Greece vs Turkey: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Greece

688.87 million current US$

in 2021

Turkey

726.00 million current US$

in 2021

Greece rank

99th

Turkey rank

98th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

Greece
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 726.00 million current US$ against 688.87 million current US$ in Greece, a difference of 37.13 million current US$.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Turkey ahead.

Greece ranks 99th and Turkey ranks 98th 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$.