Benin vs Tonga: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Benin

230.91 million current US$

in 2021

Tonga

215.67 million current US$

in 2021

Benin rank

136th

Tonga rank

138th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

Benin
Tonga

How they compare

Benin currently reports 230.91 million current US$ against 215.67 million current US$ in Tonga, a difference of 15.24 million current US$.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 136th and Tonga ranks 138th of 193 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Personal remittances and foreign aid received
Unit: current US$
Source: World Bank based on International Monetary Fund balance of payments data (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 6,518 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Remittances are financial transfers from non-residents to residents of a country, such as a worker abroad sending money to family and friends. Foreign aid is measured as official development assistance. Both are measured in current US$.