Malaysia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Malaysia was $9,089,687,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $11,397,960,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of $4,569,878 in 1974.

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
1974 $4,569,878
1975 $4,595,237
1976 $5,901,852
1977 $10,563,600
1978 $19,429,700
1979 $12,337,550
1980 $18,834,270
1981 $16,926,160
1982 $15,414,970
1983 $14,647,280
1984 $14,507,340
1985 $12,887,420
1986 $21,305,920
1987 $130,971,200
1988 $182,145,700
1989 $183,842,400
1990 $182,263,500
1991 $153,814,400
1992 $186,858,400
1993 $210,947,900
1994 $105,553,700
1995 $1,329,258,000
1996 $1,424,913,000
1997 $2,074,157,000
1998 $2,924,033,000
1999 $483,684,200
2000 $598,947,400
2001 $633,947,400
2002 $3,826,316,000
2003 $3,463,790,000
2004 $5,064,289,000
2005 $5,679,210,000
2006 $5,596,605,000
2007 $6,388,479,000
2008 $6,785,528,000
2009 $6,528,552,000
2010 $8,628,263,000
2011 $9,421,625,000
2012 $8,958,203,000
2013 $8,981,935,000
2014 $10,192,350,000
2015 $10,482,810,000
2016 $10,105,150,000
2017 $9,393,881,000
2018 $10,915,510,000
2019 $11,397,960,000
2020 $9,089,687,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Malaysia was $1,431,608,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $1,685,578,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of $3,934,568 in 1976.

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
1975 $4,177,487
1976 $3,934,568
1977 $4,062,921
1978 $4,317,712
1979 $4,569,462
1987 $48,816,530
1988 $99,664,610
1989 $138,804,700
1990 $185,221,100
1991 $130,178,700
1992 $153,098,300
1993 $175,595,700
1994 $119,271,900
1995 $115,796,000
1996 $164,153,200
1997 $194,441,100
1998 $189,584,300
1999 $322,894,800
2000 $342,368,400
2001 $367,105,200
2002 $435,000,000
2003 $571,052,600
2004 $801,868,400
2005 $1,116,973,000
2006 $1,365,476,000
2007 $1,556,236,000
2008 $1,329,071,000
2009 $1,130,872,000
2010 $1,102,925,000
2011 $1,211,496,000
2012 $1,293,806,000
2013 $1,423,370,000
2014 $1,579,518,000
2015 $1,643,721,000
2016 $1,603,919,000
2017 $1,648,945,000
2018 $1,685,578,000
2019 $1,597,354,000
2020 $1,431,608,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Malaysia was 0.425 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 0.839 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.022 in 1979.

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
1975 0.045
1976 0.036
1977 0.031
1978 0.026
1979 0.022
1987 0.152
1988 0.283
1989 0.357
1990 0.421
1991 0.265
1992 0.259
1993 0.262
1994 0.160
1995 0.131
1996 0.163
1997 0.194
1998 0.263
1999 0.408
2000 0.365
2001 0.396
2002 0.431
2003 0.518
2004 0.643
2005 0.778
2006 0.839
2007 0.804
2008 0.576
2009 0.559
2010 0.432
2011 0.407
2012 0.411
2013 0.440
2014 0.467
2015 0.545
2016 0.532
2017 0.517
2018 0.470
2019 0.437
2020 0.425

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments