Annual value of outgoing and incoming remittance flow in Hong Kong 2021, by country

Hong Kong's outflow of remittances was nearly 30 times higher than its inflow, both of which heavily relied on China in 2021. This is according to a ranking that tries to identify the flow of such money transfers. Remittances refer to cross-border payments to family or friends and are often associated with migrant workers sending money back home to friends or relatives back in their communities of origin. It is estimated that about one in seven people worldwide are involved with remittances - substantially impacting payment behavior in, especially, Asia and Latin America. For Hong Kong, the top five recipient countries for remittances in 2021 included China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and India. Hong Kong's five main sources for remittances were largely outside of Asia: the United States, Canada, China, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

根据一项旨在识别此类资金转移流向的排名，2021年香港的汇款外流几乎是其流入的30倍，两者均高度依赖中国。该排名旨在揭示跨境支付给亲友的流动，汇款通常与移徙工人将资金汇回原籍地社区中的亲友相联系。据统计，全球约七分之一的人涉足汇款事宜，这在亚洲和拉丁美洲对支付行为产生了重大影响。对于香港而言，2021年接收汇款的前五名国家依次为中国、菲律宾、印度尼西亚、泰国和印度。香港的五大汇款来源主要位于亚洲之外：美国、加拿大、中国、英国和澳大利亚。