Bangladesh - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Bangladesh was $94,827,810 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $94,827,810 in 2020 and a minimum value of $133,172 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
1976 $720,443
1977 $517,299
1978 $266,492
1979 $195,130
1980 $392,002
1981 $223,067
1982 $133,172
1983 $162,511
1984 $196,471
1985 $415,306
1996 $790,507
1997 $1,714,250
1998 $2,557,266
1999 $3,704,857
2000 $4,378,217
2001 $3,699,707
2002 $5,734,841
2003 $7,068,562
2004 $7,743,208
2005 $5,457,649
2006 $3,322,210
2007 $2,809,832
2008 $14,330,660
2009 $7,791,557
2010 $9,418,584
2011 $11,612,730
2012 $11,741,740
2013 $19,553,600
2014 $32,521,360
2015 $32,102,750
2016 $41,213,540
2017 $46,838,240
2018 $56,932,180
2019 $82,792,590
2020 $94,827,810

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Bangladesh was $21,749,700,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $21,749,700,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of $18,761,270 in 1976.

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
1976 $18,761,270
1977 $78,875,040
1978 $115,435,400
1979 $171,138,700
1980 $338,666,800
1981 $381,052,200
1982 $526,463,700
1983 $642,408,500
1984 $500,747,400
1985 $502,471,400
1986 $576,282,500
1987 $747,808,900
1988 $763,622,100
1989 $757,979,600
1990 $778,865,600
1991 $769,365,700
1992 $911,759,900
1993 $1,007,375,000
1994 $1,150,881,000
1995 $1,201,664,000
1996 $1,344,661,000
1997 $1,526,500,000
1998 $1,605,787,000
1999 $1,806,794,000
2000 $1,967,529,000
2001 $2,104,551,000
2002 $2,858,058,000
2003 $3,191,665,000
2004 $3,583,817,000
2005 $4,314,503,000
2006 $5,427,515,000
2007 $6,562,316,000
2008 $8,940,612,000
2009 $10,520,650,000
2010 $10,850,210,000
2011 $12,071,070,000
2012 $14,119,630,000
2013 $13,866,950,000
2014 $14,987,530,000
2015 $15,295,540,000
2016 $13,574,290,000
2017 $13,501,930,000
2018 $15,566,240,000
2019 $18,363,860,000
2020 $21,749,700,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Bangladesh was 6.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 10.59 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.19 in 1976.

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
1976 0.19
1977 0.82
1978 0.87
1979 1.10
1980 1.87
1981 1.88
1982 2.84
1983 3.65
1984 2.65
1985 2.26
1986 2.65
1987 3.08
1988 2.87
1989 2.63
1990 2.46
1991 2.49
1992 2.88
1993 3.04
1994 3.41
1995 3.17
1996 2.90
1997 3.16
1998 3.21
1999 3.52
2000 3.69
2001 3.90
2002 5.22
2003 5.31
2004 5.50
2005 6.21
2006 7.56
2007 8.24
2008 9.76
2009 10.27
2010 9.41
2011 9.38
2012 10.59
2013 9.25
2014 8.67
2015 7.84
2016 6.13
2017 5.41
2018 5.68
2019 6.07
2020 6.73

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments