Ethiopia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Ethiopia was $17,079,650 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $46,967,150 in 2010 and a minimum value of $243,604 in 1995.

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 $2,415,459
1978 $917,874
1979 $676,329
1980 $579,710
1981 $676,329
1982 $289,855
1983 $483,092
1984 $338,164
1985 $821,256
1986 $531,401
1987 $869,565
1988 $434,783
1989 $869,565
1990 $628,019
1991 $386,473
1992 $736,329
1993 $420,000
1994 $349,159
1995 $243,604
1996 $1,084,585
1997 $5,237,573
1998 $4,259,555
1999 $3,449,005
2000 $12,556,900
2001 $14,023,480
2002 $16,578,460
2003 $17,267,000
2004 $9,223,745
2005 $16,399,500
2006 $14,131,040
2007 $14,567,670
2008 $21,303,990
2009 $26,549,570
2010 $46,967,150
2011 $21,832,480
2012 $19,882,150
2013 $23,077,320
2014 $14,253,220
2015 $14,437,630
2016 $29,869,540
2017 $12,461,830
2018 $8,689,449
2019 $19,080,070
2020 $17,079,650

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Ethiopia was $404,088,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $1,796,378,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of $4,444,445 in 1977.

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 $4,444,445
1978 $7,149,759
1979 $8,695,652
1980 $12,222,220
1981 $10,483,090
1982 $10,193,240
1983 $11,014,490
1984 $11,497,580
1985 $14,202,900
1986 $13,574,880
1987 $8,550,725
1988 $11,304,350
1989 $6,473,430
1990 $5,217,392
1991 $9,758,454
1992 $15,019,130
1993 $18,380,000
1994 $24,625,670
1995 $27,359,670
1996 $16,012,210
1997 $9,232,460
1998 $27,313,240
1999 $33,729,650
2000 $53,158,880
2001 $18,313,720
2002 $32,986,890
2003 $46,470,190
2004 $133,742,800
2005 $173,519,400
2006 $172,153,300
2007 $357,838,200
2008 $386,696,300
2009 $261,602,000
2010 $436,143,900
2011 $538,339,900
2012 $624,360,600
2013 $833,031,300
2014 $1,796,378,000
2015 $1,086,987,000
2016 $772,236,000
2017 $393,379,200
2018 $436,325,500
2019 $479,624,200
2020 $404,088,300

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Ethiopia was 0.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 3.23 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1990.

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
1981 0.14
1982 0.13
1983 0.13
1984 0.14
1985 0.15
1986 0.14
1987 0.08
1988 0.10
1989 0.06
1990 0.04
1991 0.07
1992 0.14
1993 0.21
1994 0.36
1995 0.36
1996 0.19
1997 0.11
1998 0.35
1999 0.44
2000 0.64
2001 0.22
2002 0.42
2003 0.54
2004 1.32
2005 1.40
2006 1.13
2007 1.82
2008 1.43
2009 0.81
2010 1.46
2011 1.68
2012 1.44
2013 1.75
2014 3.23
2015 1.68
2016 1.04
2017 0.48
2018 0.52
2019 0.50
2020 0.38

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments