Aruba - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Aruba was $96,888,360 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $112,627,600 in 2019 and a minimum value of $3,687,151 in 1994.

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
1991 $16,480,450
1992 $4,692,738
1993 $4,301,676
1994 $3,687,151
1995 $4,972,067
1996 $7,206,704
1997 $10,000,000
1998 $11,620,110
1999 $27,391,060
2000 $43,743,020
2001 $39,111,730
2002 $45,960,890
2003 $47,636,870
2004 $49,072,620
2005 $61,930,740
2006 $71,864,170
2007 $73,072,620
2008 $75,642,460
2009 $72,960,900
2010 $64,916,200
2011 $63,910,620
2012 $67,821,230
2013 $66,652,370
2014 $70,222,700
2015 $74,978,020
2016 $98,052,500
2017 $108,045,500
2018 $111,651,000
2019 $112,627,600
2020 $96,888,360

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Aruba was $35,002,160 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $56,140,340 in 2017 and a minimum value of $273,743 in 2003.

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
1991 $2,569,832
1992 $2,625,698
1993 $3,351,956
1994 $3,910,615
1995 $1,340,782
1996 $1,620,112
1997 $1,843,575
1998 $1,620,112
1999 $608,939
2000 $1,083,799
2001 $1,335,196
2002 $1,329,609
2003 $273,743
2004 $1,458,101
2005 $819,846
2006 $1,036,166
2007 $5,195,531
2008 $6,759,777
2009 $9,050,279
2010 $4,972,067
2011 $5,307,263
2012 $4,860,335
2013 $6,337,951
2014 $7,465,211
2015 $8,083,714
2016 $52,682,570
2017 $56,140,340
2018 $36,920,300
2019 $34,264,020
2020 $35,002,160

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Aruba was 1.15 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 1.82 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 2003.

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
1991 0.29
1992 0.27
1993 0.31
1994 0.31
1995 0.10
1996 0.12
1997 0.12
1998 0.10
1999 0.04
2000 0.06
2001 0.07
2002 0.07
2003 0.01
2004 0.07
2005 0.04
2006 0.04
2007 0.20
2008 0.25
2009 0.36
2010 0.21
2011 0.21
2012 0.19
2013 0.23
2014 0.27
2015 0.27
2016 1.77
2017 1.82
2018 1.15

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments