Brazil vs Ecuador: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Brazil

4.10 billion current US$

in 2021

Ecuador

4.37 billion current US$

in 2021

Brazil rank

37th

Ecuador rank

36th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

Brazil
Ecuador

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 4.37 billion current US$ against 4.10 billion current US$ in Brazil, a difference of 265.42 million current US$.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 37th and Ecuador ranks 36th 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$.