Botswana - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Botswana was $163,603,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $198,939,000 in 1995 and a minimum value of $1,131,666 in 1987.

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
1975 $3,921,528
1976 $36,800,010
1977 $40,619,520
1978 $34,293,020
1979 $16,809,680
1980 $25,861,240
1981 $29,041,340
1982 $25,542,390
1983 $22,608,640
1984 $24,030,070
1985 $15,663,050
1986 $22,031,310
1987 $1,131,666
1988 $18,780,260
1989 $36,428,860
1990 $117,981,200
1991 $117,928,900
1992 $139,212,500
1993 $131,444,600
1994 $145,307,800
1995 $198,939,000
1996 $86,366,730
1997 $119,016,200
1998 $117,727,700
1999 $122,264,600
2000 $133,941,100
2001 $129,091,600
2002 $129,616,300
2003 $185,589,000
2004 $99,200,400
2005 $107,032,900
2006 $97,410,080
2007 $98,646,070
2008 $57,561,570
2009 $59,503,690
2010 $99,754,460
2011 $122,311,500
2012 $124,130,500
2013 $97,489,260
2014 $105,396,900
2015 $94,742,110
2016 $80,447,980
2017 $81,246,540
2018 $63,438,910
2019 $99,403,760
2020 $163,603,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Botswana was $35,615,910 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $117,744,500 in 2005 and a minimum value of $15,209,030 in 2009.

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
1975 $43,136,810
1976 $61,410,020
1977 $68,886,910
1978 $57,477,020
1979 $58,281,730
1980 $77,326,380
1981 $74,575,290
1982 $56,426,340
1983 $55,883,450
1984 $49,985,620
1985 $31,273,540
1986 $37,251,000
1987 $54,319,960
1988 $54,687,020
1989 $49,382,450
1990 $85,569,970
1991 $83,500,010
1992 $93,993,300
1993 $74,285,780
1994 $69,878,870
1995 $55,334,980
1996 $43,258,570
1997 $40,925,960
1998 $36,255,880
1999 $26,360,200
2000 $18,540,860
2001 $17,907,640
2002 $19,073,420
2003 $27,309,330
2004 $78,656,420
2005 $117,744,500
2006 $103,859,000
2007 $92,191,520
2008 $46,823,200
2009 $15,209,030
2010 $22,321,280
2011 $20,409,880
2012 $18,103,140
2013 $36,004,340
2014 $46,123,120
2015 $30,045,620
2016 $24,622,500
2017 $38,956,560
2018 $44,309,900
2019 $59,360,100
2020 $35,615,910

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Botswana was 0.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 16.51 in 1976, while its lowest value was 0.13 in 2012.

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
1975 12.15
1976 16.51
1977 15.25
1978 9.74
1979 7.11
1980 7.29
1981 6.94
1982 5.56
1983 4.77
1984 4.03
1985 2.81
1986 2.67
1987 2.76
1988 2.07
1989 1.60
1990 2.26
1991 2.12
1992 2.27
1993 1.79
1994 1.64
1995 1.17
1996 0.89
1997 0.82
1998 0.76
1999 0.48
2000 0.32
2001 0.33
2002 0.35
2003 0.36
2004 0.88
2005 1.19
2006 1.02
2007 0.84
2008 0.43
2009 0.15
2010 0.17
2011 0.13
2012 0.13
2013 0.24
2014 0.29
2015 0.22
2016 0.16
2017 0.24
2018 0.26
2019 0.36
2020 0.24

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments