Palau - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Palau was $20,564,640 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $20,564,640 in 2017 and a minimum value of $8,994,424 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. 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
2005 $11,698,620
2006 $11,208,420
2007 $10,745,640
2008 $9,725,275
2009 $9,284,465
2010 $8,994,424
2011 $9,357,489
2012 $9,690,571
2013 $9,837,795
2014 $9,527,278
2015 $16,785,280
2016 $17,693,030
2017 $20,564,640

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Palau was $2,176,268 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,360,257 in 2012 and a minimum value of $1,474,979 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.

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Year Value
2005 $1,474,979
2006 $1,542,185
2007 $1,529,497
2008 $1,604,640
2009 $1,590,526
2010 $1,685,461
2011 $1,967,274
2012 $2,360,257
2013 $2,359,934
2014 $2,218,253
2015 $2,273,734
2016 $2,360,133
2017 $2,176,268
2018 $2,176,268
2019 $2,176,268
2020 $2,176,268

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Palau was 0.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 1.11 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.76 in 2017.

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
2005 0.77
2006 0.80
2007 0.77
2008 0.81
2009 0.85
2010 0.91
2011 1.00
2012 1.11
2013 1.07
2014 0.92
2015 0.81
2016 0.79
2017 0.76
2018 0.76
2019 0.79
2020 0.84

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments