Seychelles - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Seychelles was $44,858,220 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $74,213,580 in 2015 and a minimum value of $57,898 in 1993.

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
1989 $9,240,243
1990 $9,794,306
1991 $9,557,361
1992 $13,292,960
1993 $57,898
1994 $79,116
1995 $272,996
1996 $362,174
1997 $358,113
1998 $479,838
1999 $275,709
2000 $10,104,410
2001 $5,607,924
2002 $4,894,349
2003 $7,314,538
2004 $7,925,966
2005 $9,957,672
2006 $17,328,410
2007 $52,204,800
2008 $50,521,580
2009 $62,099,680
2010 $41,220,620
2011 $50,219,370
2012 $56,958,460
2013 $61,159,390
2014 $57,661,970
2015 $74,213,580
2016 $62,945,640
2017 $67,963,500
2018 $69,888,230
2019 $73,363,000
2020 $44,858,220

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Seychelles was $9,979,687 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $25,261,930 in 2011 and a minimum value of $114,021 in 1998.

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
1989 $4,259,453
1990 $7,504,441
1991 $7,320,125
1992 $10,761,210
1993 $289,490
1994 $296,686
1995 $503,993
1996 $704,228
1997 $218,847
1998 $114,021
1999 $187,175
2000 $3,159,009
2001 $1,790,854
2002 $1,979,915
2003 $4,855,112
2004 $6,808,310
2005 $12,101,090
2006 $13,269,560
2007 $4,768,024
2008 $3,161,818
2009 $16,123,480
2010 $17,376,950
2011 $25,261,930
2012 $17,669,070
2013 $12,874,330
2014 $15,075,960
2015 $18,424,230
2016 $22,087,020
2017 $21,661,250
2018 $22,713,690
2019 $23,648,220
2020 $9,979,687

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Seychelles was 0.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 2.48 in 1992, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1998.

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
1989 1.40
1990 2.04
1991 1.96
1992 2.48
1993 0.06
1994 0.06
1995 0.10
1996 0.14
1997 0.04
1998 0.02
1999 0.03
2000 0.51
2001 0.29
2002 0.28
2003 0.69
2004 0.81
2005 1.32
2006 1.31
2007 0.46
2008 0.33
2009 1.90
2010 1.79
2011 2.37
2012 1.67
2013 0.97
2014 1.12
2015 1.34
2016 1.55
2017 1.42
2018 1.47
2019 1.49
2020 0.94

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments