Sweden - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Sweden was $1,765,920,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,084,528,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of $25,129,470 in 1970.

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
1970 $25,129,470
1971 $27,312,250
1972 $31,496,610
1973 $45,795,410
1974 $38,293,250
1975 $52,878,990
1976 $75,855,490
1977 $102,375,600
1978 $68,632,920
1979 $74,751,640
1980 $82,767,340
1981 $80,939,060
1982 $137,167,800
1983 $238,071,700
1984 $235,559,900
1985 $290,195,300
1986 $337,915,800
1987 $367,125,300
1988 $485,333,700
1989 $554,538,900
1990 $262,490,700
1991 $359,942,400
1992 $319,111,600
1993 $245,369,900
1994 $216,302,100
1995 $317,286,500
1996 $406,091,300
1997 $384,313,300
1998 $503,213,000
1999 $484,308,400
2000 $538,812,700
2001 $578,107,500
2002 $507,652,300
2003 $567,717,300
2004 $660,148,500
2005 $728,975,400
2006 $930,169,700
2007 $1,055,652,000
2008 $1,205,758,000
2009 $1,071,468,000
2010 $1,160,032,000
2011 $1,389,946,000
2012 $1,386,646,000
2013 $1,623,583,000
2014 $1,590,873,000
2015 $1,459,609,000
2016 $1,633,036,000
2017 $2,045,985,000
2018 $2,084,528,000
2019 $1,917,144,000
2020 $1,765,920,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Sweden was $3,091,165,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $4,595,690,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of $136,293 in 1982.

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
1970 $5,799,108
1971 $11,705,250
1972 $12,598,650
1973 $16,028,390
1974 $20,272,900
1975 $26,190,420
1976 $41,384,180
1977 $60,505,140
1978 $48,687,910
1979 $46,587,490
1980 $65,987,790
1981 $67,646,600
1982 $136,293
1983 $24,535,540
1984 $22,480,360
1985 $23,343,120
1986 $18,435,110
1987 $98,183,380
1988 $104,329,000
1989 $127,266,300
1990 $152,504,700
1991 $206,945,100
1992 $232,189,400
1993 $231,370,100
1994 $249,319,100
1995 $255,220,800
1996 $269,921,300
1997 $315,803,600
1998 $125,562,600
1999 $363,992,400
2000 $437,804,000
2001 $578,184,800
2002 $512,116,300
2003 $1,357,412,000
2004 $1,595,817,000
2005 $1,811,506,000
2006 $2,245,090,000
2007 $3,205,455,000
2008 $4,095,491,000
2009 $3,967,954,000
2010 $4,060,978,000
2011 $4,384,694,000
2012 $4,293,493,000
2013 $4,595,690,000
2014 $4,561,329,000
2015 $3,396,672,000
2016 $2,820,822,000
2017 $3,108,972,000
2018 $3,073,996,000
2019 $3,184,918,000
2020 $3,091,165,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Sweden was 0.571 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 0.909 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1982.

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
1970 0.015
1971 0.028
1972 0.026
1973 0.027
1974 0.031
1975 0.032
1976 0.046
1977 0.064
1978 0.047
1979 0.038
1980 0.046
1981 0.052
1982 0.000
1983 0.023
1984 0.021
1985 0.020
1986 0.012
1987 0.054
1988 0.050
1989 0.058
1990 0.058
1991 0.075
1992 0.082
1993 0.109
1994 0.109
1995 0.095
1996 0.093
1997 0.118
1998 0.046
1999 0.133
2000 0.167
2001 0.239
2002 0.192
2003 0.406
2004 0.414
2005 0.462
2006 0.531
2007 0.653
2008 0.791
2009 0.909
2010 0.819
2011 0.764
2012 0.777
2013 0.783
2014 0.784
2015 0.672
2016 0.547
2017 0.575
2018 0.553
2019 0.597
2020 0.571

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments