France vs India: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

France

32.65 billion current US$

in 2021

India

89.38 billion current US$

in 2021

France rank

4th

India rank

1st

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

France
India

How they compare

India currently reports 89.38 billion current US$ against 32.65 billion current US$ in France, a difference of 56.73 billion current US$.

That makes India's figure about 2.7 times France's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1975 it was France ahead.

France ranks 4th and India ranks 1st 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$.