Nigeria - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Nigeria was $92,101,660 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $1,035,451,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of $547,300 in 1996.

Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.

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Year Value
1977 $198,541,600
1978 $253,434,800
1979 $355,955,900
1980 $523,061,500
1981 $484,047,300
1982 $427,641,500
1983 $408,608,400
1984 $332,669,100
1985 $297,614,300
1986 $149,898,300
1987 $21,663,150
1988 $37,029,140
1989 $28,785,830
1990 $8,853,592
1991 $53,510,680
1992 $34,802,540
1993 $2,310,584
1994 $3,500,637
1995 $1,463,817
1996 $547,300
1997 $1,164,845
1998 $1,328,093
1999 $9,400,237
2000 $1,052,142
2001 $593,358
2002 $903,978
2003 $11,562,240
2004 $20,855,600
2005 $68,030,270
2006 $101,560,800
2007 $54,006,300
2008 $58,148,760
2009 $47,035,790
2010 $47,474,690
2011 $75,506,160
2012 $38,702,390
2013 $50,482,640
2014 $54,615,720
2015 $1,035,451,000
2016 $744,771,100
2017 $275,345,900
2018 $67,676,280
2019 $90,600,080
2020 $92,101,660

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Nigeria was $17,207,550,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $24,311,020,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of $2,424,528 in 1988.

Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.

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Year Value
1977 $20,164,380
1978 $3,148,258
1979 $8,278,045
1980 $21,946,630
1981 $16,188,870
1982 $17,818,400
1983 $13,804,340
1984 $11,741,260
1985 $10,069,660
1986 $3,989,688
1987 $2,739,018
1988 $2,424,528
1989 $10,183,670
1990 $10,008,540
1991 $65,544,720
1992 $56,448,400
1993 $793,154,000
1994 $549,872,700
1995 $250,043,000
1996 $296,587,300
1997 $585,738,400
1998 $448,546,800
1999 $1,301,056,000
2000 $1,391,826,000
2001 $1,166,615,000
2002 $1,208,959,000
2003 $1,062,821,000
2004 $2,272,734,000
2005 $14,640,080,000
2006 $16,932,140,000
2007 $18,014,430,000
2008 $19,199,970,000
2009 $18,370,800,000
2010 $19,744,760,000
2011 $20,616,770,000
2012 $20,542,880,000
2013 $20,797,070,000
2014 $20,999,080,000
2015 $20,626,050,000
2016 $19,697,940,000
2017 $22,037,020,000
2018 $24,311,020,000
2019 $23,809,280,000
2020 $17,207,550,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Nigeria was 3.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 8.31 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1988.

Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1977 0.06
1978 0.01
1979 0.02
1980 0.03
1981 0.01
1982 0.01
1983 0.01
1984 0.02
1985 0.01
1986 0.01
1987 0.01
1988 0.00
1989 0.02
1990 0.02
1991 0.13
1992 0.12
1993 2.86
1994 1.63
1995 0.57
1996 0.58
1997 1.08
1998 0.82
1999 2.19
2000 2.00
2001 1.58
2002 1.27
2003 1.01
2004 1.67
2005 8.31
2006 7.17
2007 6.54
2008 5.66
2009 6.23
2010 5.46
2011 5.09
2012 4.51
2013 4.09
2014 3.84
2015 4.24
2016 4.87
2017 5.86
2018 6.12
2019 5.31
2020 3.98

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments