Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Sri Lanka: Personal transfers, receipts

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
78.58 billion BoP, current US$
in 2020
Sri Lanka
6.58 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
19th
Sri Lanka rank
20th

Personal transfers, receipts over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Sri Lanka
020.0B40.0B60.0B80.0B197519992024

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 78.58 billion BoP, current US$ against 6.58 billion BoP, current US$ in Sri Lanka, a difference of 72.01 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 12.0 times Sri Lanka's.

Across all 18 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 19th and Sri Lanka ranks 20th of 43 groups.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
2000s 27.95 billion BoP, current US$ 2.27 billion BoP, current US$ 25.69 billion BoP, current US$ Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 60.51 billion BoP, current US$ 6.38 billion BoP, current US$ 54.14 billion BoP, current US$ Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2020s 78.58 billion BoP, current US$ 7.10 billion BoP, current US$ 71.48 billion BoP, current US$ Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher personal transfers, receipts, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Sri Lanka?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 78.58 billion BoP, current US$ against 6.58 billion BoP, current US$ in Sri Lanka as of 2020.
What is the difference in personal transfers, receipts between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sri Lanka?
72.01 billion BoP, current US$, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sri Lanka?
18 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2020.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sri Lanka rank globally for personal transfers, receipts?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 19th and Sri Lanka ranks 20th of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,260 data points, 1968–2025
Last refreshed

Personal transfers are current transfers, in cash or in kind, received by resident households from non-resident households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.