The Gambia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in The Gambia was $18,308,190 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $91,362,710 in 2011 and a minimum value of $522,143 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
1978 $2,536,264
1979 $2,631,836
1980 $2,328,188
1981 $2,024,540
1982 $1,720,892
1983 $1,292,365
2003 $526,104
2004 $522,143
2005 $742,946
2006 $946,706
2007 $14,640,730
2008 $3,185,324
2009 $8,412,068
2010 $58,119,090
2011 $91,362,710
2012 $66,136,000
2013 $69,585,190
2014 $25,235,850
2015 $20,477,130
2016 $17,797,430
2017 $18,174,370
2018 $19,006,750
2019 $18,925,940
2020 $18,308,190

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in The Gambia was $416,418,900 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $416,418,900 in 2020 and a minimum value of $187,813 in 1982.

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 $345,200
1979 $492,476
1980 $390,922
1981 $289,368
1982 $187,813
1983 $701,136
2003 $54,069,840
2004 $60,748,750
2005 $59,304,090
2006 $63,773,520
2007 $55,662,540
2008 $64,811,560
2009 $79,801,150
2010 $115,699,100
2011 $91,358,950
2012 $106,349,500
2013 $109,829,200
2014 $137,771,200
2015 $154,062,400
2016 $145,678,800
2017 $160,167,300
2018 $212,034,700
2019 $275,825,100
2020 $416,418,900

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in The Gambia was 22.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 22.29 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.09 in 1982.

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
1978 0.20
1979 0.24
1980 0.16
1981 0.13
1982 0.09
1983 0.33
2003 11.10
2004 6.32
2005 5.77
2006 6.05
2007 4.35
2008 4.15
2009 5.50
2010 7.50
2011 6.48
2012 7.52
2013 7.98
2014 11.21
2015 11.18
2016 9.81
2017 10.64
2018 12.69
2019 15.22
2020 22.29

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments