Uruguay - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Uruguay was $106,386,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $116,799,700 in 2019 and a minimum value of $1,300,000 in 1979.

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
1979 $1,300,000
2003 $1,421,609
2004 $1,770,000
2005 $2,176,000
2006 $2,843,000
2007 $3,536,000
2008 $4,678,000
2009 $5,629,000
2010 $6,651,000
2011 $7,211,000
2012 $10,013,760
2013 $100,492,100
2014 $93,965,900
2015 $87,384,740
2016 $85,258,960
2017 $101,050,200
2018 $109,274,300
2019 $116,799,700
2020 $106,386,600

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Uruguay was $111,117,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $128,836,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of $6,038 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. 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
1979 $4,200,000
2001 $6,038
2002 $36,053,000
2003 $61,753,290
2004 $69,896,170
2005 $76,740,390
2006 $88,934,620
2007 $96,476,000
2008 $107,912,000
2009 $101,073,000
2010 $124,891,000
2011 $128,836,000
2012 $91,602,180
2013 $98,848,480
2014 $97,830,780
2015 $90,267,060
2016 $90,443,150
2017 $109,381,600
2018 $113,957,700
2019 $112,271,700
2020 $111,117,400

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Uruguay was 0.207 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 0.513 in 2003, while its lowest value was 0.000 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
1979 0.058
2001 0.000
2002 0.265
2003 0.513
2004 0.511
2005 0.442
2006 0.454
2007 0.412
2008 0.355
2009 0.319
2010 0.310
2011 0.269
2012 0.179
2013 0.172
2014 0.171
2015 0.169
2016 0.158
2017 0.170
2018 0.177
2019 0.183
2020 0.207

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments