Remittance corridor · World Bank RPW · 2025Q3
Qatar → Sudan
Average cost sits in the upper fleet tercile at 23.2% on this Qatar → Sudan route - senders pay more than typical RPW-tracked corridors.
- 23.2%
- Average cost
- 2.2%
- Cheapest · QNB
- 2
- Providers tracked
How the 23.2% 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
Qatar → Sudan posts 23.2% average cost, above the fleet upper tercile (~6.6%), ranking #339 of 348. Cheapest tracked floor: 2.2% via QNB.
- #339 of 348
- cheapest-cost corpus rank
- 23.2%
- average cost of a $200 transfer
- +15.9pp
- vs the 7.3% average of 348 corridors
- +20.2pp
- 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 2.21% to 23.20% (+20.99 percentage points).
- Providers recorded by the source changed from 1 to 2 (+1 provider).
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Where this corridor sits by provider panel size
Qatar → Sudan has 2 World Bank RPW providers among 377 tracked corridors (inventory signal, not a cost-quality ranking). Orthogonal to the cost comparison below.
Qatar → Sudan vs all corridors by provider count
Where this corridor's RPW provider panel sits among every tracked route
2 370th of 377 higher than 7 of 377 corridors
Corridors, banded by RPW provider inventory
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Source World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2026-08-10
How Qatar → Sudan compares
Average cost of a $200 transfer, percent, lower is cheaper
23.20% average - 20.2pp above target
Cost trend: Qatar → Sudan
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 → Sudan route shows whether this destination is cheap or expensive relative to that country's other outbound options.
| # | Destination | Avg cost | Cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 2.3% | 0.7% |
| 2 | India | 2.5% | 1.3% |
| 3 | Philippines | 2.5% | 0.8% |
| 4 | Pakistan | 2.9% | 1.1% |
| 5 | Jordan | 3.9% | 2.5% |
World Bank RPW fee spread
Release 2025Q3 QA→SD
23.2% avg · 2.2% floor · 20.97pp spread on $200
- AVG 23.2%
- CHEAP 2.2%
- SPREAD 20.97pp
- SDG +20.2pp
- RANK #339 of 348
- REL 2025Q3
- PANEL 2
Cross-sender cost peers
Fee spread manifest for Qatar → Sudan: entity-varying RPW stamps plus cross-sender ABS(avg_cost) peers from the current release. Compare corridors side-by-side →
High transfer cost on Qatar → Sudan
World Bank RPW prices Qatar → Sudan at 23.20% (2025Q3) - above the fleet upper tercile (~6.6%). Senders here pay more than typical tracked corridors, 16.8 pp above 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 2 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 risen sharply, up 20.99 percentage points over the tracked period, a notable outlier since most tracked corridors have moved the other way. Across 39 quarters on record, average cost ranged 2.2%–27.1%, with 2 quarters at or under the UN 3% target. It sits 20.2 pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.
About Qatar → Sudan 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 23.20%; cheapest observed 2.23% via QNB; 2 providers tracked across 39 RPW quarters; vintage 2026-08-10.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to send money from Qatar to Sudan?
Average 23.20% of the transfer amount (World Bank RPW, 2025Q3) - upper fleet tercile (above ~6.6%). Cheapest observed: 2.23% via QNB.
What is the cheapest way to send money from Qatar to Sudan?
Lowest RPW survey quote: 2.23% (QNB). Panel is low-tercile with only 2 providers tracked.
Is the Qatar to Sudan corridor meeting the UN SDG cost target?
Not yet: 23.2% is 20.2pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target and in the upper fleet cost tercile.
Where does Qatar → Sudan sit among tracked remittance corridors?
According to World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide average cost among 348 tracked corridors on PlainRemit, Qatar → Sudan ranks #339 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.