Togo - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Togo was $102,310,800 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $177,984,100 in 2013 and a minimum value of $4,075,974 in 1994.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1974 $4,881,501
1975 $6,065,897
1976 $5,812,920
1977 $8,156,963
1978 $10,937,010
1979 $10,069,500
1980 $9,191,613
1981 $8,317,035
1982 $7,781,349
1983 $8,287,277
1984 $8,124,376
1985 $7,389,882
1986 $11,071,140
1987 $12,341,260
1988 $13,644,530
1989 $12,824,120
1990 $13,428,100
1991 $12,654,780
1992 $16,245,310
1993 $6,049,528
1994 $4,075,974
1995 $4,900,346
1996 $6,800,867
1997 $10,391,160
1998 $6,053,037
1999 $6,054,906
2000 $6,727,753
2001 $5,295,766
2002 $17,030,420
2003 $28,325,860
2004 $34,292,110
2005 $35,415,280
2006 $38,667,700
2007 $47,217,740
2008 $57,860,980
2009 $72,291,040
2010 $62,850,360
2011 $92,356,770
2012 $153,251,500
2013 $177,984,100
2014 $153,994,600
2015 $89,431,620
2016 $77,823,100
2017 $86,322,610
2018 $98,184,890
2019 $102,310,800

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Togo was $440,792,800 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $507,962,800 in 2019 and a minimum value of $4,117,078 in 1974.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1974 $4,117,078
1975 $4,768,729
1976 $7,085,150
1977 $8,026,712
1978 $9,332,795
1979 $7,958,758
1980 $9,934,705
1981 $7,864,383
1982 $6,113,700
1983 $6,077,687
1984 $6,609,351
1985 $15,405,230
1986 $21,423,260
1987 $20,044,150
1988 $21,239,010
1989 $22,864,610
1990 $26,874,570
1991 $28,971,290
1992 $16,245,310
1993 $11,717,650
1994 $15,306,070
1995 $15,021,580
1996 $29,371,380
1997 $26,259,730
1998 $18,571,010
1999 $22,861,820
2000 $34,234,290
2001 $68,502,540
2002 $103,212,600
2003 $148,687,100
2004 $179,017,100
2005 $192,577,100
2006 $232,375,000
2007 $284,825,300
2008 $338,423,700
2009 $335,854,100
2010 $336,925,900
2011 $244,454,000
2012 $344,740,600
2013 $397,472,000
2014 $427,861,300
2015 $363,741,800
2016 $367,166,900
2017 $403,610,100
2018 $450,814,500
2019 $507,962,800
2020 $440,792,800

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Togo was 5.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 10.70 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.73 in 1974.

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
1974 0.73
1975 0.77
1976 1.14
1977 1.03
1978 1.13
1979 0.89
1980 0.87
1981 0.82
1982 0.74
1983 0.79
1984 0.92
1985 2.02
1986 2.02
1987 1.60
1988 1.54
1989 1.69
1990 1.65
1991 1.81
1992 0.96
1993 0.95
1994 1.56
1995 1.15
1996 2.00
1997 1.75
1998 1.17
1999 1.45
2000 2.29
2001 4.62
2002 6.05
2003 7.03
2004 7.92
2005 8.44
2006 9.88
2007 10.70
2008 10.18
2009 9.94
2010 9.82
2011 6.31
2012 8.90
2013 9.20
2014 9.35
2015 8.70
2016 6.09
2017 6.31
2018 6.34
2019 7.04
2020 5.82

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments