Capital transfers (current LCU) by country

Capital transfers. Data are in current local currency.

Countries reporting

Highest

12.39 trillion current LCU

Mozambique

Lowest

-97.80 billion current LCU

Algeria

Median

1.50 billion current LCU

Years covered

1968–2011

Data points

1,260

What the numbers show

Capital transfers (current LCU) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 12.39 trillion current LCU in Mozambique; the lowest is -97.80 billion current LCU in Algeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.50 billion current LCU, and the mean is 395.39 billion current LCU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 127.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 31,131.8%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 360.2%).

Capital transfers: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Mozambique	12.39 trillion current LCU	2011	up 410.7%	volatile
2	Tanzania	2.75 trillion current LCU	2011	up 860.4%	volatile
3	Equatorial Guinea	1.53 trillion current LCU	2010	up 2,684.6%	volatile
4	Guinea	773.30 billion current LCU	2011	up 95.5%	volatile
5	Senegal	354.00 billion current LCU	2011	up 301.0%	volatile
6	Cote d'Ivoire	334.10 billion current LCU	2011	up 463.4%	volatile
7	Democratic Republic of Congo	331.68 billion current LCU	2007	up 31,131.8%	volatile
8	Congo	291.44 billion current LCU	2011	up 5,728.9%	volatile
9	Rwanda	216.35 billion current LCU	2011	up 299.0%	volatile
10	Benin	93.27 billion current LCU	2005	up 43.4%	rising
11	Zambia	83.15 billion current LCU	2011	—	volatile
12	Niger	82.80 billion current LCU	2005	up 103.9%	rising
13	Burundi	81.66 billion current LCU	2005	up 20,722.2%	volatile
14	Gabon	67.30 billion current LCU	2011	up 77.4%	volatile
15	Central African Republic	38.00 billion current LCU	2010	up 17.6%	falling
16	Sao Tome and Principe	28.84 billion current LCU	2011	up 51.5%	volatile
17	Cameroon	28.40 billion current LCU	1995	down 80.8%	falling
18	Nigeria	13.00 billion current LCU	2002	down 91.3%	volatile
19	Burkina Faso	6.50 billion current LCU	2011	up 680.3%	volatile
20	Ghana	2.78 billion current LCU	2010	up 362.6%	volatile
21	Morocco	2.72 billion current LCU	2011	up 9.6%	rising
22	Mauritania	2.60 billion current LCU	2011	down 77.5%	volatile
23	Tunisia	2.10 billion current LCU	2011	up 111.4%	volatile
24	Eswatini	1.80 billion current LCU	2011	up 124.5%	volatile
25	Sudan	1.50 billion current LCU	2008	up 1,928.4%	volatile
26	Malawi	1.30 billion current LCU	2011	up 122.5%	volatile
27	Mauritius	1.13 billion current LCU	2011	up 342.7%	volatile
28	Namibia	699.00 million current LCU	2011	up 2,510.3%	volatile
29	Comoros	448.00 million current LCU	2009	—	volatile
30	Zimbabwe	119.95 million current LCU	2011	up 1,565.5%	volatile
31	Gambia	88.00 million current LCU	2011	up 29.8%	volatile
32	South Africa	100,000 current LCU	2008	—	volatile
33	Cape Verde	7,433 current LCU	2011	up 2,443.8%	volatile
34	Ethiopia	2 current LCU	2011	—	volatile
35	Mali	1 current LCU	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
36	Kenya	0 current LCU	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
36	Guinea-Bissau	0 current LCU	2008	—	volatile
36	Liberia	0 current LCU	2008	—	flat
36	Lesotho	0 current LCU	2011	up 100.0%	volatile
36	Togo	0 current LCU	1999	—	flat
36	Chad	0 current LCU	2007	—	volatile
36	Seychelles	0 current LCU	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
36	Angola	0 current LCU	2011	—	volatile
36	Sierra Leone	0 current LCU	2011	—	volatile
36	Madagascar	0 current LCU	2010	down 100.0%	volatile
36	Egypt	0 current LCU	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
47	Botswana	-94.00 million current LCU	2011	up 16.2%	volatile
48	Uganda	-38.90 billion current LCU	2011	down 43.0%	volatile
49	Algeria	-97.80 billion current LCU	2009	down 360.2%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Capital transfers (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: World Bank country economists
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 49 places, 1,260 data points, 1968–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Capital transfers. Data are in current local currency.