Benin vs Nigeria: Migrant remittance outflows

Benin

78.12 million current US$

in 2011

Nigeria

75.51 million current US$

in 2011

Benin rank

14th

Nigeria rank

16th

Migrant remittance outflows over time

Benin currently reports 78.12 million current US$ against 75.51 million current US$ in Nigeria, a difference of 2.61 million current US$.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Nigeria ahead.

Benin ranks 14th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 49 countries.

Indicator: Migrant remittance outflows (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: 55 places, 1,636 data points, 1970–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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