Personal remittances and foreign aid received by country
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$.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
89.38 billion current US$
India
Lowest
158,919 current US$
Central African Republic
Median
783.50 million current US$
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
6,518
What the numbers show
Personal remittances and foreign aid received is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 89.38 billion current US$ in India; the lowest is 158,919 current US$ in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 783.50 million current US$, and the mean is 3.81 billion current US$.
Over the past decade 146 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 52,400.5%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 74.8%).
Personal remittances and foreign aid received: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 89.38 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Mexico | 55.07 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Philippines | 36.69 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 4 | France | 32.65 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Egypt | 31.49 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 31.31 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 155.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 22.21 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Germany | 20.26 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Nigeria | 19.48 billion current US$ | 2021 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Ukraine | 18.06 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 130.9% | volatile |
| 11 | China | 17.12 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Guatemala | 15.41 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 239.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Belgium | 14.29 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Morocco | 10.91 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 10.74 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 153.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Italy | 10.10 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Russia | 9.65 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Indonesia | 9.40 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 9.28 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 89.0% | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 9.12 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 1,213.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 8.68 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 65.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Colombia | 8.61 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Nepal | 8.23 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Poland | 7.93 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 25 | South Korea | 7.79 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 7.62 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Honduras | 7.20 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 156.3% | volatile |
| 28 | United States | 7.09 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Lebanon | 6.35 billion current US$ | 2021 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 5.52 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Japan | 5.29 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 148.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Jordan | 5.07 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Croatia | 4.98 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Serbia | 4.60 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 35 | Czechia | 4.39 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 214.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Ecuador | 4.37 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Brazil | 4.10 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Haiti | 3.99 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Netherlands | 3.96 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Spain | 3.95 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 130.4% | rising |
| 41 | Yemen | 3.77 billion current US$ | 2016 | up 194.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 3.77 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 303.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Palestine | 3.76 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 229.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Hungary | 3.76 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Jamaica | 3.71 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Peru | 3.61 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 3.46 billion current US$ | 2021 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 48 | Sweden | 3.26 billion current US$ | 2021 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Switzerland | 3.21 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 3.19 billion current US$ | 2021 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Senegal | 3.10 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.01 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Tunisia | 2.97 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 2.92 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Georgia | 2.64 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 2.57 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Myanmar | 2.55 billion current US$ | 2019 | up 4,587.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Cambodia | 2.54 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 315.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.48 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 2.43 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Vietnam | 2.31 billion current US$ | 2004 | — | rising |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 2.15 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 135.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Moldova | 2.12 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 2.01 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | 1.96 billion current US$ | 2021 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Algeria | 1.79 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 783.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Albania | 1.72 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 69 | Bermuda | 1.66 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 70 | Syria | 1.62 billion current US$ | 2010 | up 801.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Armenia | 1.56 billion current US$ | 2021 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Malaysia | 1.55 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 1.53 billion current US$ | 2021 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Bolivia | 1.42 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Denmark | 1.41 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 76 | Portugal | 1.37 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Belarus | 1.36 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.35 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Latvia | 1.32 billion current US$ | 2021 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Israel | 1.23 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Uganda | 1.16 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 82 | Mali | 1.13 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Sudan | 1.12 billion current US$ | 2021 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Iran | 1.03 billion current US$ | 2004 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 85 | South Africa | 926.65 million current US$ | 2021 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Argentina | 902.79 million current US$ | 2021 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Liberia | 864.96 million current US$ | 2021 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Qatar | 858.79 million current US$ | 2021 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 89 | Australia | 840.98 million current US$ | 2021 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Iraq | 839.50 million current US$ | 2021 | up 276.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Canada | 831.50 million current US$ | 2021 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 826.52 million current US$ | 2021 | up 292.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Paraguay | 825.00 million current US$ | 2021 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Kuwait | 806.65 million current US$ | 2021 | up 14,213.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Montenegro | 792.21 million current US$ | 2021 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 788.92 million current US$ | 2020 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Lithuania | 778.08 million current US$ | 2021 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Turkey | 726.00 million current US$ | 2021 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Greece | 688.87 million current US$ | 2021 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Norway | 671.79 million current US$ | 2021 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Finland | 667.36 million current US$ | 2021 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Togo | 650.39 million current US$ | 2020 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Cyprus | 627.11 million current US$ | 2021 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 621.06 million current US$ | 2016 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 594.13 million current US$ | 2021 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Estonia | 589.90 million current US$ | 2021 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 107 | French Polynesia | 581.56 million current US$ | 2016 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 108 | Burkina Faso | 570.95 million current US$ | 2021 | up 158.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Panama | 566.70 million current US$ | 2021 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Tanzania | 558.43 million current US$ | 2021 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Guyana | 553.49 million current US$ | 2021 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Gambia | 547.05 million current US$ | 2021 | up 498.8% | volatile |
| 113 | North Macedonia | 489.64 million current US$ | 2021 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Lesotho | 474.47 million current US$ | 2021 | down 26.9% | flat |
| 115 | Mongolia | 471.16 million current US$ | 2021 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 116 | New Zealand | 461.91 million current US$ | 2021 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Hong Kong | 453.09 million current US$ | 2021 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 118 | Ethiopia | 447.65 million current US$ | 2021 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Cote d'Ivoire | 440.19 million current US$ | 2021 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Madagascar | 439.71 million current US$ | 2021 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Cameroon | 430.10 million current US$ | 2021 | up 95.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Fiji | 393.63 million current US$ | 2021 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Rwanda | 391.21 million current US$ | 2021 | up 124.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Niger | 353.33 million current US$ | 2021 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea | 343.91 million current US$ | 2021 | up 433.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Malawi | 318.64 million current US$ | 2021 | up 1,158.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Cape Verde | 314.51 million current US$ | 2021 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 309.89 million current US$ | 2021 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Saudi Arabia | 294.91 million current US$ | 2021 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 130 | Comoros | 287.99 million current US$ | 2021 | up 166.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Venezuela | 279.00 million current US$ | 2016 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Mauritius | 272.48 million current US$ | 2021 | up 52,400.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Samoa | 248.38 million current US$ | 2021 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Zambia | 239.71 million current US$ | 2021 | up 418.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 233.99 million current US$ | 2021 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Benin | 230.91 million current US$ | 2021 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Laos | 219.52 million current US$ | 2021 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Tonga | 215.67 million current US$ | 2021 | up 155.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 206.11 million current US$ | 2021 | up 295.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Mozambique | 201.87 million current US$ | 2021 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 199.83 million current US$ | 2021 | up 818.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Iceland | 193.32 million current US$ | 2021 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 183.79 million current US$ | 2021 | up 212.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Burundi | 168.00 million current US$ | 2021 | up 269.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Faroe Islands | 158.41 million current US$ | 2011 | up 305.8% | volatile |
| 147 | East Timor | 150.04 million current US$ | 2021 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Suriname | 147.62 million current US$ | 2021 | up 3,691.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Curacao | 141.92 million current US$ | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 150 | Belize | 135.36 million current US$ | 2021 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 151 | South Sudan | 135.00 million current US$ | 2021 | up 6,698.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Eswatini | 132.17 million current US$ | 2021 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 153 | Uruguay | 125.73 million current US$ | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 154 | Barbados | 85.18 million current US$ | 2017 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Djibouti | 79.43 million current US$ | 2021 | up 145.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Macao | 73.90 million current US$ | 2021 | up 53.0% | flat |
| 157 | Bhutan | 73.37 million current US$ | 2021 | up 601.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.06 million current US$ | 2021 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Chile | 66.48 million current US$ | 2021 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 63.26 million current US$ | 2021 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 161 | Namibia | 62.98 million current US$ | 2021 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Grenada | 62.10 million current US$ | 2021 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 163 | Botswana | 60.58 million current US$ | 2021 | up 196.8% | falling |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 51.03 million current US$ | 2021 | up 201.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 46.48 million current US$ | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 166 | Antigua and Barbuda | 45.27 million current US$ | 2021 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 167 | Congo | 43.96 million current US$ | 2021 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Dominica | 40.20 million current US$ | 2021 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Oman | 39.01 million current US$ | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 37.06 million current US$ | 2021 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Aruba | 35.85 million current US$ | 2021 | up 575.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 34.45 million current US$ | 2021 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 173 | Micronesia (country) | 23.34 million current US$ | 2014 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 174 | Somalia | 21.70 million current US$ | 1983 | — | volatile |
| 175 | San Marino | 21.04 million current US$ | 2021 | — | rising |
| 176 | Gabon | 18.46 million current US$ | 2015 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Libya | 16.00 million current US$ | 2006 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 179 | Kiribati | 13.36 million current US$ | 2021 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Mauritania | 13.18 million current US$ | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Angola | 12.63 million current US$ | 2021 | up 6,069.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.59 million current US$ | 2021 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Cayman Islands | 10.21 million current US$ | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 184 | Seychelles | 9.51 million current US$ | 2021 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.48 million current US$ | 2018 | — | rising |
| 186 | Maldives | 4.88 million current US$ | 2021 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 3.10 million current US$ | 2021 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 2.95 million current US$ | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 189 | Palau | 1.88 million current US$ | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 190 | Nauru | 1.19 million current US$ | 2021 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Chad | 724,057 current US$ | 1994 | up 2,068.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | 164,206 current US$ | 1996 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Central African Republic | 158,919 current US$ | 1993 | up 657.0% | volatile |
About this data
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$.