-10.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to send money from Malaysia to Myanmar?

Average 0.29% of the transfer amount (World Bank RPW, 2025Q3) - lower fleet tercile (below ~4.3%). Cheapest observed: 0.05% via E-remit.

What is the cheapest way to send money from Malaysia to Myanmar?

Lowest RPW survey quote: 0.05% (E-remit). Panel is low-tercile with only 4 providers tracked.

Is the Malaysia to Myanmar corridor meeting the UN SDG cost target?

Yes: 0.3% is at or under the UN SDG 10.c 3% target and sits in the lower fleet cost tercile.

Where does Malaysia → Myanmar sit among tracked remittance corridors?

According to World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide average cost among 348 tracked corridors on PlainRemit, Malaysia → Myanmar ranks #1 of 348 (cheapest = #1). Ordinal uses latest_avg_cost ASC matching /rankings/cheapest. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Source: World Bank, Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) Database (2011-2025). See our methodology for details.

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