Global Remittance Flows Screensaver
The Global Remittance Flows screensaver ranks countries by real money sent home by migrant workers on a live bar board, drawn key-less from the World Bank's open data API. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Global Remittance Flows screensaver works
The saver fetches the latest published remittance-inflow figures for every country from the World Bank's open data API, with no key required.
Countries rank by real total remittances received, with each bar sized to scale.
The board eases smoothly if the ranking shifts on refresh.
Choose how many countries appear on the board at once.
A worked example
You'll see large recipient countries like India and Mexico near the top — real published World Bank figures on money migrant workers send home, a major real economic flow.
Settings & tips
- Countries shown sets how many bars appear.
- Accent recolours the bars.
- Remittances are a real, often-overlooked economic lifeline larger than foreign aid for many countries.
Frequently asked questions
- What are remittances?
- Real money migrant workers send back to family in their home country — a genuine, major global economic flow.
- Is a key needed?
- No — the World Bank's open data API is free and key-less.
- How current are the figures?
- As current as each country's latest published World Bank data.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.