Rwanda - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Rwanda was $55,651,080 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $102,463,700 in 2016 and a minimum value of $1,106,101 in 1995.

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
1976 $9,679,180
1977 $13,498,710
1978 $13,789,570
1979 $16,207,040
1980 $21,797,760
1981 $21,213,790
1982 $18,912,540
1983 $17,586,960
1984 $16,641,250
1985 $16,474,940
1986 $23,586,920
1987 $25,018,670
1988 $28,280,760
1989 $23,281,640
1990 $21,432,640
1991 $18,000,350
1992 $1,702,273
1993 $12,687,450
1994 $6,896,775
1995 $1,106,101
1996 $5,567,491
1997 $28,149,410
1998 $2,795,514
1999 $4,019,766
2000 $28,024,970
2001 $32,714,480
2002 $31,810,000
2003 $29,673,120
2004 $30,620,590
2010 $63,603,700
2011 $93,816,180
2012 $92,730,310
2013 $82,872,620
2014 $99,070,240
2015 $101,923,700
2016 $102,463,700
2017 $94,286,740
2018 $87,250,540
2019 $72,408,220
2020 $55,651,080

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Rwanda was $280,069,100.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $280,069,100.00 in 2020 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
1976 $247,391.20
1977 $1,177,880.00
1978 $2,167,891.00
1979 $4,787,134.00
1980 $3,381,209.00
1981 $3,900,859.00
1982 $7,178,168.00
1983 $3,434,140.00
1984 $2,943,146.00
1985 $2,864,349.00
1986 $4,018,682.00
1987 $4,480,205.00
1988 $3,806,522.00
1989 $3,955,135.00
1990 $2,628,306.00
1991 $3,547,339.00
1992 $1,844,129.00
1993 $3,931,030.00
1994 $12,528,780.00
1995 $21,126,520.00
1996 $13,181,730.00
1997 $5,236,945.00
1998 $4,277,428.00
1999 $3,317,910.00
2000 $6,626,257.00
2001 $7,850,031.00
2002 $7,210,000.00
2003 $9,618,446.00
2004 $9,809,776.00
2005 $0.00
2006 $0.00
2007 $0.00
2008 $0.00
2009 $0.00
2010 $106,471,900.00
2011 $174,202,500.00
2012 $182,402,500.00
2013 $170,199,400.00
2014 $183,593,600.00
2015 $159,200,000.00
2016 $172,516,800.00
2017 $215,292,400.00
2018 $260,511,600.00
2019 $260,710,300.00
2020 $280,069,100.00

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Rwanda was 2.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 2.71 in 2020, 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
1976 0.04
1977 0.16
1978 0.24
1979 0.43
1980 0.27
1981 0.28
1982 0.51
1983 0.23
1984 0.19
1985 0.17
1986 0.21
1987 0.21
1988 0.16
1989 0.16
1990 0.10
1991 0.19
1992 0.09
1993 0.20
1994 1.66
1995 1.63
1996 0.95
1997 0.28
1998 0.22
1999 0.15
2000 0.32
2001 0.40
2002 0.37
2003 0.45
2004 0.41
2005 0.00
2006 0.00
2007 0.00
2008 0.00
2009 0.00
2010 1.74
2011 2.53
2012 2.38
2013 2.18
2014 2.23
2015 1.86
2016 1.99
2017 2.33
2018 2.70
2019 2.52
2020 2.71

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments