Cape Verde vs Guinea: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Cape Verde

314.51 million current US$

in 2021

Guinea

343.91 million current US$

in 2021

Cape Verde rank

127th

Guinea rank

125th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

Cape Verde
Guinea

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 343.91 million current US$ against 314.51 million current US$ in Cape Verde, a difference of 29.40 million current US$.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 127th and Guinea ranks 125th 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$.