Current transfers, payments (BoP, current US$) by country
Current transfers comprise transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
What the numbers show
Current transfers, payments (BoP, current US$) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 3.51 billion BoP, current US$ in South Africa; the lowest is 4.36 million BoP, current US$ in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.17 million BoP, current US$, and the mean is 319.03 million BoP, current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 806.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 1,000.4%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 65.7%).
Current transfers, payments: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 3.51 billion BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 2 | Angola | 1.48 billion BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 913.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Sudan | 946.62 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Cote d'Ivoire | 872.08 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 5 | Libya | 680.80 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 6 | Algeria | 664.93 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 137.5% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 471.93 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 259.2% | rising |
| 8 | Botswana | 417.17 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 344.50 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 318.1% | rising |
| 10 | Senegal | 323.97 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 207.4% | rising |
| 11 | Morocco | 293.71 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 278.69 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 92.4% | rising |
| 13 | Mauritius | 271.35 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 167.8% | rising |
| 14 | Guinea | 267.99 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 352.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Cameroon | 188.34 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 97.7% | rising |
| 16 | Mali | 163.28 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 179.2% | rising |
| 17 | Mozambique | 159.70 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 105.4% | rising |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 110.27 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 19 | Tanzania | 92.70 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 92.17 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 195.7% | rising |
| 21 | Eswatini | 83.06 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 22 | Namibia | 80.19 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 23 | Gambia | 78.80 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 201.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Rwanda | 74.49 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 324.7% | rising |
| 25 | Benin | 67.04 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 105.5% | rising |
| 26 | Togo | 60.98 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 27 | Niger | 58.31 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 28 | Tunisia | 47.10 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 29 | Kenya | 46.40 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 43.31 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 31 | Zambia | 41.50 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 22.19 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 1,000.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Lesotho | 21.01 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.49 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 118.3% | rising |
| 35 | Djibouti | 17.95 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 211.8% | rising |
| 36 | Seychelles | 17.56 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 307.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Malawi | 14.04 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 38 | Burundi | 13.54 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 311.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.36 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 8.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 52.47 billion BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 52.47 billion BoP, current US$
- Africa 7.58 billion BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 3.22 billion BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 3.20 billion BoP, current US$
- North Africa 1.27 billion BoP, current US$
About this data
Current transfers comprise transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Data are in current U.S. dollars.