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Maldives vs Seychelles: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Maldives
4.88 million current US$
in 2021
Seychelles
9.51 million current US$
in 2021
Maldives rank
186th
Seychelles rank
184th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

  • Maldives
  • Seychelles
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How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 9.51 million current US$ against 4.88 million current US$ in Maldives, a difference of 4.63 million current US$.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.9 times Maldives's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Seychelles ahead.

Maldives ranks 186th and Seychelles ranks 184th 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$.