Morocco vs Nigeria: Migrant remittance inflows

Morocco

7.26 billion current US$

in 2011

Nigeria

20.62 billion current US$

in 2011

Morocco rank

3rd

Nigeria rank

1st

Migrant remittance inflows over time

Nigeria currently reports 20.62 billion current US$ against 7.26 billion current US$ in Morocco, a difference of 13.36 billion current US$.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.8 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 50 countries.

Indicator: Migrant remittance inflows (current US$)
Unit: current US$
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook 2008
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 56 places, 1,426 data points, 1970–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Migrants’ remittances are defined as the sum of worker’s remittances,