Personal remittances and foreign aid received, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Personal remittances and foreign aid received. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
247.99 % change on previous year
Congo
Lowest
-92.19 % change on previous year
Mauritania
Median
12.68 % change on previous year
Years covered
51
1971–2021
Data points
6,234
What the numbers show
Personal remittances and foreign aid received, annual growth rate is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 247.99 % change on previous year in Congo; the lowest is -92.19 % change on previous year in Mauritania.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.68 % change on previous year, and the mean is 15.32 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 32,405.2%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 2,348.5%).
Personal remittances and foreign aid received, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo | 247.99 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 182.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Sudan | 125.9 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 390.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Chad | 125.3 % change on previous year | 1994 | up 1,142.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Liberia | 107.42 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 85.51 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 360.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Zambia | 77.74 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 1,195.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela | 73.29 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 538.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Tanzania | 71.21 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 275.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 57.25 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Angola | 56.85 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 11 | East Timor | 56.54 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 32,405.2% | volatile |
| 12 | South Sudan | 56.05 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 1,245.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Morocco | 47.1 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 262.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Palestine | 46.91 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 102.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Panama | 46.61 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 557.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 40.48 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Rwanda | 39.68 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Argentina | 39.3 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 377.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Malawi | 37.55 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Botswana | 37 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 532.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea | 35.12 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Guatemala | 35.09 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 380.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Portugal | 34.74 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Belarus | 34.6 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 34.33 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Tuvalu | 34.02 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 33.74 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 441.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 33.61 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Montenegro | 31.88 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Qatar | 31.79 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Gambia | 31.37 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 249.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 30.96 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Ecuador | 30.62 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 875.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Iraq | 30.28 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Tunisia | 30.11 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 1,156.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 28.94 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 218.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Spain | 28.93 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 290.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Honduras | 28.89 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 292.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Cameroon | 28.73 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 40 | El Salvador | 28.51 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 475.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.32 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 279.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Togo | 28.04 % change on previous year | 2020 | up 8,684.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Comoros | 27.06 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Bolivia | 25.83 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 199.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Guyana | 25.49 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Georgia | 25.32 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Mexico | 25.22 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 303.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.97 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 1,840.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Mozambique | 24.56 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Colombia | 24.32 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 1,290.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Peru | 24.12 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 274.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Fiji | 24.11 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 381.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Djibouti | 24.01 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 2,885.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.87 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 180.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Haiti | 22.63 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 330.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Samoa | 21.66 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Kenya | 21.31 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Latvia | 21.05 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Jamaica | 20.86 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 434.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.34 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Syria | 20.2 % change on previous year | 2010 | up 322.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 20.15 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 589.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Pakistan | 20.02 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Romania | 19.54 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Dominica | 19.44 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 7,350.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Israel | 19.11 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 372.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Suriname | 19.02 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 301.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Serbia | 18.85 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 596.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Croatia | 18.81 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Senegal | 18.76 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 102.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Ukraine | 18.71 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.82 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Eswatini | 17.49 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.42 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 1,752.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Armenia | 17.32 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 123.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Albania | 17.21 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 891.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Estonia | 16.39 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 78 | China | 16.34 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 15.9 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Burundi | 15.6 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Iceland | 15.5 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Brazil | 15.02 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 251.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.49 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 84 | South Africa | 14.28 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Norway | 14.05 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Tonga | 13.53 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Mali | 13.47 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Cayman Islands | 13.37 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Nigeria | 13.23 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 199.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 13.21 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 769.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 13.15 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 316.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Moldova | 12.93 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 276.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Benin | 12.85 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 12.69 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 165.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Greece | 12.67 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 160.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Yemen | 12.54 % change on previous year | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Macao | 12.36 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 302.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Saint Lucia | 12.19 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 630.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Belize | 12.16 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 438.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Slovenia | 11.99 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Finland | 11.57 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.19 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 436.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 10.78 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Cyprus | 10.48 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 174.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Thailand | 10.24 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Netherlands | 9.24 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Paraguay | 9.07 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Belgium | 8.95 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 109 | France | 8.88 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Burkina Faso | 8.83 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Malaysia | 8.81 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 8.81 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Uganda | 8.79 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Japan | 8.31 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Faroe Islands | 8.21 % change on previous year | 2011 | up 189.8% | volatile |
| 116 | New Zealand | 7.8 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Germany | 7.63 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 118 | India | 7.49 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Curacao | 7.28 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 177.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Libya | 6.67 % change on previous year | 2006 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Poland | 6.6 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 809.1% | volatile |
| 122 | United Kingdom | 6.57 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Egypt | 6.36 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Hong Kong | 6.22 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Denmark | 6.06 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Micronesia (country) | 5.86 % change on previous year | 2014 | — | rising |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 5.7 % change on previous year | 1993 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Lesotho | 5.46 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Austria | 5.45 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Algeria | 5.43 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Jordan | 5.25 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 211.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Luxembourg | 5.23 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Bermuda | 5.18 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 175.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Philippines | 5.17 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Maldives | 5 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 197.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Czechia | 4.8 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Namibia | 4.18 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 4.16 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 139 | United States | 3.9 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Sierra Leone | 3.82 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 141 | South Korea | 3.74 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Switzerland | 3.41 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 143 | French Polynesia | 3.06 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Marshall Islands | 2.99 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 1,054.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Aruba | 2.46 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Italy | 2.18 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 2.09 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Malta | 1.88 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 276.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Nepal | 1.46 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 150 | New Caledonia | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Canada | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Chile | 0.4343 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Oman | 0 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Sweden | -0.1124 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 101.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Slovakia | -1.41 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 113.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Lithuania | -1.58 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 109.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Cambodia | -1.89 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 119.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Saudi Arabia | -2.43 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 179.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Indonesia | -2.57 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 2,348.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Russia | -2.7 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 116.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Lebanon | -3.64 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 589.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Hungary | -3.97 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 113.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritius | -4.3 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 88.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Myanmar | -4.5 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 805.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Seychelles | -4.68 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 110.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Afghanistan | -4.79 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 102.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Laos | -5.45 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 103.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Kiribati | -10.44 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 218.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Turkey | -11.03 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 413.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Madagascar | -11.23 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Grenada | -11.83 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 743.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Bhutan | -12.07 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 145.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Kuwait | -12.38 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 172.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Iran | -12.39 % change on previous year | 2004 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Mongolia | -14.15 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 127.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Kazakhstan | -17.23 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Palau | -17.31 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 203.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Sri Lanka | -22.67 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 190.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Australia | -24.31 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 177.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Niger | -32.17 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 236.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Ireland | -34.85 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 334.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Gabon | -37.36 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 161.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Barbados | -45.92 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 178.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Nauru | -52.07 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 110.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Ghana | -54.43 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 391.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Guinea | -85.75 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 673.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Mauritania | -92.19 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Personal remittances and foreign aid received. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Personal remittances and foreign aid received World Bank based on International Monetary Fund balance of payments data (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Personal remittances and foreign aid received. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.