Hungary - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Hungary was $1,353,468,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $1,386,506,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of $59,806,980 in 1998.

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
1995 $125,795,100
1996 $79,687,940
1997 $72,976,530
1998 $59,806,980
1999 $80,264,890
2000 $301,289,500
2001 $314,975,100
2002 $391,634,200
2003 $483,626,400
2004 $581,761,700
2005 $697,440,300
2006 $797,907,300
2007 $999,774,700
2008 $1,119,427,000
2009 $896,315,900
2010 $859,892,500
2011 $913,931,700
2012 $863,097,200
2013 $858,480,900
2014 $868,845,100
2015 $676,851,800
2016 $782,106,400
2017 $863,352,800
2018 $1,093,918,000
2019 $1,386,506,000
2020 $1,353,468,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Hungary was $3,819,836,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $4,964,320,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of $139,944,800 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.

See also:

Year Value
1995 $139,944,800
1996 $155,877,500
1997 $194,461,000
1998 $191,846,200
1999 $182,829,300
2000 $363,174,000
2001 $364,256,500
2002 $443,556,500
2003 $466,993,500
2004 $632,555,100
2005 $731,503,200
2006 $858,656,300
2007 $975,984,300
2008 $1,312,203,000
2009 $1,575,173,000
2010 $1,849,914,000
2011 $2,305,025,000
2012 $3,147,776,000
2013 $4,159,619,000
2014 $4,202,894,000
2015 $3,953,858,000
2016 $4,171,222,000
2017 $4,123,722,000
2018 $4,404,807,000
2019 $4,964,320,000
2020 $3,819,836,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Hungary was 2.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 3.24 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.30 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1995 0.30
1996 0.33
1997 0.41
1998 0.39
1999 0.37
2000 0.77
2001 0.68
2002 0.66
2003 0.55
2004 0.61
2005 0.65
2006 0.74
2007 0.70
2008 0.83
2009 1.20
2010 1.40
2011 1.62
2012 2.44
2013 3.06
2014 2.98
2015 3.16
2016 3.24
2017 2.88
2018 2.74
2019 3.04
2020 2.45

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments