Tonga vs Vanuatu: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Tonga
215.67 million current US$
in 2021
Vanuatu
199.83 million current US$
in 2021
Tonga rank
138th
Vanuatu rank
141st

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

  • Tonga
  • Vanuatu
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M197119962021

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 215.67 million current US$ against 199.83 million current US$ in Vanuatu, a difference of 15.84 million current US$.

That makes Tonga's figure about 1.1 times Vanuatu's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Tonga ranks 138th and Vanuatu ranks 141st 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$.