Malawi vs Saudi Arabia: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Malawi
318.64 million current US$
in 2021
Saudi Arabia
294.91 million current US$
in 2021
Malawi rank
126th
Saudi Arabia rank
129th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

  • Malawi
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 318.64 million current US$ against 294.91 million current US$ in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 23.72 million current US$.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Malawi ranks 126th and Saudi Arabia ranks 129th 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

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$.