Latvia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Latvia was $174,638,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $791,452,700 in 2008 and a minimum value of $224,030 in 1992.

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
1992 $224,030
1993 $354,000
1994 $2,088,000
1995 $1,238,000
1996 $2,168,000
1997 $4,600,000
1998 $7,700,000
1999 $7,600,000
2000 $131,509,500
2001 $142,426,400
2002 $3,778,528
2003 $4,524,125
2004 $8,698,274
2005 $17,345,240
2006 $25,148,130
2007 $41,190,570
2008 $791,452,700
2009 $571,395,000
2010 $314,819,900
2011 $357,550,700
2012 $337,561,100
2013 $376,424,500
2014 $292,327,300
2015 $273,065,700
2016 $233,810,600
2017 $202,640,900
2018 $238,603,500
2019 $240,536,800
2020 $174,638,600

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Latvia was $1,088,350,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $1,920,429,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of $40,771,000 in 1996.

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
1996 $40,771,000
1997 $45,709,000
1998 $49,400,000
1999 $48,600,000
2000 $252,175,900
2001 $273,692,700
2002 $112,559,800
2003 $157,503,100
2004 $218,566,200
2005 $379,053,700
2006 $480,130,000
2007 $550,487,300
2008 $1,920,429,000
2009 $1,586,661,000
2010 $1,257,366,000
2011 $1,505,693,000
2012 $1,498,595,000
2013 $1,604,442,000
2014 $1,553,481,000
2015 $1,335,769,000
2016 $1,234,946,000
2017 $1,274,146,000
2018 $1,237,349,000
2019 $1,142,612,000
2020 $1,088,350,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Latvia was 3.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 6.01 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.65 in 1999.

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.

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Year Value
1996 0.68
1997 0.70
1998 0.69
1999 0.65
2000 3.17
2001 3.27
2002 1.18
2003 1.34
2004 1.51
2005 2.23
2006 2.23
2007 1.77
2008 5.36
2009 6.01
2010 5.25
2011 5.48
2012 5.32
2013 5.31
2014 4.95
2015 4.90
2016 4.40
2017 4.18
2018 3.59
2019 3.33
2020 3.23

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments