Nauru vs Palau: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Nauru
1.19 million current US$
in 2021
Palau
1.88 million current US$
in 2021
Nauru rank
190th
Palau rank
189th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

  • Nauru
  • Palau
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M200520132021

How they compare

Palau currently reports 1.88 million current US$ against 1.19 million current US$ in Nauru, a difference of 691,400 current US$.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.6 times Nauru's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Palau ahead.

Nauru ranks 190th 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$.