Maldives vs Palau: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Maldives
4.88 million current US$
in 2021
Palau
1.88 million current US$
in 2021
Maldives rank
186th
Palau rank
189th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

  • Maldives
  • Palau
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 4.88 million current US$ against 1.88 million current US$ in Palau, a difference of 3.00 million current US$.

That makes Maldives's figure about 2.6 times Palau's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.

Maldives ranks 186th and Palau ranks 189th 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$.