Calculator · World Bank RPW

Remittance cost calculator

Pick a corridor and an amount to see the real average fee, the cheapest provider, what your recipient actually receives, and the gap to the UN's 3% target, all computed from World Bank data.

322
Corridors covered
6.7%
Tracked average
3%
UN SDG target

According to the World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide database, this calculator runs on 14,736 quarterly corridor price observations collected through March 2025, the same figures shown on every corridor page. Each cost is the price of sending $200 along a specific country-to-country route, including the service fee and the exchange-rate margin.

The cost landscape: 322 corridors

How many tracked corridors fall in each cost band, see where your route sits

≤3% (UN target)333–5%1075–8%118>8%64

Source: World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) As of Latest available quarter

Data source: Average and cheapest costs are the World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) corridor figures shown across this site, the same numbers on every corridor page. Costs are a percentage of the transfer amount and include the service fee plus the exchange-rate margin. Actual quotes vary by provider and payout method; always confirm a live quote before sending. Methodology.

Every figure on PlainRemit is rendered directly from World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.