Dataset · Migration
Share of each state and union territory in India's inward remittances, with Kerala, from three rounds of the RBI's India's Remittances Survey.
The first 5 of 108 rows
| period | period_type | geo_level | geo_code | geo_name | state_as_printed | survey_year | share_pct | unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | academic_year | state | 1 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir | 2016-17 | 0.2 | percent |
| 2023-24 | academic_year | state | 1 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir | 2020-21 | 0.3 | percent |
| 2023-24 | academic_year | state | 1 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir | 2023-24 | 0.4 | percent |
| 2023-24 | academic_year | state | 10 | Bihar | Bihar | 2016-17 | 1.3 | percent |
| 2023-24 | academic_year | state | 10 | Bihar | Bihar | 2020-21 | 1.4 | percent |
Share of each state and union territory in India's inward remittances, in percent, as estimated by the Reserve Bank of India from its survey of banks for 2016-17, 2020-21 and 2023-24. The figures come from Table 2 of the RBI Bulletin article on the sixth survey round (March 2025), which reprints the two earlier rounds beside the new one. Kerala received 19.0 percent of India's remittances in 2016-17, 10.2 percent in 2020-21, when Gulf migrants returned during the pandemic, and 19.7 percent in 2023-24, second only to Maharashtra (20.5 percent; 35.2 percent in 2020-21). The 2023-24 round lists all 36 states and union territories; the earlier rounds name only the larger receiving states. The table has one row per state and round, with the state name as printed beside its LGD code. It can be used to compare how much of the country's remittance inflow reaches Kerala and other migrant-sending states, and how that changed after COVID-19.
| Column | Label | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
period | Survey round of the article | Survey round of the RBI Bulletin article the rows come from; always 2023-24 (the sixth round, which reprints the 2016-17 and 2020-21 rounds) | |
period_type | Release period type | Type of the period label (academic_year format, YYYY-YY; here a financial year) | |
geo_level | Geography level | Always state (states and union territories) | |
geo_code | LGD code | Local Government Directory code of the state or union territory (Kerala is 32) |
Please cite this dataset when you use it:
Policy and Research Initiative (2026). State-wise share of India's inward remittances, RBI surveys 2016-17, 2020-21 and 2023-24 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Original data: Reserve Bank of India. /data/remittance-state-share-india
geo_name | State or UT | State or union territory name in LGD spelling |
state_as_printed | State as printed | State or union territory name exactly as printed in the RBI table (for example Delhi NCT, Lakshwadeep) |
survey_year | Survey round | Financial year covered by the survey round (2016-17, 2020-21 or 2023-24) |
share_pct | Share of India's inward remittances (%) | Percent of India's inward remittances received in the state or union territory in that survey round |
unit | Unit | Unit of share_pct, always percent |
