Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was $3,810,051,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $7,541,039,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of $3,279,988 in 1972.

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
1971 $5,400,000
1972 $3,279,988
1973 $7,940,000
1974 $97,286,620
1975 $393,371,800
1976 $509,435,900
1977 $610,664,100
1978 $851,763,700
1979 $1,209,196,000
1980 $1,536,070,000
1981 $1,183,309,000
1982 $1,061,604,000
1983 $1,035,451,000
1984 $943,112,100
1985 $968,346,000
1986 $1,274,829,000
1987 $1,349,686,000
1988 $1,313,197,000
1989 $1,125,176,000
1990 $1,184,990,000
1991 $1,148,113,000
1992 $1,203,278,000
1993 $1,092,413,000
1994 $833,772,900
1995 $829,682,500
1996 $931,925,400
1997 $962,093,200
1998 $974,050,000
1999 $1,260,402,000
2000 $1,347,598,000
2001 $1,278,051,000
2002 $1,496,566,000
2003 $1,541,240,000
2004 $1,594,752,000
2005 $1,749,412,000
2006 $1,923,570,000
2007 $2,177,473,000
2008 $2,739,894,000
2009 $3,389,025,000
2010 $4,021,666,000
2011 $4,630,868,000
2012 $4,881,468,000
2013 $5,515,177,000
2014 $5,095,291,000
2015 $7,541,039,000
2016 $6,424,827,000
2017 $6,333,340,000
2018 $7,220,234,000
2019 $6,086,498,000
2020 $3,810,051,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was $31,050,670,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $31,866,520,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of $17,900,000 in 1971.

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
1971 $17,900,000
1972 $22,579,920
1973 $22,540,000
1974 $83,123,540
1975 $200,435,000
1976 $248,734,400
1977 $329,723,000
1978 $441,087,800
1979 $618,867,600
1980 $957,524,900
1981 $1,021,522,000
1982 $661,016,600
1983 $811,262,000
1984 $746,846,600
1985 $810,563,100
1986 $827,797,400
1987 $916,140,400
1988 $1,075,145,000
1989 $1,275,133,000
1990 $866,832,100
1991 $838,074,900
1992 $1,095,631,000
1993 $931,690,900
1994 $931,406,200
1995 $1,355,983,000
1996 $1,299,934,000
1997 $1,563,293,000
1998 $2,304,311,000
1999 $2,859,559,000
2000 $3,235,545,000
2001 $3,743,293,000
2002 $4,562,464,000
2003 $5,587,707,000
2004 $6,748,466,000
2005 $7,399,137,000
2006 $9,060,400,000
2007 $11,194,050,000
2008 $13,303,920,000
2009 $12,525,650,000
2010 $14,404,120,000
2011 $18,303,960,000
2012 $18,627,820,000
2013 $19,544,400,000
2014 $21,452,140,000
2015 $23,888,460,000
2016 $21,960,560,000
2017 $24,727,200,000
2018 $29,363,680,000
2019 $31,866,520,000
2020 $31,050,670,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 3.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 4.11 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.80 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
1980 1.39
1981 1.33
1982 0.84
1983 1.07
1984 0.98
1985 1.01
1986 0.84
1987 0.84
1988 1.01
1989 1.23
1990 0.80
1991 0.81
1992 1.07
1993 0.89
1994 1.05
1995 1.26
1996 1.10
1997 1.28
1998 1.70
1999 2.01
2000 2.29
2001 2.55
2002 2.89
2003 3.01
2004 3.15
2005 2.69
2006 2.79
2007 2.88
2008 2.88
2009 2.72
2010 2.87
2011 3.29
2012 3.25
2013 3.02
2014 3.13
2015 3.64
2016 3.30
2017 3.50
2018 3.90
2019 4.11
2020 3.96

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments