São Tomé and Principe - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in São Tomé and Principe was $2,373,287.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,373,287.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of $0.00 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. 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
1978 $5,531.78
1980 $158,176.00
1981 $156,252.20
1982 $195,128.60
1983 $226,761.70
1984 $235,514.40
1985 $425,967.00
1986 $780,014.80
1987 $365,238.10
1988 $184,148.50
1989 $89,033.45
1990 $90,000.00
1997 $930,000.00
1998 $264,120.00
1999 $688,200.00
2000 $639,086.70
2001 $654,149.90
2002 $473,602.50
2003 $553,740.60
2004 $613,567.50
2005 $476,206.50
2006 $670,648.50
2007 $692,759.60
2008 $488,079.40
2009 $546,840.00
2010 $621,861.30
2011 $600,930.40
2012 $1,313,520.00
2013 $1,073,543.00
2014 $1,441,590.00
2015 $449,656.20
2016 $575,612.70
2017 $0.00
2018 $0.00
2019 $103,605.30
2020 $2,373,287.00

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in São Tomé and Principe was $8,620,359 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $26,827,850 in 2014 and a minimum value of $63,699 in 1988.

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
1978 $298,716
1979 $596,724
1980 $773,624
1981 $955,743
1982 $712,219
1983 $1,096,015
1984 $3,254,174
1985 $278,000
1986 $85,517
1987 $70,096
1988 $63,699
1989 $157,212
1990 $310,000
1997 $800,000
1998 $500,000
1999 $560,000
2000 $463,800
2001 $553,670
2002 $797,331
2003 $1,821,460
2004 $1,100,000
2005 $1,500,000
2006 $1,600,000
2007 $2,000,000
2008 $3,000,000
2009 $2,000,000
2010 $6,363,258
2011 $6,881,335
2012 $6,358,890
2013 $26,566,720
2014 $26,827,850
2015 $19,980,200
2016 $18,044,840
2017 $18,192,070
2018 $17,776,130
2019 $11,114,430
2020 $8,620,359

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in São Tomé and Principe was 1.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 8.84 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.73 in 2001.

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
2001 0.73
2002 0.94
2003 1.78
2004 0.96
2005 1.10
2006 1.12
2007 1.34
2008 1.60
2009 1.06
2010 3.24
2011 2.97
2012 2.54
2013 8.84
2014 7.74
2015 6.32
2016 5.22
2017 4.84
2018 4.31
2019 2.60
2020 1.82

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments