Kiribati - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Kiribati was $1,056,088 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $4,876,817 in 1979 and a minimum value of $92,348 in 2006.

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
1979 $4,876,817
1980 $2,732,725
1981 $1,723,713
1982 $1,724,378
1983 $1,531,511
1984 $1,491,857
1985 $1,047,563
1986 $1,336,922
1987 $1,190,326
1988 $1,484,481
1989 $1,423,379
1990 $1,327,030
1991 $1,557,929
1992 $1,615,689
1993 $1,224,024
1994 $731,127
2006 $92,348
2007 $545,133
2008 $634,659
2009 $556,991
2010 $1,030,968
2011 $1,200,629
2012 $1,216,065
2013 $1,284,359
2014 $1,250,195
2015 $1,027,821
2016 $1,035,284
2017 $1,071,189
2018 $1,079,298
2019 $1,029,772
2020 $1,056,088

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Kiribati was $14,916,120.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $20,075,190.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of $0.00 in 2005.

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
1979 $1,564,874.00
1980 $1,594,089.00
1981 $1,953,541.00
1982 $2,535,850.00
1983 $2,252,222.00
1984 $2,193,908.00
1985 $4,055,465.00
1986 $4,113,039.00
1987 $5,100,898.00
1988 $4,055,760.00
1989 $4,190,269.00
1990 $5,143,410.00
1991 $6,058,006.00
1992 $6,023,582.00
1993 $6,101,757.00
1994 $6,899,649.00
2005 $0.00
2006 $12,990,240.00
2007 $13,940,690.00
2008 $14,372,520.00
2009 $14,047,580.00
2010 $15,649,980.00
2011 $17,030,630.00
2012 $17,642,510.00
2013 $17,254,060.00
2014 $16,381,030.00
2015 $14,048,050.00
2016 $16,294,960.00
2017 $17,959,540.00
2018 $19,978,150.00
2019 $20,075,190.00
2020 $14,916,120.00

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Kiribati was 7.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 15.18 in 1987, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2005.

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
1979 3.67
1980 4.12
1981 4.72
1982 6.25
1983 5.95
1984 5.32
1985 12.62
1986 12.82
1987 15.18
1988 9.44
1989 10.19
1990 12.92
1991 12.75
1992 12.62
1993 13.00
1994 12.58
2005 0.00
2006 11.78
2007 10.51
2008 10.19
2009 10.61
2010 10.02
2011 9.37
2012 9.27
2013 9.32
2014 9.12
2015 8.21
2016 9.14
2017 9.59
2018 9.98
2019 10.66
2020 7.55

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments