Botswana vs Nigeria: Migrant remittance outflows

Botswana

96.44 million current US$

in 2011

Nigeria

75.51 million current US$

in 2011

Botswana rank

13th

Nigeria rank

16th

Migrant remittance outflows over time

Botswana currently reports 96.44 million current US$ against 75.51 million current US$ in Nigeria, a difference of 20.93 million current US$.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.3 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Nigeria ahead.

Botswana ranks 13th 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,