Nigeria vs Ukraine: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Nigeria

19.48 billion current US$

in 2021

Ukraine

18.06 billion current US$

in 2021

Nigeria rank

9th

Ukraine rank

10th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

Nigeria
Ukraine

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 19.48 billion current US$ against 18.06 billion current US$ in Ukraine, a difference of 1.42 billion current US$.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Ukraine's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 9th and Ukraine ranks 10th 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$.