Botswana vs Namibia: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Botswana
60.58 million current US$
in 2021
Namibia
62.98 million current US$
in 2021
Botswana rank
163rd
Namibia rank
161st

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

  • Botswana
  • Namibia
025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M197519982021

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 62.98 million current US$ against 60.58 million current US$ in Botswana, a difference of 2.39 million current US$.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 163rd and Namibia ranks 161st 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

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$.