Laos vs Zambia: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Laos

219.52 million current US$

in 2021

Zambia

239.71 million current US$

in 2021

Laos rank

137th

Zambia rank

134th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

Laos
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 239.71 million current US$ against 219.52 million current US$ in Laos, a difference of 20.18 million current US$.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Zambia ahead.

Laos ranks 137th and Zambia ranks 134th 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$.