Nauru - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Nauru was $9,997,006 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $25,288,100 in 2016 and a minimum value of $2,018,158 in 2009.

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
2008 $2,149,091
2009 $2,018,158
2010 $2,109,415
2011 $6,092,053
2012 $7,119,704
2013 $16,834,210
2014 $19,082,580
2015 $18,192,160
2016 $25,288,100
2017 $16,371,270
2018 $9,997,006

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Nauru was $6,535,566 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $11,852,790 in 2014 and a minimum value of $210,117 in 2009.

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
2008 $227,399
2009 $210,117
2010 $212,868
2011 $1,231,651
2012 $8,378,830
2013 $10,689,200
2014 $11,852,790
2015 $10,420,480
2016 $11,739,820
2017 $10,346,240
2018 $6,535,566

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Nauru was 5.27 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 8 years was 12.04 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 2010.

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
2010 0.45
2011 1.86
2012 8.64
2013 10.85
2014 11.33
2015 12.04
2016 11.77
2017 9.46
2018 5.27

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments