Remittance corridor · World Bank RPW · 2025Q3
Saudi Arabia → Syria
Provider panel is low-tercile (1 RPW provider) on Saudi Arabia → Syria - a thin survey panel versus denser routes.
- 8.9%
- Average cost
- 8.9%
- Cheapest · Western Union
- 1
- Providers tracked
How the 8.9% 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 only 1 provider on this corridor - below the fleet panel tercile (~6). Average cost is 8.9%.
- #289 of 348
- cheapest-cost corpus rank
- 8.9%
- average cost of a $200 transfer
- +1.6pp
- vs the 7.3% average of 348 corridors
- +5.9pp
- 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 22.15% to 8.88% (-13.27 percentage points).
- Lowest observed transfer cost changed from 22.15% to 8.88% (-13.27 percentage points).
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Where this corridor sits by provider panel size
Saudi Arabia → Syria has 1 World Bank RPW providers among 377 tracked corridors (inventory signal, not a cost-quality ranking). Orthogonal to the cost comparison below.
Saudi Arabia → Syria vs all corridors by provider count
Where this corridor's RPW provider panel sits among every tracked route
1 377th of 377 the lowest of 377 corridors
Corridors, banded by RPW provider inventory
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more corridors. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2026-08-10
How Saudi Arabia → Syria compares
Average cost of a $200 transfer, percent, lower is cheaper
8.88% average - 5.9pp above target
Cost trend: Saudi Arabia → Syria
Average and cheapest cost of a $200 transfer over time, percent
Sending Country
Receiving Country
Nearby Corridors from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is one of the most connected sending markets in our data, with 16 tracked outbound corridors. The 5 below span the widest cost range, from the cheapest to send anywhere from Saudi Arabia through to the most expensive.
| # | Destination | Avg cost | Cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen | 2.7% | 2.3% |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 3.3% | 3.0% |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3.5% | 2.9% |
| 4 | Philippines | 3.8% | 2.6% |
| 5 | South Sudan | 4.8% | 4.8% |
World Bank RPW fee spread
Release 2025Q3 SA→SY
8.9% avg · 8.9% floor · 0.00pp spread on $200
- AVG 8.9%
- CHEAP 8.9%
- SPREAD 0.00pp
- SDG +5.9pp
- RANK #289 of 348
- REL 2025Q3
- PANEL 1
Cross-sender cost peers
Fee spread manifest for Saudi Arabia → Syria: entity-varying RPW stamps plus cross-sender ABS(avg_cost) peers from the current release. Compare corridors side-by-side →
Thin provider panel on Saudi Arabia → Syria
RPW records only 1 provider on Saudi Arabia → Syria - below the fleet panel tercile (~6). Average cost is 8.88%.
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 1 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 fallen sharply, down 13.27 percentage points over the tracked period, among the steepest declines in the whole panel as digital-first providers gained share. Across 38 quarters on record, average cost ranged 1.8%–53.6%, with 1 quarter at or under the UN 3% target. It sits 5.9 pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.
About Saudi Arabia → Syria 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 8.88%; cheapest observed 8.88% via Western Union; 1 provider tracked across 38 RPW quarters; vintage 2026-08-10.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to send money from Saudi Arabia to Syria?
Average 8.88% of the transfer amount (World Bank RPW, 2025Q3) - upper fleet tercile (above ~6.6%). Cheapest observed: 8.88% via Western Union.
What is the cheapest way to send money from Saudi Arabia to Syria?
Lowest RPW survey quote: 8.88% (Western Union). Panel is low-tercile with only 1 provider tracked.
Is the Saudi Arabia to Syria corridor meeting the UN SDG cost target?
Not yet: 8.9% is 5.9pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target and in the upper fleet cost tercile.
Where does Saudi Arabia → Syria sit among tracked remittance corridors?
According to World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide average cost among 348 tracked corridors on PlainRemit, Saudi Arabia → Syria ranks #289 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.