Mauritius vs Samoa: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Mauritius

272.48 million current US$

in 2021

Samoa

248.38 million current US$

in 2021

Mauritius rank

132nd

Samoa rank

133rd

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

Mauritius
Samoa

How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 272.48 million current US$ against 248.38 million current US$ in Samoa, a difference of 24.09 million current US$.

That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Mauritius ahead.

Mauritius ranks 132nd and Samoa ranks 133rd 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$.