Samoa vs Zambia: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Samoa
248.38 million current US$
in 2021
Zambia
239.71 million current US$
in 2021
Samoa rank
133rd
Zambia rank
134th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

  • Samoa
  • Zambia
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M197719992021

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 248.38 million current US$ against 239.71 million current US$ in Zambia, a difference of 8.68 million current US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Samoa ahead.

Samoa ranks 133rd and Zambia ranks 134th 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$.