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External capital grants (current LCU) by country

Grants are unrequited, nonrepayable, noncompulsory receipts of government from other governments or international institutions. In determination of the deficit/surplus, grants are grouped with revenue and expenditure rather than with financing. Values are

Countries reporting
54
Highest
21.42 trillion current LCU
Mozambique
Lowest
-38.28 billion current LCU
Congo
Median
0 current LCU
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
2,808

What the numbers show

External capital grants (current LCU) is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 21.42 trillion current LCU in Mozambique; the lowest is -38.28 billion current LCU in Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 current LCU, and the mean is 491.41 billion current LCU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 560.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 12,806.6%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 100.0%).

External capital grants: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 21.42 trillion current LCU 2011 up 204.1% volatile
2 Tanzania 1.63 trillion current LCU 2011 up 468.4% volatile
3 Zambia 847.33 billion current LCU 2011 up 31.0% volatile
4 Sao Tome and Principe 716.68 billion current LCU 2011 up 403.8% volatile
5 Uganda 697.81 billion current LCU 2011 down 11.3% volatile
6 Madagascar 438.50 billion current LCU 2011 up 198.7% volatile
7 Guinea 411.91 billion current LCU 2011 up 158.1% volatile
8 Burkina Faso 180.57 billion current LCU 2011 up 445.5% volatile
9 Senegal 125.20 billion current LCU 2011 up 102.9% volatile
10 Togo 71.20 billion current LCU 2011 up 1,514.5% volatile
11 Mauritania 10.00 billion current LCU 2011 — volatile
12 Namibia 7.46 billion current LCU 2011 up 12,806.6% volatile
13 Kenya 6.46 billion current LCU 2011 — volatile
14 Ethiopia 6.35 billion current LCU 2011 up 2,142.5% volatile
15 Morocco 4.02 billion current LCU 2011 up 638.8% volatile
16 Lesotho 2.41 billion current LCU 2011 up 1,292.5% volatile
17 Cape Verde 4,380 current LCU 2011 up 6.6% volatile
18 Rwanda 3 current LCU 2011 — volatile
19 Mauritius 1 current LCU 2011 — volatile
20 Sierra Leone 0 current LCU 2011 — volatile
20 Sudan 0 current LCU 2011 — volatile
20 Somalia 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Nigeria 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 South Sudan 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Niger 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Eswatini 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Seychelles 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Chad 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Tunisia 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Malawi 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 South Africa 0 current LCU 2011 — volatile
20 Angola 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Zimbabwe 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Algeria 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Burundi 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Benin 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Botswana 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Central African Republic 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Cote d'Ivoire 0 current LCU 2011 — volatile
20 Cameroon 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Comoros 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Djibouti 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Mali 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Eritrea 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Gabon 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Ghana 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Gambia 0 current LCU 2011 — volatile
20 Guinea-Bissau 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
20 Equatorial Guinea 0 current LCU 2011 — volatile
20 Liberia 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
20 Libya 0 current LCU 2011 — flat
53 Egypt -19.04 million current LCU 2011 — volatile
54 Congo -38.28 billion current LCU 2011 up 76.6% volatile

About this data

Indicator
External capital grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
54 places, 2,808 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Grants are unrequited, nonrepayable, noncompulsory receipts of government from other governments or international institutions. In determination of the deficit/surplus, grants are grouped with revenue and expenditure rather than with financing. Values are