Sri Lanka gets more remittances from Maldives than Australia.

Sri Lanka has received 160.5 million US dollars of official remittances from Kuwait, followed by Qatar at 146.2 million US dollars and the UAE at 130.3 million US dollars in the first quarter of 2023, official data shows.

Workers in Saudi Arabia remitted 123.1 million US dollars, according to central bank data.

South Korea came in fifth place with 105 million US dollars in remittances.

Sri Lanka got 95.2 million dollars in remittances from the US, 85.7 million from Italy, 75.4 million from the UK.

More remittances came from Maldives in South Asia, that Australia. Sri Lankan...

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