Samoa - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Samoa was $21,185,320 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $21,185,320 in 2020 and a minimum value of $195,967 in 1985.

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
1985 $195,967
1986 $219,165
1987 $249,794
1988 $2,235,108
1989 $2,722,237
1990 $3,052,144
1991 $3,092,153
1992 $4,318,195
1993 $2,931,554
1994 $3,558,133
1995 $4,115,785
1996 $5,860,677
1997 $3,106,231
1998 $2,934,505
1999 $3,119,657
2000 $4,667,156
2001 $6,214,656
2002 $7,762,156
2003 $9,309,655
2004 $10,857,160
2005 $15,535,590
2006 $20,918,750
2007 $10,205,980
2008 $8,592,645
2009 $8,453,373
2010 $8,947,643
2011 $12,405,220
2012 $11,039,610
2013 $18,219,960
2014 $12,467,920
2015 $15,747,450
2016 $17,712,740
2017 $18,966,690
2018 $17,312,560
2019 $19,773,170
2020 $21,185,320

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Samoa was $204,160,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $204,160,500 in 2020 and a minimum value of $897,780 in 2004.

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
1977 $6,000,000
1978 $12,000,000
1979 $13,000,000
1980 $19,000,000
1981 $19,000,000
1982 $19,000,000
1983 $20,000,000
1984 $20,000,000
1985 $24,000,000
1986 $29,000,000
1987 $37,000,000
1988 $38,000,000
1989 $41,000,000
1990 $43,000,000
1991 $35,000,000
1992 $40,000,000
1993 $32,000,000
1994 $37,000,000
1995 $40,523,100
1996 $44,273,900
1997 $46,589,560
1998 $42,002,430
1999 $44,670,830
2000 $45,000,000
2001 $45,000,000
2002 $45,000,000
2003 $45,000,000
2004 $897,780
2005 $81,602,590
2006 $87,085,740
2007 $96,649,610
2008 $109,008,200
2009 $119,489,300
2010 $138,504,800
2011 $159,583,600
2012 $177,695,200
2013 $164,583,400
2014 $140,502,000
2015 $131,155,800
2016 $130,767,900
2017 $135,726,900
2018 $147,567,500
2019 $155,214,800
2020 $204,160,500

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Samoa was 25.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 34.19 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.21 in 2004.

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
1982 15.67
1983 17.88
1984 18.31
1985 25.11
1986 28.73
1987 33.12
1988 28.57
1989 33.36
1990 34.19
1991 27.87
1992 30.23
1993 24.04
1994 16.73
1995 18.02
1996 17.72
1997 16.32
1998 15.59
1999 17.26
2000 16.73
2001 16.48
2002 15.62
2003 13.28
2004 0.21
2005 17.53
2006 17.22
2007 16.94
2008 17.60
2009 20.44
2010 20.89
2011 21.65
2012 23.37
2013 21.37
2014 18.57
2015 16.65
2016 16.36
2017 16.31
2018 17.97
2019 18.22
2020 25.30

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments