Remittance corridor · World Bank RPW · 2025Q3
Qatar → Sri Lanka
Average cost sits in the lower fleet tercile at 2.3% on this Qatar → Sri Lanka route - cheaper than most RPW peers.
- 2.3%
- Average cost
- 0.7%
- Cheapest · Doha Bank
- 5
- Providers tracked
Corridor-cost tercile vs fleet
Qatar → Sri Lanka posts 2.3% average cost, below the fleet lower tercile (~4.3%), ranking #10 of 348. Cheapest tracked floor: 0.7% via Doha Bank.
- #10 of 348
- cheapest-cost corpus rank
- 2.3%
- average cost of a $200 transfer
- -4.9pp
- 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
- Average transfer cost changed from 2.94% to 2.34% (-0.60 percentage points).
- Lowest observed transfer cost changed from 2.62% to 0.71% (-1.91 percentage points).
- Providers recorded by the source changed from 4 to 5 (+1 provider).
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Where this corridor sits by provider panel size
Qatar → Sri Lanka has 5 World Bank RPW providers among 377 tracked corridors (inventory signal, not a cost-quality ranking). Orthogonal to the cost comparison below.
Qatar → Sri Lanka vs all corridors by provider count
Where this corridor's RPW provider panel sits among every tracked route
5 304th of 377 higher than 73 of 377 corridors
Corridors, banded by RPW provider inventory
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Source World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2026-08-10
How Qatar → Sri Lanka compares
Average cost of a $200 transfer, percent, lower is cheaper
2.34% average - target met
Cost trend: Qatar → Sri Lanka
Average and cheapest cost of a $200 transfer over time, percent
Sending Country
Nearby Corridors from Qatar
Qatar sends through 8 corridors we track. Comparing them against the Qatar → Sri Lanka route shows whether this destination is cheap or expensive relative to that country's other outbound options.
| # | Destination | Avg cost | Cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 2.5% | 1.3% |
| 2 | Philippines | 2.5% | 0.8% |
| 3 | Pakistan | 2.9% | 1.1% |
| 4 | Jordan | 3.9% | 2.5% |
| 5 | Nepal | 4.0% | 3.1% |
World Bank RPW fee spread
Release 2025Q3 QA→LK
2.3% avg · 0.7% floor · 1.63pp spread on $200
- AVG 2.3%
- CHEAP 0.7%
- SPREAD 1.63pp
- SDG MET
- RANK #10 of 348
- REL 2025Q3
- PANEL 5
Cross-sender cost peers
Fee spread manifest for Qatar → Sri Lanka: entity-varying RPW stamps plus cross-sender ABS(avg_cost) peers from the current release. Compare corridors side-by-side →
Low transfer cost on Qatar → Sri Lanka
World Bank RPW prices Qatar → Sri Lanka at 2.34% (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 5 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 0.60 percentage points over the tracked period, a real if modest gain for senders as competition increased. Across 39 quarters on record, average cost ranged 2.1%–8.0%, with 11 quarters at or under the UN 3% target. It currently meets the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.
About Qatar → Sri Lanka 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 2.34%; cheapest observed 0.71% via Doha Bank; 5 providers tracked across 39 RPW quarters; vintage 2026-08-10.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to send money from Qatar to Sri Lanka?
Average 2.34% of the transfer amount (World Bank RPW, 2025Q3) - lower fleet tercile (below ~4.3%). Cheapest observed: 0.71% via Doha Bank.
What is the cheapest way to send money from Qatar to Sri Lanka?
Lowest RPW survey quote: 0.71% (Doha Bank). Panel is low-tercile with only 5 providers tracked.
Is the Qatar to Sri Lanka 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 Qatar → Sri Lanka sit among tracked remittance corridors?
According to World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide average cost among 348 tracked corridors on PlainRemit, Qatar → Sri Lanka ranks #10 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.