Saudi Arabia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Saudi Arabia was $34,595,850,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $38,787,370,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of $207,273,300 in 1971.

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
1971 $207,273,300
1972 $267,808,500
1973 $391,195,300
1974 $518,309,900
1975 $554,353,300
1976 $988,668,600
1977 $1,506,355,000
1978 $2,844,484,000
1979 $3,763,944,000
1980 $4,094,096,000
1981 $5,348,102,000
1982 $5,346,874,000
1983 $5,236,255,000
1984 $5,284,052,000
1985 $5,198,590,000
1986 $4,800,000,000
1987 $4,928,000,000
1988 $6,501,334,000
1989 $8,530,667,000
1990 $11,221,330,000
1991 $13,728,000,000
1992 $13,379,200,000
1993 $15,696,000,000
1994 $18,077,870,000
1995 $16,593,870,000
1996 $15,492,530,000
1997 $15,014,400,000
1998 $14,934,130,000
1999 $13,958,130,000
2000 $15,390,130,000
2001 $15,119,730,000
2002 $15,853,600,000
2003 $14,783,280,000
2004 $13,555,070,000
2005 $14,303,470,000
2006 $15,942,860,000
2007 $16,435,850,000
2008 $21,696,160,000
2009 $26,469,730,000
2010 $27,069,010,000
2011 $28,474,930,000
2012 $29,492,570,000
2013 $34,984,190,000
2014 $36,924,240,000
2015 $38,787,370,000
2016 $37,843,210,000
2017 $36,118,960,000
2018 $33,881,510,000
2019 $31,197,050,000
2020 $34,595,850,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Saudi Arabia was $302,253,100 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $334,914,700 in 2018 and a minimum value of $93,866,660 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 $93,866,660
2006 $105,600,000
2007 $123,466,700
2008 $216,186,700
2009 $214,400,000
2010 $236,480,000
2011 $243,733,300
2012 $245,920,000
2013 $268,773,300
2014 $273,304,000
2015 $295,434,400
2016 $307,521,900
2017 $290,774,700
2018 $334,914,700
2019 $334,029,300
2020 $302,253,100

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Saudi Arabia was 0.043 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 0.050 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.028 in 2006.

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 0.029
2006 0.028
2007 0.030
2008 0.042
2009 0.050
2010 0.045
2011 0.036
2012 0.033
2013 0.036
2014 0.036
2015 0.045
2016 0.048
2017 0.042
2018 0.043
2019 0.042
2020 0.043

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments