Armenia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Armenia was $304,365,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $390,590,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of $3,210,000 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.

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Year Value
1996 $31,400,000
1997 $37,190,000
1998 $3,210,000
1999 $8,045,000
2000 $3,520,000
2001 $18,080,000
2002 $22,791,210
2003 $25,591,180
2004 $184,166,800
2005 $207,369,100
2006 $182,059,900
2007 $238,832,700
2008 $223,597,500
2009 $180,494,500
2010 $227,429,900
2011 $300,394,200
2012 $314,788,700
2013 $355,297,900
2014 $390,590,000
2015 $363,788,500
2016 $358,015,500
2017 $367,496,400
2018 $341,256,900
2019 $362,693,800
2020 $304,365,600

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Armenia was $1,327,006,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,192,194,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of $71,350,000 in 1995.

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
1995 $71,350,000
1996 $153,730,000
1997 $228,986,400
1998 $166,648,000
1999 $182,652,100
2000 $182,160,000
2001 $209,240,000
2002 $263,890,000
2003 $335,860,000
2004 $787,519,500
2005 $915,231,200
2006 $1,169,173,000
2007 $1,644,375,000
2008 $1,904,067,000
2009 $1,439,809,000
2010 $1,669,337,000
2011 $1,798,625,000
2012 $1,914,984,000
2013 $2,192,194,000
2014 $2,078,618,000
2015 $1,491,476,000
2016 $1,382,331,000
2017 $1,538,656,000
2018 $1,488,017,000
2019 $1,527,962,000
2020 $1,327,006,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Armenia was 10.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 22.02 in 2004, while its lowest value was 4.86 in 1995.

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
1995 4.86
1996 9.63
1997 13.97
1998 8.80
1999 9.90
2000 9.53
2001 9.88
2002 11.10
2003 11.96
2004 22.02
2005 18.68
2006 18.31
2007 17.86
2008 16.33
2009 16.65
2010 18.03
2011 17.73
2012 18.03
2013 19.71
2014 17.90
2015 14.13
2016 13.11
2017 13.35
2018 11.94
2019 11.22
2020 10.50

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments