Egypt vs Germany: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Egypt

31.49 billion current US$

in 2021

Germany

20.26 billion current US$

in 2021

Egypt rank

5th

Germany rank

8th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

Egypt
Germany

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 31.49 billion current US$ against 20.26 billion current US$ in Germany, a difference of 11.23 billion current US$.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.6 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 5th and Germany ranks 8th 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$.