Afghanistan - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Afghanistan was $225,420,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $788,698,400 in 2010 and a minimum value of $143,979,100 in 2017.

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
2008 $216,603,800
2009 $624,996,700
2010 $788,698,400
2011 $454,083,500
2012 $323,642,500
2013 $444,730,800
2014 $524,163,500
2015 $228,991,800
2016 $167,894,500
2017 $143,979,100
2018 $234,618,700
2019 $217,292,300
2020 $225,420,600

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Afghanistan was $788,917,100.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $828,571,900.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of $0.00 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 $0.00
2006 $0.00
2007 $0.00
2008 $89,540,430.00
2009 $140,695,200.00
2010 $378,206,700.00
2011 $179,116,600.00
2012 $219,416,100.00
2013 $347,165,300.00
2014 $253,367,800.00
2015 $348,624,700.00
2016 $627,710,800.00
2017 $822,731,600.00
2018 $803,546,400.00
2019 $828,571,900.00
2020 $788,917,100.00

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Afghanistan was 3.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 4.45 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.00 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
2005 0.00
2006 0.00
2007 0.00
2008 0.89
2009 1.13
2010 2.39
2011 1.01
2012 1.10
2013 1.72
2014 1.24
2015 1.82
2016 3.46
2017 4.39
2018 4.45
2019 4.41
2020 3.92

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments