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Mexico vs Philippines: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Mexico
55.07 billion current US$
in 2021
Philippines
36.69 billion current US$
in 2021
Mexico rank
2nd
Philippines rank
3rd

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

  • Mexico
  • Philippines
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 55.07 billion current US$ against 36.69 billion current US$ in Philippines, a difference of 18.38 billion current US$.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.5 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Philippines ahead.

Mexico ranks 2nd and Philippines ranks 3rd 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$.